Haha - Joos don't say "grounds" ** -- ResistHoo 04/21/2024 10:40AM
Campus Antisemitism Report Card - University of Virginia grade - F -- Hoos Operator 04/21/2024 10:01AM
Some UVA students/faculty with one bad trait in common with the Proud -- Tuckahokie 04/21/2024 10:22AM
I am totally down with concerns that protestors against Israel are buried -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 10:34AM
How do you justify the term “apartheid” as it applies to Israel? -- Hoos Operator 04/21/2024 11:38AM
The bottom line is that Israel has 9 mil citizens, including Arabs, with -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 11:45AM
So in other words, israel does not discriminate on the basis of ethnicity -- CharlestonSC 04/21/2024 1:31PM
Buh apartheid ** -- ResistHoo 04/21/2024 3:55PM
It’s not about discrimination and the vast majority of those 5 mil -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 1:47PM
But “apartheid” *is* systemic discrimination. -- CharlestonSC 04/21/2024 4:59PM
Or it’s segregation on any grounds at all. The segregation is the key -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 5:10PM
The 5 million people in Gaza and the West Bank elected governments that -- Hoos Operator 04/21/2024 12:06PM
I don’t agree with that characterization. Hamas seized power after 1 -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 12:13PM
How do you reconcile that belief with this poll result? -- Hoos Operator 04/21/2024 12:25PM
One more point- if too much extremism in Gaza is the problem, Israel’s -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 12:36PM
If completely destroying Hamas is extreme, then so be it. -- Hoos Operator 04/21/2024 12:49PM
Right, like destroying the plo 40 years ago. That was just as much of a -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 12:55PM
On what source are you relying for your casualty information? -- Hoos Operator 04/21/2024 1:18PM
No doubt Hamas is guilty of that atrocity. These are not mutually -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 1:53PM
Criticizing the manner in which Israel and Netanyahu are prosecuting this -- Hoos Operator 04/21/2024 2:37PM
Well, then, certainly imo, we’re in a war without end. -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 2:45PM
Tom Friedman wrote a recent column in which he suggested that -- NJHoo 04/21/2024 3:02PM
I like Friedman but that last part is pie in the sky imo. -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 3:07PM
I don’t need to. We all claim skepticism about polls except when they show -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 12:30PM
Great post. I’m going to defend Chuck a bit here for two reasons -- 111Balz 04/21/2024 10:45AM
LOL ** -- ResistHoo 04/21/2024 4:00PM
The ADL's opinion on this works for me...sorry if I am missing something ** -- Tuckahokie 04/21/2024 11:03AM
Yes. For starters, can you provide some support for your inclusion of the -- 111Balz 04/21/2024 12:09PM
I’m not attacking Chuck as an antisemite or bigot of any kind. -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 10:50AM
Please see Chuck’s post right below yours, and heel’s appropriate -- 111Balz 04/21/2024 10:32AM
Sure - as long as you’re applying that concern to everyone. Because -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 10:36AM
Antisemitism is apparently in the eye of the beholder. -- Chuck Taylor 04/21/2024 10:20AM
Odd we don't see such strict definitions demanded when the accusation is -- Hoodafan 04/21/2024 10:34AM
Well racism and islamaphopia are just as bad as -- BocaHoo91 04/21/2024 11:36AM
Those definitions are different. ** -- ResistHoo 04/21/2024 10:43AM
I think that charges of racism or antisemitism lose their impact when they -- Chuck Taylor 04/21/2024 10:41AM
Which is what the ADL began its article with. Legit accusations. -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 10:45AM
I agree completely. Yet I don't recall you calling out the other. ** -- Hoodafan 04/21/2024 10:44AM
I prefer to stay out of discussions about race, ethnicity all together. -- Chuck Taylor 04/21/2024 11:24AM
Do you think the dozens of reported assaults and death threats are in the -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 10:25AM
No, assaults aren't in the eye of beholder. -- Chuck Taylor 04/21/2024 11:09AM
So you’re playing 4-D chess in -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 11:16AM
No, playing checkers. -- Chuck Taylor 04/21/2024 11:42AM
I have the benefit of speaking with Jewish kids who’ve experienced the -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 11:51AM
Assaults and intimidation aren’t acceptable under any circumstance. -- Chuck Taylor 04/21/2024 12:42PM
No that’s incorrect. Star of David is a symbol of Judaism since long -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 12:51PM
The Star of David is on the flag of the state if Israel and is therefore -- Chuck Taylor 04/21/2024 1:41PM
No, yours is a closed minded, even bigoted notion. It’s a variation on the -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 2:04PM
I referenced the Polish ghettos for a reason. -- Chuck Taylor 04/21/2024 2:54PM
You’re wrong. I know so personally. -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 3:04PM
It should not be ignored, and we should be sure to Differentiate -- 111Balz 04/21/2024 10:35AM
It should be more than not ignored. It should be called out as -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 10:42AM
I agree, and with regards to your last paragraph I would point out, we don’ -- 111Balz 04/21/2024 10:47AM
For many, and I must say, more on the left than right, these days, the -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 10:59AM
Back when I was in school, the big issue with… -- Los Angeles Hoo 04/21/2024 10:15AM
Your refusal to distinguish between antisemitism and -- SixerHoo 04/21/2024 11:11AM
I do understand this difference, and I also understand that… -- Los Angeles Hoo 04/21/2024 11:16AM
*** -- SixerHoo 04/22/2024 10:50AM
All of them? How about the Jewish protestors against Israel? There’s -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 11:34AM
Did I say all of them? I’m not one… -- Los Angeles Hoo 04/21/2024 11:49AM
I disagree. If I’m protesting, whether statues or Israel, and I see my -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 11:54AM
Then, by definition, every single… -- Los Angeles Hoo 04/21/2024 11:59AM
No, there are not, and you couldn’t possibly have a basis for that -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 12:03PM
Yeah, if there's one thing that we know about anti-Israel protests, it's... -- Los Angeles Hoo 04/21/2024 12:22PM
You said all such protests incorporate antisemitism. Your words. -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 12:28PM
Ok — I retract my statement and instead… -- Los Angeles Hoo 04/21/2024 2:28PM
Right. You retracted nothing. That’s equally baseless. ** -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 2:37PM
Ok — you tell me. What percentage of.., -- Los Angeles Hoo 04/21/2024 2:47PM
I don’t share your level of hubris, so I don’t claim to know. I know more -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 2:55PM
Disturbing. Few corners of academia appear to be spared these trends. ** -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 10:14AM
Impossible. They have a DEI department ** -- HokieDan95 04/21/2024 10:04AM
Right. The ideology underpinning that movement as it exists today -- hoolstoptheheels 04/21/2024 10:20AM