Well, maybe “queer leftists” has become an oxymoron. At a time when the Left has embraced both “anti-Zionism” and the causes of such Islamofascist groups as Hamas and Hezbollah, queer people, whether Jews or nor, should perhaps be reevaluating their priors. Who are your friends, really?
Maybe, though, the queer community is diverse in political thought but admittedly airs more progressive. It is a valid question. Though where those friends are on the political spectrum, I'm not quite sure yet...
Maybe the problem lies with the concept of community. I don’t think that I’d ask the queer community, whose definition I’m not sure I grasp, to take a stand on any issue. Instead, I’d appeal to its members as individuals, in the name of our common humanity.
Antisemitism is the ur-prejudice, close to the root of all forms of bigotry and hate. Surely people of good will can unite in denouncing it, regardless of our disagreements on other points. I’d be sorry to learn that members of the queer community, who themselves have been subjected to discrimination and hate, cannot do that much.
🙌🙌🙌💙💙💙 well said
Thank you Mal! Fighting antisemitism one Substack article at a time 😤
Well, maybe “queer leftists” has become an oxymoron. At a time when the Left has embraced both “anti-Zionism” and the causes of such Islamofascist groups as Hamas and Hezbollah, queer people, whether Jews or nor, should perhaps be reevaluating their priors. Who are your friends, really?
Maybe, though, the queer community is diverse in political thought but admittedly airs more progressive. It is a valid question. Though where those friends are on the political spectrum, I'm not quite sure yet...
Maybe the problem lies with the concept of community. I don’t think that I’d ask the queer community, whose definition I’m not sure I grasp, to take a stand on any issue. Instead, I’d appeal to its members as individuals, in the name of our common humanity.
Antisemitism is the ur-prejudice, close to the root of all forms of bigotry and hate. Surely people of good will can unite in denouncing it, regardless of our disagreements on other points. I’d be sorry to learn that members of the queer community, who themselves have been subjected to discrimination and hate, cannot do that much.
If anybody thinks that antisemitism is coming from the right these days, they’ve been living under a rock.
It is definitely coming from the right as well, but those who think it is not also coming from the left are living with their heads in the sand...
Yes, it’s always come from the far right, wasn’t thinking about that. But antisemitism seems a new development on the left, at least openly.
Good luck to you in this mission.
Thank you so much, I need it haha