Chow was criticized by pro-Israel Jewish groups, who said her comments were antisemitic and could encourage violent reprisals against the Jewish community.

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    I fear the Jewish community will one day regret using “antisemitic” as a cover for genocide or zionist colonialism. It does irreperable damage to protection from real hate crimes.

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      And I think the Israelis would throw Jewish diaspora communities under the bus if it gains them more support from other groups who may be antisemitic. Have a problem with atisemitism? Come to Israel.

      Probably not a realistic problem in Canada for the foreseeable future but it’s much more plausible someplaces.

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      yeah. i don’t like how the word “Semitic” has been co-opted to mean what it currently does