the british left

some of what she said veered close to anti-semitism

People are way too forgiving of this shit imho

It was the use of the word Zionist that made me unsure where she was going to take the conversation. I couldnt tell if she was unconsciously using at as a codeword or not, partly as its the first time Ive heard a regular person use the word Zionist in a conversation (well, as regular as a 65 year old in a sweatshirt made of the palestinian flag can be, at least). But I put it here as it was the first time i'd encountered anything like this, having read that its something which exists in the left

A guy in my work used it the other day, he's a Marxist btw

Oh she's of that generation

worryingly these sentiments are also prevalent, admittedly with more reservations, among millennials

I worry that the liberal resurgence in britian will lead not to the death of the right and the tussle of the progressives, but to the death of the left and the tussle of the free-marketeers. So let's not have any illusions about the danger to the left that comes from the liberals.
― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 15:45 (8 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Times when being correct sucks, part 342374248

the damn fellow promptly buggered off, leaving us all to founder

Oh she's of that generation

Yes, she spent a decade at Greenham Common!

the first time i'd encountered anything like this, having read that its something which exists in the left

― anvil, Thursday, 30 October 2014 17:16 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this doesn't so much exist within as throughout, going back through fabianism and so forth, only very latterly oriented around a hysterical preoccupation with international 'zionism'

difficult to say whether the selfconsciously retrograde morning star left is more or less antisemitic than more current versions

I am guessing you are still hanging about in Hebden Bridge anvil?