The texts, which faculty members said appeared to have gone to nearly all Barnard staff members, appear to be part of an aggressive new tactic by the Trump administration to collect reports of alleged antisemitism at Barnard, a women’s college affiliated with Columbia University that has come under heavy criticism for pro-Palestinian demonstrations on its campus.
But… It’s not good. One last time, loudly for the people in the back:
Being pro-Palestine or anti-genocide is not “antisemitism”.
In my experience the people in the back have their fingers in their ears and are going “lalalalalala”.
Threatening someone because they are Jewish is antisemitic, however.
Is that happening? No…? Then, (like the Trump administration) you’re arguing in bad faith.
Only if they’re being threatened because they’re Jewish. For example, an armed robber who pays no mind to victim’s ethnicity wouldn’t be antisemitic just because they mugged a Jewish person.
And just because a person says they’ve been threatened doesn’t mean they have been. For example, some people feel threatened (or pretend to be) if their political views are challenged.