I don't think you can infer anti-semitism from support of BDS. And it shouldn't be like illegal or prerequisite for getting a contract with the state government. Yeah, I completely agree with that. The other tack you could take is to say, well, look, if you want to talk about a colonial empire, why are you not just focused on your own country, rather than Israel? But of course, these people are fiercely critical also of the United States and U.S foreign policy.
A new mini-series with Tamler Sommers and Robert Wright on the range of politically acceptable discourse for a given topic and how this “Overton window” changes over time. This episode is available for free for everyone, the remaining episodes will appear at the Very Bad Wizards Patreon and Robert Wright’s Nonzero Newsletter on Substack.
00:33 What is this new Overton Windows series about?
10:05 Tamler’s connections to Israel and Bob’s experiences there
19:22 What does Zionism mean in practice?
27:35 The shifting Overton window around Israel/Palestine
45:35 The heavy-handed response to the BDS movement
57:13 What the Israel/Palestine discourse says about Overton windows
1:02:09 So where should the boundaries be set