Insidious, Politically Correct Antisemitism

From the Washington Free Beacon, as seen at Powerline:  Middlebury Students Tried To Host a Vigil for Victims of Oct. 7 Attack. Administrators Told Them To Remove the Word ‘Jewish.’ The Department of Education is now investigating Middlebury over anti-Semitism.

Can you guess why the students were told to remove the word "Jewish"?

"In an email to students reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon, [Dean] Doucet, who has oversight of student activities, pushed to rename the vigil and strip it of references to Judaism so as to make it 'as inclusive as possible.'"

"'Some suggestions that might help are stating that this gathering is to honor ‘all the innocent lives lost,’' Doucet wrote, and including a reference to the 'tragedies that have struck Israel and Gaza." He added that calls for solidarity with Jews could trigger 'unhelpful reactions.'

"The need to include all groups—in a vigil mourning the losses of one—was selective and short-lived. Less than a month later, Doucet’s office approved a 'Vigil for Palestine,' hosted by the Muslim Students Association"

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So when Muslim terrorists deliberately massacre, torture, rape, and kidnap Jewish residents of Israel, you should still think about being "inclusive" and mentioning Arabs because otherwise it's not "inclusive",

I know how angry I've always gotten when, for instance, after the September 11 attacks when they'd almost immediately talk about "Islamophobia"; and how quickly after October 7 they would automatically link antisemitism AND Islamophobia.

This is not a normal reaction and is just another way to downplay antisemitism and anti-Jewish violence.

It's yet another bad side effect of the whole DEI indoctrination scheme. It can't be tolerated, and it must be eliminated.