Yair Rosenberg
"Antisemitism isn't systemic, so it's not as bad" is the zombie talking point that won't die. 1) Second claim doesn't follow from the first. 2) Even if it did, the goal is to stop bigotry before it becomes systemic, not use the fact that it's not yet systemic to dismiss it and
Matt Stoller
A lot of people wonder why I'm dismissive of claims of anti-semitism. I'm not. It's a bad thing. It's just not systemic in America and I don't think we should pretend otherwise so that a few people can justify their anxiety or grievance-based self-conception.