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1/10 I'd reply directly, but I can't so retweet with comment it is! I read @russelneiss's thread a few times to make sure I understood what he was saying. Russel doxxed @Claire_Voltaire, a single Mom and vociferous Zionist. As such, she's made enemies among anti-Zionist Jews... https://twitter.com/russelneiss/status/1339224195243388929
2/10 ...and among various White Power, neo-Nazi types. Russel believes that her anonymity serves only to allow her "...to maliciously attack other Jews w/o fear of consequence."
3/10 He also likens the activity of one anonymous woman to that of funded and staffed anonymous organizations like Canary Mission and http://StopAntiSemitism.org . Maybe he couldn't doxx them, and so he doxxed the easy one instead (not a reference Whore-school, I promise)?
4/10 I don't know, but he clearly puts them all in the same category while ignoring the fact that @Claire_Voltaire might "rely on anonymity" bc she is concerned that expressing her version of "truth to power" may jeopardize both her employment and her and her daughter's safety.
5/10 I mean, good on Russel for his willingness "...to stand up for what I believe and face the consequences whatever they are." @SefariaProject's staff, Board and Funders are full of folks who might be a bit uncomfortable with what he did.
6/10 An award winning Jewish educator, he has implored Jews to "take material responsibility for building a more ethical Jewish public square, in which bad behavior is implicitly and explicitly delegitimized, and where our community lives its professed values," all I can say is
7/10 This aint it bro. The open marketplace of ideas that you're all for does not function in tandem with behavior that might have violent repercussions. You don't like what she's saying? Fine! Fight her with words! Her anonymity does not prevent debate.
8/10 In conclusion, I'd like to quote Noam Chomsky who said “Goebbels was in favor of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin." Chomsky continues --->
9/10 "If you’re really in favor of free speech, then you’re in favor of freedom of speech for precisely the views you despise. Otherwise, you’re not in favor of free speech.”
10/10 Ideas can be uncomfortable, even painful to hear. But you don't jeopardize the safety of a Mother and her child because she has opinions you strongly disagree with.
Sorry this was so long but whatever. Happy Hanukkah!
Sorry this was so long but whatever. Happy Hanukkah!
And of course he blocked me!
I even quoted Chomsky! And he still blocked me. Daaaamn. Is nothing sacred?
