Paul Jacobson

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Calling for genocide is not context-dependent

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Renny Grinshpan published a video recently that left me utterly gobsmacked. People running top-tier universities seem to describe calls for genocide of Jews (you know, “From the river to the sea …”) as only being problematic based on the context. 🤯

RENNY GRINSHPAN (@heyitsrenny) • Instagram photos and videos

There is no context in which calling for genocide is vaguely acceptable. None. It shouldn’t even be a debate. If you think that calls to eradicate Jews (or anyone else, for that matter) is a valid intellectual exercise, take a good look at what your words mean:

The Liberation of Bergen-belsen Concentration Camp, April 1945 Dr Fritz Klein, the camp doctor, standing in a mass grave at Belsen. Klein, who was born in Austro-Hungary, was an early member of the Nazi Party and joined the SS in 1943. He worked in Auschwitz-Birkenau for a year from December 1943 where he assisted in the selection of prisoners to be sent to the gas chambers. After a brief period at Neungamme, Klein moved to Belsen in January 1945. Klein was subsequently convicted of two counts of war crimes and executed in December 1945.
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