The same people applauding Russia being banned from the Olympics because Russia invaded Ukraine are now insisting we must treat American athletes as a completely separate entity from their government.

This thought-provoking essay by David Nirenberg asks if anti-Judaism is becoming more widespread + acceptable as a language of critique across the political spectrum. We might overlook this danger because antisemitism often frames itself as a critique of unjust power. k-larevue.com/en/anti-juda...

‘It’s every conservationist’s dream to help save a whole species – and that’s exactly what we’ve done.’

14-16th century Spain is a key nexus for the emergence of the idea of heredity. The rejection of Jewish conversos because of “blood”, and the appearance of “raza” to describe humans (following its use for animals in the C14) and the role of horse-breeding are all decisive.

David Nirenberg on Spanish hostility towards Jewish converts to Christianity (conversos): "I know of no more extensive pre-modern discussion about the relationship between biology and culture than that in the literature produced in the debate over converso exclusion between 1449 and 1550."

“Once the antisemitism of these conspiracies becomes apparent, the conspiracy has become so well entrenched into the believer’s mind that implying that what they believe is antisemitic comes off as implying *truth itself* is antisemitic.”

I mean, they are just an advanced version of the dictatorship that Trump and Palantir wants, replete with surveillance and secret police, but yea