Hey "anti-Zionism isn't anti-Semitism" crowd, how about saying a word or two about Alice Walker, who most definitely is BOTH? If you want people to take you seriously when you say the two aren't the same, you should be disassociating yourselves from those who are, in fact, both.
If I'm supposed to note every time the Israeli government does something bad so that I can reassure you that I'm not blind to its evils, you should be sharing this and making your abhorrence clear to reassure me that you can make the relevant distinctions as well. Every time you give people who say shit like this a pass, you reinforce the belief that anti-Zionism is just a thin sheath over genuine anti-Semitism.
This whole piece makes me sad, disappointed, and morally disgusted all at once. And sadly, I will never enjoy The Color Purple quite the same way again.
