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“I didn’t just single out academics”
You didn’t single them out but you included them in a broad brush sweep. Might be better if you were more specific about who has said such a statement because from what I read, it looks like they’re part of a pack you’re demonising. Sorry, but That’s how it reads
I included them in a broad brush sweep because there have been academics who have disgraced themselves with antisemitic comments and tolerance of such. Hence why Jewish students are reporting fear of going to lectures, because there is little sympathy to them and many academics have not supported them.
When academics have previously supported people like David Miller and are now doing things like saying calls for genocide are only antisemitic in context, it’s not the fault of Jews or others for calling it out.
I have said many times that it does not represent all. But neither does problems with rapey policemen in the Met. It doesn’t mean there isn’t an issue with that in the Met, and the same applies here. Both academia and the police have been negligent with such issues.