The evil of antisemitism and other equal evils

August 4, 2025

Yes, yes, antisemitism is an evil and must be eradicated. It has no place in a civil society. But at the same time it is not any greater evil than any other prejudice that besmirches our society.

For Jillian Segal to elevate antisemitism above all other evils like racism, Islamophobia and other forms of discrimination, which only those who have experienced can comprehend their widespread harm, is unbecoming.

In particular, it is unbecoming to associate antisemitism with criticism of the genocide perpetrated by the Netanyahu Government.

What is incomprehensible to most people is, knowing what the Jewish population has experienced during the Holocaust and before and beyond, that a government, the Netanyahu Government, a Jewish Government, can be responsible for what we are witnessing in Gaza.

There comes a time, there is a place and there are people who will, when what is unacceptable in civilised society, call out and demand a stop.

We are those people, this is the time and this is the place to say enough is enough.