Chilling Effects
Recently, I've been writing about antisemitism and strategically talking over people who are actually affected by it. I try to look over every article I write, because typos are embarrassing and I like pretending to have a coherent train of thought. Reading over what I've written about antisemitism in the UK, I get concerned over such things as: By writing about British antisemitism, am I erasing the plight of the Palestinians? I haven't denounced Israeli crimes enough in this article. What if someone accuses me of being an apologist? Oh man, my total ignorance of critical race theory and postcolonial theory is really showing here and I look like such a fail and I'm being so oppressive and- The precise details are unimportant. The overarching message in all these thoughts is: be quiet, because you and your privilege are taking up valuable space in this discussion. Also recently, I've had trouble sleeping and been browsing tumblr, which led me to Old Soc...