In a recent social media conversation about the affect that demonstrations were having on the Jewish community, one person asked me what considered to be the parameters of antisemitism, in other words, how did I define it? I think the reasoning behind such questions is that the context of the marches and demonstrations has been… Continue reading The parameters of antisemitism
Tag: conspiracy theoiries
Seeing what we want to see
Well, what a few days it was for weekend soldiers and armchair generals. I suggested when Yevgeny Prigozhin started his mutiny that he may find himself like the revolutionaries in Les Miserables, isolated with no one else rallying to his banner and so things turned out. I warned that he might end up like the… Continue reading Seeing what we want to see
What happened on Britain’s Got Talent?
Well, what was that then? If you missed or avoided this year’s Britain’s Got Talent (and most years to be honest we do), then a quick recap is in order. There was the usual mix of singing, dancing and magic acts in the final, though a surprising and disappointing absence of performing dogs. However, the… Continue reading What happened on Britain’s Got Talent?
The biggest lie of all
I’ve been interacting with the big dark world of conspiracy theories in recent blogs and YouTube videos. One of my main arguments is that we don’t deal with “conspiracy theories” so much as “Conspiracy.” That in effect there is one viral lie that sheds into individual beliefs, communities’ religious groupings and political movements. The lie… Continue reading The biggest lie of all
The difference between critical comment and conspiracy theory
In my earlier post, I mentioned this quote in Christianity Magazine We’re entering a dangerous time in the history of Western democracies – and that danger is not primarily from a mob of redneck conspiracy theorists. Rather it is a handful of Californian billionaires with an unparalleled power in human history, who pose the biggest… Continue reading The difference between critical comment and conspiracy theory
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