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John Lithgow Says He Was Surprised by Backlash Over Joining ‘Harry Potter’ Series (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
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[–] AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What specifically did he say that was rationalizing anti-semitism?

Is it your belief that all anti-Zionism is anti-semitism?

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not the guy you replied to, but:

In 1983, he announced in the New Statesman that Hitler had his reasons for exterminating six million men, women and children. "There is a trait in the Jewish character that does provoke animosity," he said. "I mean, there's always a reason why anti-anything crops up anywhere; even a stinker like Hitler didn't just pick on them for no reason."

That's... pretty fucking anti-semitic ngl. He's basically victim-blaming Jewish people for the Holocaust. Also "picking on them" is quite a eufemism for "industrially genociding".

That's got nothing to do with zionism or being anti-Israel.

[–] AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Yep that's pretty fucking horrific.

I think that's case closed.

If we're done here can you turn off the lights on your way out?