NYC "Dyke march" bans Zionists - because queer Muslims need a safe space to spout antisemitism

From The 19th:

Earlier this year, the Dyke March organizing committee announced that it was banning Zionists from participating in the event. Exactly what the ban means and how it should be interpreted has been hotly debated. Zionism can mean many things to different people, but in its most basic sense, it is a movement to establish a Jewish homeland in Israel. 

Some have hailed the policy as a step toward providing a safer space for queer Muslims. 

Of course. If you want queer Muslims to feel safe, don't say a word about Muslim bigotry against gays, about how gays are murdered in Muslim countries, about how some Muslim fathers kill their own daughters if their behavior is considered an affront to their "honor."

No, to make queer Muslims feel safe, ban "Zionists."

And how safe do queer Jews feel going to a parade where they are assumed to be guilty of "genocide" unless they prove otherwise? Oh, they are Jews, we don't have to worry about their feelings. 

In fact, last year's parade theme was "Dykes Against Genocide." And, no, nobody made signs about Darfur.

So the parade will celebrate the flag that represents a nation that overwhelmingly supports murdering hundreds of Jewish civilians as "legitimate resistance" but will (probably) ban the flag that Muslims say makes them uncomfortable. 

All this makes no sense if the goal is safety for all.

All of this makes perfect sense if antisemitism has become unofficial policy in "progressive" spaces.

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