#david baddiel

[notaplaceofhonour]

Antisemitism Required Reading

I get a lot of ignorant comments & tags on my posts about antisemitism, and I’ve already spent way too much time & energy engaging with them. So to preserve my sanity, I’ve made the decision not to engage too deeply with any commenters who haven’t at least read all of these in their entirety:

“Jewish Space Lasers” by Mike Rothschild

“People Love Dead Jews” by Dara Horn

“Jews Don’t Count” by David Baddiel

"More Than a Century of Antisemitism", GEC Special Report

If you’re not Jewish, please read all of this literature before adding anything to my posts about antisemitism.

Jews, please add any books you think should be on the list!

#I'll be adding and updating this post as I find & vet anything I feel should be required reading #antisemitism #people love dead jews #jews don't count #jewish space lasers #required reading #reading list #dara horn #david baddiel #more than a century of antisemitism #mike rothschild #jewish history

[penelopepitstopp]

Had a go at some Taskmaster x The Onion headlines, inspired by these posts 1, 2, from the original mastermind @pandaroboto

#taskmaster #alex horne #greg davies #ed gamble #nish kumar #mark watson #lolly adefope #noel fielding #joe lycett #paul chowdhry #david baddiel #sally phillips #deborah meaden

[nowhereelsetopost]

Katy Wix is the queen of "being in Ghosts, the original series of Horrible Histories, and/or Ted Lasso, and who has also been on Taskmaster", a very revered title (to me...)

#taskmaster #tv #british tv #britcom #ghosts #bbc #bbc ghosts #horrible histories #ted lasso #charlotte ritchie #kiell smith bynoe #lolly adefope #jessica knappett #bridget christie #katy wix #nick mohammed #david baddiel #steve pemberton

[hairtusk]

David Baddiel, Jews Don't Count (2021)

#david baddiel #jews don't count #antisemitism #literature

[edenfenixblogs]

Some Excerpts As I Read

Reader Note: I have read The Color Purple and would never dismiss the importance of Alice Walker’s work. However, let’s not pretend that she’s too sacred to critique and treat like any other artist who does something racist. Her work to combat anti-black racism and highlight Black American struggles do not permit or excuse when she engages in other forms of bigotry.

I have never seen someone make a public stink about the extraordinarily racist poem, of which the section quoted above is only the tip of that particular racist iceberg.

In fact, I did not even know that Walker had written this horrible “poem” (if you can call an antisemitic diatribe with weird spacing a poem) —despite being very active in leftist spaces for my whole adult AND adolescent life and being an avid reader or both novels and poetry until 2023.

It was brought to my attention when she caught flak for being a TERF, as an incidental aside to prove that she was actually bigoted in several ways. A trait she ALSO shares with JK Rowling.

Look at these headlines. This is what comes up when I search “Alice walker transphobia.” They clearly label her as a TERF. But they do not make the same claim about her identity as BEING an antisemite. It is removed from her. Antisemitism is clearly not the focus here, which is fine. It is older news. These stories are reporting on her more recent bigotry. Cool.

These are the first results that come up when I search “alice walker antisemitism.”

The first result is from The Times of Israel, which makes sense, because that’s a place where a lot of Jews live and a lot of Jews will be upset by the things she wrote. But it also doesn’t make sense, because Walker is American. Why is the FIRST result about her antisemitism from an international newspaper that happens to have a large Jewish readership?

Why is the NYT headline about how Walker feels about her own bigotry, instead of how her Jewish readers feel?

The New York Magazine Article looked interesting so I clicked it. It was interesting. You should read it. It is an Op-Ed written by a Black, Jewish woman named Nylah Burton. Kudos to her. It was important. And non-Jews need to read it. It was written in 2018.

The Atlantic is next and primarily takes on the work of critiquing a different article in the New Yorker which also minimized the importance and harmful impact of antisemitism.

And then things get interesting. Still, on the first page of results, is this juxtaposition.

Among the many striking things here is the fact that the Jerusalem Post is writing from 2023. Al Jazeera is writing from 2019.

If you’ve read any of the above links or text you will note that yes, Alice Walker’s “offense” is indeed antisemitism. It’s not really debatable. She’s done many, many horrifically antisemitic things.

And yet, Al Jazeera jumps in, unprompted, to defend a known antisemite? Why?????? Oh, because she supports Palestine.

Well…perhaps…just maybe…supporters of Palestine shouldn’t want to leap to the defense of antisemites who spout blatant misinformation about the I/P conflict, demonize the Jews they know personally, and trade in antisemitic conspiracy theories.

Unless of course…they don’t care that they are pushing pro-Palestine Jews out of leftist spaces in the first place.

When did it become acceptable for leftists to excuse someone’s bigotry as long as the bigot agrees with you on other stuff?

#Jews Don’t Count #David Baddiel #the Jewish experience #jumblr #antiracism #antisemitism #leftist antisemitism #Alice Walker #anti racism #I dare a goy to reblog this challenge

[littlealexhorne]

thinking about how one of the best moments in all of Taskmaster doesn’t even have any words

#ed’s reaction is priceless #taskmaster #tm s9 e9 #ed gamble #david baddiel

[panelshowsource]

#taskmaster #rose matafeo #greg davies #jo brand #david baddiel #ed gamble #panel show #gifs #mine #mine:taskmaster #taskmaster 9.01 #taskmaster s9

[cloudberrylane]

Series 9:

Series 15:

TMNZ Series 4:

Added context for those who haven't seen TMNZ, they wore one another's task outfits:

#taskmaster #taskmaster nz #taskmaster new zealand #alex horne #comedy #tv #taskmaster s15 #taskmaster s9 #tmnz s4 #rose matafeo #ed gamble #mae martin #jo brand #katy wix #david baddiel #frankie boyle #ivo graham #jenny eclair #kiell smith bynoe #bubbah #dai henwood #karen o'leary #melanie bracewell #ray o'leary

[ragpicker-and-poet]

Taskmaster is such a good allegory for capitalism.

#taskmaster #alex horne #david baddiel #9x2 #butter in the microwave

[deskmanic]

Alex uses his wizard powers

#Taskmaster #GIF #Alex Horne #David baddiel

[agambleaday]

Series 9 family afternoon tea ❤️

#ed gamble #taskmaster #rose matafeo #katy wix #jo brand #david baddiel

[icarusdiesatdawn]

Ed Gamble's frustration lives in my head rent free

#taskmaster #greg davies #alex horne #ed gamble #david baddiel

[hellochildrenoftheatom]

Finished Jews Don't Count by David Baddiel

It took me a while to read it but that's more about how this book was published in 2021 but is very relevant to the current moment in 2024.

Like the book mainly focuses on British examples of leftist antisemitism, but all those examples could be easily replaced by American leftist antisemitism. Especially from the past few months.

There's so many people who should read this book that won't.

#jews don't count #david baddiel #antisemitism #leftist antisemitism

[cuddlykukalaka]

Took some screenshots of Alex's brief looks to camera and questioning his life choices. I wish GIFs were this simple and easy!

#taskmaster #little alex horne #alex horne #David baddiel #ed gamble #roisin conaty #hot toothpaste pie #that was not a nice time pie #i am a mermaid who lives in the sea why won't a sailor come to visit me

[hairtusk]

David Baddiel, Jews Don't Count (2021)

#david baddiel #jews don't count #antisemitism #literature

[thatnerdinthecorner]

@partywithponies

#most fuckable taskmaster contestant #david baddiel #ed gamble #jo brand #katy wix #rose matafeo #taskmaster #for some reason the photo on this one wont load properly #hope its not fuzzy when it posts