Theodor Herzl, Anti-Semite (According To Louise Mensch)

Author, tech entrepreneur, and former member of the British Parliament Louise Mensch is worried about the rising tide of antisemitism. That’s why she’s drawing a line in the sand:

Going to clean out my feed for racists. Anybody using the term “Zionist” to me is automatically muted for antisemitism. — Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) August 17, 2014

Such bravery! Such leadership! A true grasp of the complexities inherent in fluid interplay between “Judaism” and “Zionism.” Louise, we need more people out there like you – people who are willing to fight the good fi…er, wait a tick. What’s this?

@LouiseMensch So you’d mute Theodore Herzl? Er, OK. — sean thomas knox (@thomasknox) August 17, 2014

Oh. Hrm. Well, I guess I hadn’t thought of that.

But, surely Louise Mensch – champion against the scourge of Antisemitism – has a reasonable, and well-articulated answer for her twitter troll. Right?

Right?

@thomasknox who? If he uses Zionist then yes. Cheap code word for Jew. Antisemitism. Not having it — Louise Mensch (@LouiseMensch) August 17, 2014

With friends like these…

[h/t Peter]