Antisemitism Accusations

Discussions center on accusations of antisemitism in Hacker News comments, debating whether statements about Jews, Israel, or individuals constitute anti-Jewish hatred or are legitimate criticism.

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Sample Comments

matt4077 Feb 21, 2018 View on HN

Flagged for gratuitous anti-semitism (to wit: neither the current, nor the former President are jewish)

hevelvarik Jul 8, 2020 View on HN

Only a Jew speaking about other Jews gets away with this type of shitpost on hackers news.

CrazyStat Jun 21, 2020 View on HN

This kind of antisemitic balderdash has no place on HN.

andsoitis Dec 6, 2023 View on HN

It sounds like you've made up your mind that he is antisemitic, so this might be in vain, but see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38544345

cdot2 Jun 3, 2021 View on HN

I think this guy just doesn't like jews

flanked-evergl Jul 26, 2024 View on HN

If any discussion of it includes Jew hatred, then HN is not the place for it.

ArabGeek Mar 22, 2011 View on HN

he is jewish and the page was criticizing the Jewish state israel

foldr Nov 30, 2025 View on HN

You might have more credibility on this subject if you didn't post explicitly anti-Semitic comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46079665

beachstartup Nov 11, 2016 View on HN

this is called the ol' reddit switcheroo. he's being anti semitic.

titzer Nov 5, 2020 View on HN

Maybe there's a good reason for that? (and not anti-semitism)