The comments under the video include one apparently by Zimmerman.

Calling them racists is a joke.

That’s what I think.

I don’t think there was ANY racism in the statement you supposedly heard. There was criticism – fair criticism, it seems – of the governing by the YFS. This is perfectly legitimate and can only be construed as racism if you’re looking for a lie to use against your foes who have a legitimate claim to which you have no response. In other words, it’s a cynical ploy just as the original post above claims.

LB, Jesse can’t grab anything. He feels it’s justified to go up to Jewish students and call them racists because they’re Zionists. After all, even if you assume that his story is true and all of the Drop YFS members and leaders were racists (which they aren’t, and there is no evidence, including his story above, that indicates they are), what is the connection between that and Zionism?

And Jesse, it is perfectly legitimate for a group called Drop YFS that is angry about the YFS’s poor handling of a strike to become outraged that the next step their democratically elected student government takes is to pass a resolution condemning Israel. That is also about governance and not about Zionism or anything else connected to it, as the presence of non-Jews and people who weren’t affiliated with the Jewish groups listed by Krisna in the video, not to mention the thousands of voters who voted to impeach the YFS, proves conclusively.

And Jesse, please stop trying to lecture us about manners. If ck attacks you “personally” or if somebody calls you a “self-hating Jew,” you may be offended, but it really isn’t beneath you. What you did that day at York U was so low that it would take quite a bit to insult you worse than you insulted yourself with your behavior.

Of course it isn’t, and while the rest of what you say is right, as well, I fear that JesseZ might grab onto your (correct) argument about Zionism not being racism, and turn this into that debate instead.

I thank you for your anecdotal evidence. You can understand why it’s not as compelling as information coming from an unbiased source but let’s grant you the courtesy of assuming its basic veracity, ok? Now, are you saying that the isolated actions of a few individuals are reflective of the entire organization? Are you saying that Drop YFS is in fact a racist organization, populated by racist individuals bent on promoting a racist agenda? Do you feel that Hillel is a racist organization? Do you acknowledge the fact that most Jews are supporters of Israel? If so are most Jews racist?

These are of course loaded questions. I’m speaking to you from Jerusalem. I’m outside in a cafe right now in the central market. The guy dishing out nuts in the kiosk next to me is a dark Kurdish Jew. Two redhead hassidic girls just walked by. My Palestinian neighbor is up the street buying pitas. Sitting next to me is an Ethiopian Jewish couple and near them a Muslim family – the wife is wearing a Chador and the husband is bearded and wearing a white Islamic style cap.

So tell me again how Zionism is racism? And please tell me how the goings on in a tiny country 10,000 miles away is of any relevance to the proper governance of York students?

Finally, I’m wondering when YFS is going to pass a resolution condemning the 20,000 civilian deaths caused by the Sri Lankan Army’s recent defeat of the Tamil Tigers.

Send me the press release. I’m waiting.

You ask for sources. I have none. I witnessed them, as I was actually present and did not record them. Can I expect you to believe me? No, it’s clear you already made up your minds about me so there’s no use continuing to say anything.

The reason why people went to Hillel was because they thought the press conference was continuing up there and wanting to see what was going on. I was one of a hundred or so people. It was clear to me, as well as others, that a major compnenet of the DROP YFS campaign was over the bombing of Gaza. As I said, no anti-semitic comments were made, I heard absolutely none of the that, and if I had I would have left. Believe what you want, believe what the media says, but the adjudicator to this case had no conclusive evidence that the door was ever barricaded or that anti-semitic comments were ever made.

Think whatever you want.