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Behind the Aegis

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Fri Jul 21, 2017, 05:10 AM Jul 2017

After Dyke March Scandal, SlutWalk Chicago Bans Zionist Displays From Upcoming August Protest

THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP!!

After the scandal involving the ejection of Jewish women carrying Star of David pride flags at Chicago’s Dyke March on June 28, a sister organization in the city has announced that it will follow suit by banning “Zionist displays” from its upcoming protest against sexual violence and “rape culture.”

The ban was announced this week on social media by the organizers of SlutWalk Chicago — part of an international protest movement that “fights rape culture, victim blaming, and slut shaming.” The Chicago event is set to take place on August 12.

“We still stand behind Dyke March Chicago’s decision to remove the Zionist contingent from their event, & we won’t allow Zionist displays at ours,” the organizers tweeted last Sunday — beginning several days of exchanges with other users over the policy. These were distinguished by the organizers’ continued insistence that anti-Zionism is a legitimate progressive belief, and that any linkage with antisemitism should be dismissed as a discrediting tactic.

In one exchange defending the Dyke March decision to exclude the Jewish women, the SlutWalk organizers aggressively justified the action, declaring: “They were kicked out after a discussion where they made their Zionist beliefs known and refused to back down.”

The Star of David flag was banned, they continued, “because its connections to the oppression enacted by Israel is too strong for it to be neutral & IN CONTEXT it was used as a Zionist symbol.”

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So now the Star of David is the issue. This shows what bigots they really are, hiding behind the concept of "intersectionality", but in reality, it is nothing more than anti-Semitism! Now, another question, is WHY are no media outlets leaning to the left reporting this despite the fact the twitter accounts and interviews are demonstrating these comments are factual?!?!
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After Dyke March Scandal, SlutWalk Chicago Bans Zionist Displays From Upcoming August Protest (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Jul 2017 OP
Maoists Loki Liesmith Jul 2017 #1
Ok why are they getting to define OUR symbols? EllieBC Jul 2017 #2
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