Published on Apr 26, 2026, filed under politics, philosophy. (Share this post, e.g., on Mastodon or on Bluesky.)

If being a decent person means you condemn and take action against injustice, disrespect for human rights and international law, colonization, apartheid, unprovoked and endless wars, and genocide,

and condemning and taking action against injustice, disrespect for rights and law, colonization, apartheid, wars, and genocide involves criticizing and sanctioning Israeli leaders and their supporters,

and criticizing and sanctioning Israeli leaders and their supporters is misconstrued as anti-semitism,

then logically, as a decent person, you’re an _____.

The “anti-semitism” hammer has been broken for a long time, because it has been (and is still being) abused to silence and deter criticism of Israeli politics.

It is being abused because weaponizing language helps Israeli leaders and their supporters evade accountability for their actions, especially Israeli war crimes.

As a decent person, do not get swayed by self-serving logic and language games. We need decent people, and we cannot have enough decent people.

As decent people, we choose to prevent and prosecute injustice, disrespect for human rights and international law, colonization, apartheid, unprovoked and endless wars, and genocide—and also prevent and prosecute actual anti-semitism.

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I’m Jens (long: Jens Oliver Meiert), and I’m an engineering lead, guerrilla philosopher, and indie publisher. I’ve worked as a technical lead and engineering manager at various companies, including Google; I’m an open-source developer and a contributor to web standards (like HTML, CSS, WCAG); and I write and review books for O’Reilly and Frontend Dogma.

I love trying things, not only in web development and engineering management, but also with respect to politics and philosophy. Here on meiert.com I talk about some of my experiences and perspectives. (Please share feedback—interpret charitably, keep it friendly, but do be critical.)