# What were you THINKING?

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**Created:** [October 13, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532 "2023-10-13T19:36:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/332 "2023-12-10T21:30:40Z")

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> [@TroutMan](#):
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> That’s not bad, although I’m not sure about double standards. Those are pretty ubiquitous in any argument, on any side. This board would shut down if we disallowed those

I don’t think every example of a double standard indicates antisemitism, but sometimes it is a pretty clear indicator. Here’s a hypothetical example.

[Let’s say that someone kept insisting that Israel is inherently oppressive because it is a “Jewish” state, and that even if Israel provides equal rights to Christians and Muslims it is still inherently oppressive due to being “Jewish”. And when asked whether this meant that Christian England or Muslim Morocco or… were also “inherently oppressive” they bent over backwards to avoid offering an answer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-about-israel-palestine-launched-from-majority-leader-schumer-delivers-major-address-on-antisemitism-on-the-senate-floor/993929/40)

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