not something to be foisted upon the Palestinians to figure out all the nuances of zionism
I'm not talking to Palestinians, I'm talking to you. I'm pretty sure I explicitly said that I get why this person would say things that way. Sure, he's allowed. You're not. For you, I feel like it's fine for me to point out when you're using language that can be used in a careless way that can (and does) hinder the Palestinian cause by being used to attack their defenders. Right?
I don't see value in tone policing the people speaking out for the victims.
I would never dream of responding to this person's post by trying to tone-police him. I'm responding to the OP article, which is describing some people as "top Democrats" who are not top Democrats, putting their statements next to statements from the ADL to create an overall gestalt about "Democrats" by bringing in other things from other sources, other dishonest things. And I'm responding to you. Again, he gets to say these things in the way he wants to say them, it's fine, he's earned it. You have not. I get to disagree with you about your use of language.
I feel like I've reiterated enough at this point what my issue is. One person in the article is describing Zionism as "a supremacist ideology created to destroy and conquer everything and everyone in its way." Pretty much everyone in this conversation, I think, is against that. One other person is describing it as "the desire of Jewish people to have a state of Israel." Some people might be against that, for valid reasons at this point, but I don't think it is fair to attack someone who wants the second thing as if they were supporting the first thing. Using one word for both of those things and saying things like that it's the job of the "honest universalist democratic zionists" to make you stop, and otherwise you're going to continue with it, is just weird.
You're talking about Zionism as if it's a single international club, with central definitions and leadership that can include or exclude particular people. Honestly you seem like you're just persistently missing the point of what I'm trying to say. I've said it a few different times at this point, and it seems like you're still not grasping what I'm saying, so I'm going to give up trying. Cheers.