Article on Moral Inversion (in the Free Press)
A new study by the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) suggests that antizionists systematically invert human rights.
According to Ezra Klein, antizionism is a neutral reaction to Israel’s actions over the past two and a half years, driven by genuine concern for human rights. But scientific data from the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) completely contradict his view.
The data shows that antizionist views correlate with a heightened tendency toward moral inversion — a systematic distortion of the perceived human rights records of authoritarian versus democratic states.
Antizionists misjudge human rights. If antizionists would wish to claim concern about Israel’s drift from liberal democracy, then they themselves tend to equivocate between, or outright prefer, authoritarianism to democracy.
I wrote this piece for The Free Press with Zack Dulberg, who led the study, in order to contextualize the results.
It's a great piece. This moral inversion is a sign of moral hypocrisy, often built on double-standards and selective context stripping. Even if unintentional, this is bigotry and must be rejected entirely. And for those that are unabashed in their advocacy for discrimination, this overt hateful bigotry is a TABOO that must be ostracized out of polite society, as we did to defeat the KKK. If we don't, the hate will normalize and spiral into violence and anarchy.
Great article Adam, clearly arguing the focused intention to invert morality & human rights values camouflaged behind postmodern, critical theory verbiage.