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Reading the News in a Time of Derangement, Conspiracism, and AI
RealClear Politics ^ | 30 Jul, 2025 | Bruce Abramson

Posted on 07/30/2025 6:41:19 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Six years ago, I described Donald Trump as “our first Jewish President” because his enemies subjected him to the types of attacks that antisemites reserve for Jews.

The case grows stronger with each passing year. The attacks against Trump – constant lies, exaggerated hysterics, lawfare, betrayals from within, cultural defamation, the hopes for his suffering, the murder attempts, etc. – are far too familiar from history’s war against the Jews.

To choose only last week’s antisemitic salvo, a Turkish state-run news agency published a grim, pieta-like photo of a healthy mother holding a frail, emaciated child as proof that Israel was starving Gaza’s children. With the help of the New York Times and other prominent members of the mainstream media, the photo and the allegations went viral. They were, however, entirely false. The child looks sickly because of serious genetic disorders. An uncropped photo shows an older brother who appears as healthy as their mother.

For the Jews – as for Trump – all allegations are given immediate credibility, and the more gruesome the charges, the more credible they’re deemed. Worse, they persist long after they’ve been debunked, discredited, and shown to have been malicious fabrications. Over 40% of Americans still believe that Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election!

These parallels are hardly coincidental. Widespread, hysterical hatred surrounds both targets; endless funding rewards those who can spread the madness. Trump Derangement Syndrome and conspiratorial antisemitism have been finely tuned to manipulate the masses. Once ensnared, normal cognitive functioning becomes impossible.

It’s a malady of our times – a pivotal moment in our transition into the Information Age. As our relationship with information changes, so too does our ability to discern truth.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: leftism; liberaltruth

1 posted on 07/30/2025 6:41:19 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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We all know that leftist truth is mierda.


2 posted on 07/30/2025 6:41:30 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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3 posted on 07/30/2025 7:38:05 AM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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