Two things need emphasis. One, is that left-wing intellectuals are leading the pack. Another is that the new antisemitism is hopping on board the anti-racism bandwagon to legitimize itself.
How can antisemitism be loved by those who condemn racism? Because Jews are being removed as a designated victim group. They no longer fit into the multicultural basket. This author traces the danger back to "the Durban Conference on Racism," a coalition of black African, third world, and Muslim nations, together with self-loathing Europeans, who are scratching each others' backs and are more or less congruous with the UN as presently constituted.
So you might say that Kofi Annan and Desmond Tutu are joining to say that it's OK to be antisemitic, because the Jews are racist, colonialist oppressors of the heroic, downtrodden Palestinian people.
Not terribly logical, perhaps, but that's how I see their tiny minds working.
Logic is not a strong facet of liberalism and liberals.
Logic is not a strong facet of liberalism and liberals.
There is no more a democratic left (if there ever was one, in spite of the contradictions). The left nowadays are red fascists.