Why apologize? The danger of driving anti-Semitism underground

americanthinker.com ^ | Gidon BenZvi

[RoosterRedux]

The Harvard Lampoon student-run humor magazine recently published a photoshopped image of Anne Frank’s face on the body of a woman wearing a bikini. The caption reads: “Gone Before Her Time: Virtual Aging Technology Shows Us What Anne Frank Would Have Looked Like if She Hadn’t Died.” The caption concludes with “Add this to your list of reasons the Holocaust sucked.”

The cartoon provoked a backlash that led to an online apology by the magazine’s co-presidents: “We realize the extent of offense we have inflicted and understand that we must take responsibility for our actions.”

This cartoon was undoubtedly perceived as sexist, anti-Semitic, dehumanizing and just plain creepy by many people who saw it. Nonetheless, apologizing for the publication of an offensive cartoon is a form of self-censorship since it also silences discussion about that creeping feeling that anti-Semitism in the United States is on the rise.

It’s more than a feeling. Recent data shows an alarming rise in hate incidents against Jewish people and institutions. In 2017, anti-Semitic incidents jumped 57% compared to 2016. Hate crimes against Jews grew by 37% during the same period, according to a separate FBI analysis.

But one doesn’t need to do the data to see that the ancient scourge of Judeophobia has shapeshifted to fit contemporary political sensibilities. Today, anti-Semitic tropes are regularly being expressed from the hallowed halls of Congress. Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib have successfully infused the old hatred of Jews with a new guerrilla chic appeal by asserting that their controversial statements and questionable associations are on behalf of an oppressed class of people, the Palestinians.

[brownsfan]

What is wrong with American Jews? What is the power that binds them to the Democrat party?

Democrats have been slowly pulling back the cover on their anti Semitism, but it’s been identifiable for quite some time, for anyone who cared to look.

And American Jews remain loyal to the Democrat party, as if they have some kind of masochistic desire.

I don’t understand it, but it makes me sad to see it.

[Blue Collar Christian]

Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib are unapologetic in their anti-semitism and it seems the entire Democrat Party is letting it ride.

This should be capitalized on by the GOP along with the party’s dehumanizing of anyone else who doesn’t go along with their rush toward totalitarian communism...er...democratic socialism.

Mass murder is waiting in the wings of their plan.