Posted on 03/08/2017 5:28:41 AM PST by SJackson
Just a few days ago, Trump advisor Anthony Scaramucci seemed to be in hot water. In reaction to bomb threats to Jewish Community Centers across the country, he tweeted “It’s not yet clear who the #JCC offenders are. Don’t forget @TheDemocrats effort to incite violence at Trump rallies.”
Now, the FBI has arrested Juan Thompson, an anti-Trump, pro-Communist African American. I am not surprised. Over the years, the vast majority of anti-Semitic asides I have heard have come not from conservatives, of the “right,” as conventional wisdom would have you believe, but from my crunchy, leftist friends.
I am a semi-Semite, so to speak, with a father who is Reform Jew, and a mother is a lapsed Catholic. I don’t walk around wearing a chai (the Hebrew symbol for life), still...with a name like “Grossman,” you’d think that people might hesitate to drop ethnic slurs and stereotypes into our conversation.
Unfortunately, not. One woman I know remarked that her landlord was “a typical Jew” for raising her rent. Another raised an eyebrow when a local restaurant burned down: “Jewish insurance, you know.” Apart from their anti-Semitic expressions, what do these two women have in common? They are “progressives”—tax-the-rich, Israel-is-bad, anti-gun fanatics who are sure that international corporations rule the world—and all that. Two anecdotes, but of dozens of offhanded ethnic slurs I’ve heard, most have come from “progressive,” Democrats.
My experience in Democratic circles is mostly social. Professionally, my bosses, colleagues, and associates were Republicans and Gentiles, for the most part. If there was rampant anti-Semitism in these parts, I’d have picked it up. And so, I’ve concluded, over time, that anti-Semitism resides more on the left of the spectrum of the left, especially among ardent activists of Occupy Wall Street type.
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Antisemitism is a leftist doctrine? What's next, Democrats supported slavery? Surprised to see this at Huffington Post.
“...conservatives, of the “right,” as conventional wisdom would have you believe...”
Conventional wisdom? What a crock. The biggest anti-Semites are usually self loathing Jews (Bolsheviks).
Just look at George Soros as exhibit A. He collaborated with the Nazis to get real Jews killed. The biggest anti-Semites come from the left.
Good article. Not mentioned, was the example of the day, the without-woman day leadership and platform.
:: Trump advisor Anthony Scaramucci ::
Can we do the Fandango?
I remember when the Occupy Wall Street movement first started there were tons of anti-Semitic signs and comments being thrown around until some of the leaders decided it made for bad PR and put a lid on it.
This is in the Puffington Host?
OHHHH!
Had to hear debloddio on the NYC station yesterday talk about how terrible the attacks on the Jews.
Really????? IS he trying to run for office ? Do they ever stop trying to run for office?
Really after all his talk about how violent crimes in NYC have gone down since he stopped useful Profiling?
The undertone of course is that it is Trump’s fault. Yep.
Old news to me. Very old news.
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