It seems to me that if Jews and antisemitism didn’t exist something similar would be invented and applied to another cohort.
That’s how totally deranged it is. It’s quite apparent that there’s a need in some people to feed a voracious appetite for hatred based on nothing and for no other reason than their desire to hate. It’s almost like an instinctive bloodlust.
Social media has simply magnified and amplified the problem beyond what we knew or understood.
To the extent that they’re totally irrational, illogical and dangerous it’s probably time we started reframing antisemitism, racism, etc (even Trump Derangement Syndrome) the mental health issues they quite obviously are.
𝐀𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐠 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬?
“..𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟, 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞, 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭.
𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭.
𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲.
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭. 𝐀𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞: “𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 (𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭) 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐖𝐡𝐲, 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚? 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞? 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬?
“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭’𝐬 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥. 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲, 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐒𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐬.”
𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬..”