Comments on: Why progressive anti-Semitism and why now?

By: Why progressive anti-Semitism and why now? – Wince and Nod

Why progressive anti-Semitism and why now? – Wince and Nod — Mon, 20 May 2019 14:57:06 +0000

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By: city gal

city gal — Sun, 19 May 2019 17:50:19 +0000

These bigots misrepresent themselves as progressive to justify their bigotry but they are actually regressive–harkening back to an era of justified bigotry and racism against Jews and others. So don’t be suckered into calling them by an approved term–progressive–but call them what they are–regressive.

By: ErisGuy

ErisGuy — Sat, 18 May 2019 22:55:44 +0000

Leftists hate nationalism. The enemy of internationalism, globalism, universal socialism is the belief that one is a people, and a people deserving of a homeland. And that is yet another reason Leftists hate Jews. It is why Leftists in every nation Leftists are importing and protecting aliens—to deny all peoples a homeland. Jews are unapologetic about their homeland, and so Jews are the enemy.

By: Esther

Esther — Sat, 18 May 2019 20:22:06 +0000

The word antisemitism was coined in 1881, the German word is Antisemitismus. It was first used by Wilhelm Marr (1819-1904) German radical, nationalist and race-agitator, who founded the Antisemiten-Liga in 1879.

The word is based on Nazi eugenic pseudoscience, which is why it makes no sense. Part of its charm, no doubt.

One can use Judeophobe. In the past I believe Judenhass, or Judenfresser were used. Jew hater or Jew eater.

About 15 years ago I saw a presentation by the AJC warning about the rise of leftist antisemitism. He said the problem was that in America we all associate antisemitism with “right wing and Nazis” but we don’t know about left wing antisemitism which has existed since the beginning of socialism.

For example, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion,( the original Russian fake news!) Soviet Union was behind the notorious UN resolution saying Zionism is Racism.

By: Gilligan

Gilligan — Sat, 18 May 2019 20:07:56 +0000

“current Jewish support for Democrats seems to hover around the 2/3 mark”

If the Adolf Hitler emerges from the rejuvination tank in his lair deep in the Amazon jungle to run for office as a Democrat, his support from Jews will not fall below 50%.

By: CBDenver

CBDenver — Sat, 18 May 2019 20:02:39 +0000

I strongly agree with point #3 that progressives hate Israel because it stopped being leftist. I recall when I was in high school in the early 70’s that people would cite Israel as an example of a successful socialist country. But socialism soured in Israel for the usual reasons and they abandoned the communistic kibutizim and the left hates them for that.

By: curmudgeoninchief

curmudgeoninchief — Sat, 18 May 2019 19:56:42 +0000

“The left feels pretty secure in the continuation of traditional Jewish support for Democratic candidates, and even if they lose a few Jews (current Jewish support for Democrats seems to hover around the 2/3 mark) it probably won’t make much difference at all in election results, because the absolute number of Jews in the US is comparatively small.” Yes, likely true. Except for “The M Word”.

Money. Jewish voters also tend to be disproportionately large donors to political campaigns. There are signs that will change now, to the detriment of the Dhimmicrats in this election cycle.

By: Sam L.

Sam L. — Sat, 18 May 2019 18:52:00 +0000

All I can say is, this is just one more UNNECESSARY reason for me to despise, detest, and distrust the NYT.

By: pst314

pst314 — Sat, 18 May 2019 18:29:15 +0000

(3) “One reason progressives hate Israel and apply a double-standard is that Israel has ceased to be a leftist country, although it once was.”

Important related point: The USSR supported the Zionist movement and the creation of Israel, not out of any concern for Jews but as a way to harm Great Britain and the West. Many (most?) leftists took direction from Moscow in those years. When the USSR changed its policy so did the Western Left.

By: Johann Amadeus Metesky

Johann Amadeus Metesky — Sat, 18 May 2019 04:41:09 +0000

“I for one am offended by the use of the term, “anti-Semitism”.
It is inaccurate in its application (referring to Jews, because Arabs are Semites).”

While I agree with replacing “anti-Semitism” with “Jew-hatred” the term Semitic did not originate as a description of ethnicity but rather it was created by 18th century German linguists describing a family of Middle Eastern languages including Hebrew, Arabic, Akkadian, Ugaritic and others. Jew haters, like Wilhelm Marr, stole the term from linguistics and applied it to Jews, so they could use a term that sounded scientific, anti-semitism, and less abrasive than Jew hatred.

Unfortunately, this means that Arabs now claim that they can’t be anti-semitic because they are Semites, but there really are no Semitic peoples, just Semitic languages.

Of course, if they want to claim they aren’t anti-Semites we can say, “Fine, Jew hater.”