Is Anti-Semitism a Thing of the past? - Part III

[question everything]

By Edward Rothstein

(Continuation from Part II)

But there is no need to look so far afield. At Oberlin College, a Facebook post by an assistant professor of rhetoric and composition showed a member of the Rothschild banking family with an invented quote about his people: “We own nearly every central bank in the world. We financed both sides of every war since Napoleon. We own your news, the media, your oil and your government.” The professor also accused “Rothschild-led banksters” of “implementing the World War III option” by shooting down a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine; and she attacked Jews and the Mossad for funding ISIS. Such accusations are taken from Der Stürmer’s play book (the Nazi’s used Kristallnacht as an occasion to apply an “Atonement Tax,” as one document at the historical society shows, forcing Jews to pay for damage caused by inspiring anti-Semitic attacks). The Oberlin professor, unrepentant, has treated accusations of anti-Semitism as attempts to silence her by the very conspiracy she was drawing attention to.

Clearly, the virus thrives. No exaggerated Nazi analogies are needed to reveal the similarities. The very language repeats itself. The examples also demonstrate the pride typically taken in anti-Semitic views: Unmasking the conspiracy requires intelligence and cunning equal to that of the perpetrators. Anti-Semites typically see their beliefs as virtuous—not offensive, but defensive. And if the Jew suffers as a result, well such is Wiedergutmachung (—making good again).

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[Behind the Aegis]

1. Anti-Semitism in higher education is making a sweeping comeback.

It seems almost counterintuitive, especially given most universities and colleges are hotbeds of "political correctness" and "inclusion." However, when it comes to Jews and anti-Semitism, all bets are off. Even some Jews join in the fracas and refuse to speak out for other Jews, while they are speaking out for every other minority in the rainbow! The anti-Semites whine, constantly, how they are targeted by Jews for simply speaking "truthtopower" yet, were they to say the same about other minorities, they would be run out on a rail and unlike when that happens, no "lobby" is blamed, the asshole making the statements is held accountable as opposed to being raised to the level of martyr or victim as is often the case when the "crime" is anti-Semitism.