Column: Progressive Activism Against Israel Is Helping to Fuel Antisemitism Among Young People

[Behind the Aegis]

35. I have mistakenly called it a "toe bar".

However, it is a "heel bar" or "straight bar" which is an attachment used when a horse has a weak hoof. So, if you look at a horseshoe and have one side, far left, and the other, far right, they are connected by the heel bar, or what I call the "triple A heel bar". The Triple A: absolutism, authoritarianism, and, of course, anti-Semitism. Both sides have almost a religious dogma when it comes to Israel, the right definitely does. Of course, when people are that far on the spectrum, everyone is to the right/left of their positions. For fuck's sake, Liz Cheney has been called a "leftist" by the MAGA right! The only big difference is that the right is more upfront and obvious in their anti-Semitism by flat-out using the word "Jew", whereas the left masks it in doublespeak and dog-whistles.

It is true that the majority of criticism of Israel is just that, criticism. However, some is motivated by bigotry, it could be regionalism or anti-Semitism. Of course, some is just plain ole propaganda, and that is usually exaggeration, but it could be motivated by anti-Semitism and/or regionalism. The problem on the left is too many refuse to acknowledge that some criticism is not pure criticism, but tainted with bigotry. Of course, there are those who basically screech "you are making false accusations of anti-Semitism" to anyone who dares not toe the line of the left dogma in regard to Israel.

Frankly, what is happening now is not a mystery. Anyone even remotely familiar with the Holocaust (and, of course, we have seen many a young person don't know shit about it, even deny it happened) will be able to see the parallels. The left in Nazi Germany, also had a problem with Jews. So, some things, never fucking change!