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Lithos

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12. Yes, it does exist across the political spectrum
Sun Oct 28, 2018, 03:43 PM
Oct 2018

And I have never said to stop in the vigilance and education

Today Trumpism is enabling a group of people who are active in physically harming and attacking Jews. It has allowed and promoted the import of a harsh RW ideology from Europe which would gleefully exterminate Jews and other minorities. This is far more organized and dangerous than any outcome resulting from those on the Left.

Yes, there are people on the Left, and even people here on this board who have promulgated anti-Semitic memes thinking they were doing some greater good (BDS, others). And if left to continue, they will ultimately do the work of the RW extremists by their inactions. This is dangerous as well, but in a different way.

The response to each is not the same - I see far more urgency with dealing with the RW extremists which will require a political solution starting with the mid-terms. It is a sucking chest wound that is threatening to get worse quickly. The issue with the Left is one of raising awareness and education. If people from the Left are whining about it and avoiding their responsibilities, then yes, they are encouraging anti-Semitism.

My energies of late have been in trying to make the political change necessary to alter the fundamentals which are encouraging and promoting this RW ideology.

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