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Behind the Aegis

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5. I know people who discount anti-Semitism on the left and ONLY focus on the right.

Thu Dec 27, 2018, 05:03 AM

Dec 2018

Even if the right is more violent, and occasionally more virulent, ignoring or minimizing the effects of anti-Semitism on the left is also problematic. It is almost as if anytime anti-Semitism is brought up, some people like to shift focus to the right (I.e. it's more dangerous/common), that is, of course, when they aren't trying to make it about Israel or the latest misdeeds of some right-wing Jew (Adelson, Kushner, etc.)

So, as a Jew, what do you propose? You claim we should confront anti-Semitism on the right and the left, but does that "confrontation" of the left always have to come with a caveat of "but it's worse on the right"? Do you have standards on the "right way" to confront anti-Semitism on the left?

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Tell this to the part of the left that believes... sharedvalues Dec 2018 #1

Seems made up to me. Behind the Aegis Dec 2018 #2

Can't agree ... regardless of party, poison is poison. JudyM Dec 2018 #3

"Worse" sharedvalues Dec 2018 #4

I know people who discount anti-Semitism on the left and ONLY focus on the right. Behind the Aegis Dec 2018 #5

I propose clear eyed focus on propaganda and violence. sharedvalues Dec 2018 #6

Interesting. Behind the Aegis Dec 2018 #7