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13/ So why did Gavin McInnes and the Proud Boys target an Orthodox community with a banner linking Jews to sex crimes? Why does the Proud Boys Telegram channel emphasize a pedophile's Jewish identity? Same reason Nazi newspaper Der Sturmer did. It creates a convenient enemy.pic.twitter.com/AFcEHJLti5
14/ Sex crimes are fundamentally about power and abuses of power. And overwhelmingly, the locus of that power is gender. So what's an org like the Proud Boys to do, when they explicitly organize around the kind of toxic male power that drives most sex crimes? Blame the Jews.
15/ Antisemitism is on the rise in the United States, but the state isn't responding to it. Governor Andrew Cuomo's statement denouncing the banners mentions nothing about antisemitism. But it does mention "anti-Italian sentiment" because one of the banners called him "Fredo."pic.twitter.com/mG1FjqyM4Z
16/ The state won't protect us here. It wasn't the state who took down the banners-- it was antifascists mobilizing in their communities.
17/ We need to recognize antisemitic dogwhistles, like the kind Gavin McInnes and the Proud Boys are pushing, and take steps to protect our communities.
Who protects us?
We protect us.
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