I agree with Cathy that anti-Semitism as a mass phenomenon isn't surging but that empowerment of alt-right (and Gorka!) is a problem
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Oh, that I agree with. But re the mass surge--it is interesting that a good part of the hate-crime spike seems to have been hoaxes
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Replying to @CathyYoung63 @mtracey
The phone calls to the JCCs, sure. But NY police dept. reports actual hate crimes up & those don't seem mostly to be hoaxes.
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Being concerned that Gorka might be anti-semitic is equivalent to being concerned that Ted Bundy once used the n-word.
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The concern is that he belongs to Hungarian Nazi groups, which is worrying considering Hungarian politics & Bannon foreign policy
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Replying to @HeerJeet @ThaddeusRussell and
Gorka should b forced to resign but where do you see institutional discrimination vs Jews?
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Replying to @MaxBlumenthal @HeerJeet and
US has ongoing history of backing fascists in E Europe. Gorka comes from that tradition.
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Replying to @MaxBlumenthal @HeerJeet and
Gorka should prompt reflection on US post-war policy of using Nazis as anti-commie proxies
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Replying to @MaxBlumenthal @HeerJeet and
...not cheap political point scoring that simplifies lived experience of Jewish Americans
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Replying to @MaxBlumenthal @HeerJeet and
Gorka is also a reminder of how anti-Semitism has been transmuted into Islamophobia
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Very true, although I think it's wrong to see the original anti-Semitism as simply disappearing in new mutation.
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