The media's bizarre new obsession with (allegedly) rising anti-semitism looks like a classic moral panic with dubious empirical grounding.
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Organizations like ADL have been roundly mocked in the past for their obvious alarmism/cynicism around anti-Semitism. Now they're Good again
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There is a long, documented history of media confabulating moral panics to further various political aims. People should be cognizant.
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1) They have. Yet that doesnt mean that there isnt also a rise in antisemitism. I see no mutual exclusivity.
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2) It is often the same group that perpetuates both regardless of the ADL et al and their existing "hatred" of Muslims and Arabs.
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FBI: 52.1% of anti-religious hate crimes in 2015 were antisemitic https://ucr.fbi.gov/hate-crime/2015/topic-pages/victims_final …
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That victimization also suffers from the spotlight effect and confirmation bias. So many hoaxes. Hard data will barely trend up.
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I mean anti Israeli policy in dealing with Palestinians.
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*victimized*
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2/2 the media has (rightfully) paid way more attention to the Muslim ban and the terror being perp'ed against undoc immigrants.
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The MSM is playing on the vulnerability of minorities at every opportunity which is New for them since they didn't care before
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Muslims victimized by what policy?
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That is a very true and important statement. Thank you.
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No, We *know* that your statement is utterly
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so the nazis in charlottesville shouting to gas the jews and the nazi rallies around the country and the largest increase in anti-semitic hate crimes in decades and the bomb threats at jewish centers and all the swastika graffiti at synagogues is a sideshow huh
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history repeats itself; people are always willing to abandon the jews should they be in need
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