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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Gorka is also a reminder of how anti-Semitism has been transmuted into Islamophobia
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Replying to @MaxBlumenthal @HeerJeet and
The threat he and his right-wing Zionist allies pose is primarily to Muslims in the West
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Replying to @MaxBlumenthal @ThaddeusRussell and
I don't see it as either/or between Islamophobia & anti-Semitism. The two are clearly linked (although Islamophobia more vocal & accepted)
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It's not a matter of "either/or" -- it's a matter of there being no good evidence of institutionalized anti-semitism beyond media panics.
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That's only true if you ignore Trump/Bannon's many, many dogwhistles to alt-right.
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Its true if you acknowledge them. Muslim ban & open incitement is worse than dog whistles.
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