If The Left Truly Opposes Bigots, They Must Stop Ignoring Anti-Semitism thefederalist.com/2018/10/31/lef…
When I see Twitter ignore Farrakhan’s anti-Semitic tweets and mainstream progressive voices dismiss concerns, it is far more disturbing to me than any green frog ever could be.
Professors on college campuses and leftist advocacy groups spreading lies and hatred of Israel are just as much of an incubator of radicalization as online groups sharing conspiracy videos of Jews controlling the world. Sometimes they are difficult to distinguish from one another
Fighting hate is a much larger challenge than simply banning random Nazis from the internet or blaming President Trump for “dog whistles.” It takes the recognition that hatred itself is a choice that is only conquered through acts of kindness and community.
But this also requires rejecting the exploitation of tragedy for politics and the dismissal of hate when inconvenient, and agreement as a society to treat anti-Semitism as a threat wherever it shows itself.
