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The antisemitism 'over there' on the right is wholly similar to the antisemitism 'over here' on the left. The problem is right and left populism; proto-totalitarian politics and thinking; the creation of a political culture in which totalitarian movements can emerge....
... This way of thinking is conspiracy fantasy. And it is similar in structure, and entirely open to, antisemitism. Fighting left populism with right populism, or vice versa, adds to the populist zeitgeist....
... They feed on each other, they don't cancel each other out. The result is not that the populism we fear more is weakened, but that both are strengthened....
... And the danger of saying that the antisemitism 'over there' is more significant than the antisemitism 'over here' is to downplay the antisemitism over here and to make it appear relatively insignificant. ...
... And when people on the right make their antisemitism insignificant, and people on the left make their antisemitism insignificant, each becomes legitimized, at least in relation to the 'real problem of antisemitism', which is 'over there'...
