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The bookends—the Democratic Party refusing to condemn a member’s antisemitism, followed by passing a resolution to defend that same member from a racist tweet—tells you all you need to know about the place of Jews in modern politics.
Again, the antisemitism is neither the feature nor the bug here; the antisemitism is the point.
Reupping my @washingtonpost column from the first part of this bookend. Important that ppl understand the history involved here. Additionally I lay out how tribalism has destroyed America’s ability to fight antisemitism. washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/0…
And further, understanding Al Sharpton’s power in the Democratic presidential primaries, as well as wider politics (de Blasio basically made him deputy mayor), and his rehabilitation by MSNBC, is crucial to how we got to this point washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/return…
Last month, everyone on here agreed that an IfNotNow policy was blatantly antisemitic. Then Elizabeth Warren hired the group’s founder. AOC, Bernie praise Jeremy Corbyn.
I could go on but you know the drill. This is the bad place. Just don’t pretend you didn’t let it happen.
I could go on but you know the drill. This is the bad place. Just don’t pretend you didn’t let it happen.
