Thread by @MaNishtana

THREAD: A year and two days ago I was a speaker at the No Hate, No Fear rally against antisemitism. And then you have yesterday.

With visible Jews pouring seltzer in people's eyes, Chabad flags flying amongst the chaos, posts and selfies of proudly visible Jews who attended, plus what I'm sure is a decent amount of non-visible Jews partaking as well.

And I'm not sure any of them--not to mention non-Trump Jews--fully realize the implications and magnitude of yesterday's disaster. So here's a few:

1-MAGATs are saying the rioting wasn't them but undercover Antifa/BLM who were "bussed in" to infiltrate and hijack their "cause". Who do these folk often claim funds both? Jews. Who was visible there? Jews. Who is often accused of "bussing people in" to affect elections? Jews.

Need I connect those dots for you?

2-On the back of indignant handwringing about charges of dual-loyalty [despite the easily observable fact that both the Israeli and American flags hang side by side in most synagogues across the country]...

...a bunch of Jews felt so ingratiated towards a president because "he moved the embassy" and he's "good for Israel" that they ACTIVELY AIDED IN THE ATTEMPTED INSURRECTION of the government of the country they DO live in because of how "good" he was for a country that they don't.

If I were an anti-semite I'd be practically salivating at the antisemitic trope Bingo that was just handed over and proven.

3-Then we have the Ben Shapiros and ZOAs and AIPACs frantically backpedaling, distancing, and disavowing, after four years of support, coddling, and enabling.

Almost as if they had a collective "Oh shit, wait. We DON'T live in Israel. And he's actually bad for this country. Maybe we should've aligned our moral compass with the good of ALL ppl in this country" come-to-Moses moment. Far too little, prodigiously too late, guys.

4-Visibly Jewish folk were marching and rioting and rushing the Capitol alongside notorious Holocaust-deniers and several different flavors of Nazis.

If I were a Zionist I'd be absolutely gutted that, from this point on, there is NO "moral high ground" to criticize or dismiss JVP, If Not Now, et al--and DEFINITELY not Neturei Karta--because of the company they willingly keep.

The Anti-Zionist crowd stands with people who--at least on paper--are against a country existing. Yesterday Jews stood with people who--on EVERYTHING--are against *Jews* existing.

5-I hope everyone's ready for the largest wave of antisemitism this country has ever seen.

From the right, as infiltrators who orchestrated the fiasco to undermine their stance and mission. From the left, as course-correction against those who stood with everything the left has been fighting against for the past four years.

6-My grandmother used to say that there would be a second Holocaust and it would happen in America.

Bc Jews never learned from those lessons of aligning with despots, standing idly by as others are persecuted so long as "we" are safe and said despot is "good" for our causes even as they mow down others',& let alone the racism and discrimination we see even INSIDE our community.

Looking at yesterday's events, and the years of support leading up to it, tell me, was she wrong?