How long will the overwhelming number of America’s Jews — other than the Orthodox — remain, like lemmings, loyal to the Democratic Party?
T
he ultimate in doublespeak: Speaker of the House Pelosi on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s anti-Semitic remarks: “Those remarks are questionable, but they weren’t intentionally anti-Semitic.” As if an unintentional anti-Semite is somehow less destructive than a deliberate anti-Semite.
Which is worse, deliberate, carefully planned anti-Semitism, or instinctive, unplanned anti- Semitism? Does anti-Semitism require kavanah, and therefore, when Rep. Omar blurted about dual loyalty and paying off congressmen, she really did not mean to be anti-Semitic?
It seems to me that, on the contrary, if one instinctively gives voice to time-worn anti-Semitic tropes automatically and without aforethought, that is a clear indication of what one has been thinking and what is on the mind. When one instinctively repeats anti-Jewish poison, when that is the first thing that comes into the mind, that is even worse than planned hate speech.
Politicians everywhere are masters of verbal gymnastics, mumbo-jumbo, and double-talk. But even these low standards were eclipsed by Sen. Charles Schumer of NY, a Jew who could not bring himself to condemn blatant anti-Jewishness but had to dilute it with his timorous opposition-to-hate speech in general, thus shamelessly joining the circus of the other apologists who tried to condemn anti-Semitism without offending anti-Semites. After all, anti-Semites also vote.
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