Posted on 05/25/2021 10:47:28 AM PDT by blam
During an interview aired on Monday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said that while his organization called out former President Donald Trump for his language, “none of the people committing” recent antisemitic attacks “were wearing MAGA hats,” rather, “we have people waving Palestinian flags and then beating Jewish people.”
Correspondent William Brangham asked, “So, what do you attribute this to? I remember, back during the Trump administration, you were quick to point out instances where you thought [there was] political language that fomented antisemitism. Do you see political leaders now who are exacerbating this?”
Greenblatt responded, “Well, let’s be clear, none of the people committing these crimes were wearing MAGA hats, right? The reality is, is I do believe that political language can have real-world consequences. But this is [a] very different kind of political language. So, yes, we called out the prior president and his kind of acolytes, the extremists, from marching in Charlottesville, to marauding through Capitol Hill. But, in this case, we have people waving Palestinian flags and then beating Jewish people.
And, in this case, you know what I might really draw a parallel to is the hate crimes committed against Asian Americans, where unhinged, fictionalized conspiracies about China first spouted by political leaders led to real-world consequences, as Asian Americans were attacked on the streets. Well, today, we have unhinged, fictionalized conspiracies about Israel, that somehow the Jewish state is systematically slaughtering children or committing genocide. And then that leads to real-world attacks on Jewish people in the streets of America, on our campuses, in our communities. So, although, again, the political tenor may be different, the real outcome is the same.”
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Pigs fly again today...
Maybe Greenblatt is learning. If he only knew Trump’s comments on Charlottesville in context.
That's not aging well.
It hasn’t been MAGA hat wearing Trump supporters who have been attacking Asian people either.....
More and more corporations turning against the Jewish nation.
Partially. Scanning the excerpt, it still looks like he blames President Trump (and his supporters) for Charlottesville, and Anti-Asian violence. Both utter crap premises.
But at least he got this recent issue correct (one out of three).
Sorry, but does this tw@t think throwing Trump supporters under the bus retroactively is going to save him with America’s rabid left? That’s so 2020.
Figure out who your real friends are, putz. It ain't the Squad or Berniebots.
I worked with Greenblatt 20 years ago at a dot com. Still the same arrogant SOB he was then, if not more so.
May the Palestinian Antifa types have a good meeting with him, in some dark alley.
I see they are still playing the fake Charlottesville card.
This poor man is incredibly stupid. If Jews want smeone to hel keep them safe this idiot is not the one.
If you are going to be against political lies then you need to be against political lies. If you allow wild vicious propaganda lying when it suits your Anti-Trump purposes then try to come out later against it when the lies are directed at you; that is pure hypocrisy.
I would imagine that some of the Jews contributing to ADL are telling him that they are more afraid of Palestinian-supporting BLM members, than they are of Trump supporters, and that if he wants to continue getting their contributions then he should get his head right.
When this happens, who ya gonna call? Democrats?
Or, who ya gonna keep voting for?
Author should ask anyone who lives in Israel.
They would all tell him America is being lied to by radicals from the Middle East hiding behind “Racism”
This has been happening since the 40’s and has little chance of going away anytime soon.
Now this is the definition of being color blind. Anyone being led by this idiot is in for a future of surprises.
ADL exists for one purpose. To make the word antisemitism synonymous with systemic racism, transphobia, climate denial, and every other ism that is weaponized to trash Conservatives.
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