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Category Archives: Anti-Semitism
The Shame Of The ADL
The shame of this essay in Commentary magazine is that the author repeatedly calls the Mearsheimer/Walt book The Israel Lobby “shoddy” but never presents any examples of the alleged shoddiness. Pathetic. Those who can, do, and those who can’t, yell … Continue reading
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NYT: Is It Safe to Be Jewish in New York?
By Ginia Bellafante: But, in fact, anti-Semitism was already quietly on the rise. For several years now, expressions of anti-Jewish sentiment have made up the preponderance of hate crime complaints in the city. Contrary to what are surely the prevailing … Continue reading
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Counter-Currents & The Jews
Joe* says: I tried to post a comment on counter-currents but it didn’t work. I find they often don’t post comments that are critical of anti-semitism. They have this article reviewing Mark Rudd’s book about Weather Underground, which ends with … Continue reading
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Standing On A Wood Crate, Critiquing Nathan Cofnas Slamming Kevin MacDonald
Kevin MacDonald’s response to Nathan Cofnas with comments by Cofnas. Jonny Anomaly writes: On the alt-right, it has become fashionable over the last few years to recycle a trope from 1930s Germany: “The Jewish Question” (to which the Holocaust was … Continue reading
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Anti-Semitism Is Rising. Why Aren’t American Jews Speaking Up?
Jonathan Weisman writes: Anti-Semitic hate crimes are on the rise, up 57 percent in 2017 from 2016, the largest single-year jump on record, according to the Anti-Defamation League. That increase came on top of the rise in incidents in 2016 … Continue reading
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Quantifying Anti-Semitism
Ben emails: I was reading through your recent long blog post “Quantfying Antisemitism” and have been watching your YouTube channel quite a bit lately. The Jewish question is absolutely fascinating to me. I consider myself an Antisemite, and I’ll tell … Continue reading
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Quantifying Anti-Semitism
MP3 MP3 part two Anatoly Karlin writes: Are you an anti-Semite? Wonder no longer! Take the poll here: https://darussophile.polldaddy.com/s/are-you-anti-semite-adl Am I an anti-Semite? The SPLC and RationalWiki both seem to think so. But there are also those who believe I … Continue reading
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Why Did Adolf Hitler Hate the Jews?
From Haaretz: In Mein Kampf, published in two volumes, in 1925 and 1926, Hitler himself explains that he had no special feelings about Jews before he moved to Vienna, in 1908, and that even then, initially, he thought favorably of … Continue reading
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Michael Wolff: Trump ‘Aware Of Who’s Jewish In A Way That Feels Creepy’
Noticing is bad. Assimilated Jews particularly hate it when they are noticed as Jewish. People who like their identity don’t mind such noticing. Forward: The author of the bombshell new book exposing the inner workings of the White House said … Continue reading
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Blood and Faith: Christianity in American White Nationalism
Here are some highlights from this new book: * We should then understand that Oliver’s critique of what he described as “quaint” patriotism and American conservatism was essentially pragmatic in relation to the survival of the white race. He was … Continue reading
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