'Holy sh*t': New York Times doing their part to mainstream 'raging anti-Semitism'

Anti-Semitism has become pretty mainstream, but you know what? It can always get a little bit more mainstream. Thank goodness the New York Times is here to help with that.

My latest: The New York Times just published an unqualified recommendation of an insanely anti-Semitic book that dubs the Talmud “among the most appallingly racist documents on the planet,” and says Jews bankrolled the Holocaust and control the KKK https://t.co/tPQpuEGme3

— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) December 17, 2018

The recommendation was made by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker, who has been promoting and expressing anti-Semitism for *years* while the cultural establishment has largely looked the other way. I detail her long history of this bigotry in the piece. https://t.co/CXd5nBaL1y

— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) December 17, 2018

In the New York Times interview, Walker touted David Icke’s “And the Truth Shall Set You Free.” More about that from Tablet’s Yair Rosenberg:

A former soccer player turned professional hate peddler, Icke is one of the most influential conspiracy theorists in Europe, and certainly in Britain. Today, he has over 777,000 followers on Facebook, and speaks to audiences around the world. Like many conspiracy theorists, Icke claims that a secret conspiracy controls the world. And like many conspiracy theorists, Icke claims that this secret conspiracy happens to be Jewish. In And The Truth Shall You Free, the word “Jewish” appears 241 times, and the name “Rothschild” is mentioned 374 times. These references are not compliments. Indeed, the book was so obviously anti-Semitic that Icke’s publisher refused to publish it, and he had to print it himself.

That a celebrated cultural figure like Walker would promote such a self-evidently unhinged bigot might seem surprising at first glance. But this is only because the cultural establishment has spent years studiously looking away from Walker’s praise of Icke and his work, and her repeated expressions of anti-Semitism.

The New York Times has to have known that … but they’re giving her a platform to spread Icke’s gospel anyway?

Wow. I had no idea she was such a bigot, and conspiracy nut too.

— TSPratt ????‍♂️⚖️???? (@godotsgirl) December 17, 2018

What does the New York Times accomplish by promoting Walker? Whatever it is, it’s not good:

Normally, this is where I’d say that it was good that the Times published Walker’s Icke recommendation because it lets us know who she is. But we have known who she is for many years. It is rather the Times and other cultural elites who have opted to ignore this inconvenient fact. Thus, the only thing that is accomplished by uncritically disseminating Walker’s bigoted book bon mots is ensuring that the racism is disseminated to more people.

Walker is no better than someone like Alex Jones, so what makes her so special while Jones is considered toxic?

Just like the leaders of the Women's March praising her, despite her raging antisemitism, is for the greater good

Also, ppl would be accused of being racist, just like they were for trying to point it out with the womens march

— Jay (@Notkebejay) December 17, 2018

Fair point.

It’s worth noting that the New York Times was also apparently unfazed by this line from Walker: