Bernie Sanders has some thoughts on fighting anti-Semitism. He laid them all out in a much-hyped piece for Jewish Currents. Now, his piece doesn’t really propose any solutions to America’s anti-Semitism problem per se, but it does rely on B.S. information and bend over backwards to rationalize Palestinian violence, so he’s got that going for him, at least:
In a Jewish Currents exclusive, @BernieSanders lays out his approach to fighting antisemitism. https://t.co/YffOUZzOqV
— Jewish Currents (@JewishCurrents) November 11, 2019
It’s so beautiful, you guys.
Love this man
— cinnamon bun (@notsofiacoppola) November 11, 2019
Eloquent leadership. The kind that inspires us to embrace each other’s differences.
— Nom Nom ?? (@deplumee) November 11, 2019
Recommended
Wow. Very powerful.
— Matt Zemek (@MattZemek) November 11, 2019
No less than Linda Sarsour and Ilhan Omar are praising it, so you know it must be good:
Bernie Sanders on how we fight antisemitism TOGETHER. ♥️#Bernie2020 https://t.co/QO7XN3n0xh
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) November 11, 2019
“The forces fomenting antisemitism are the forces arrayed against oppressed people around the world, including Palestinians.”
Moving piece from @BernieSanders. My destiny, your destiny and the destinies of oppressed people around the world are linked! https://t.co/icHrLFpYgx
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) November 11, 2019
Leave it to Ilhan Omar to use a piece ostensibly about fighting anti-Semitism to rationalize anti-Semitism. She’s talented, that one.
Meanwhile, those of you who aren’t terrorist apologists and are capable of acknowledging that there’s a whole lot of anti-Semitism emanating from the Left can no doubt appreciate the impressively garbagey pile of garbage that is Sanders’ word salad:
For those who cannot see the article because server is down, here it is from @JewishCurrents:
Part 1: pic.twitter.com/CeuOgHrhd9
— Michael Elgort ✡️ (@just_whatever) November 11, 2019
Part 2 pic.twitter.com/VbIvqCCYbH
— Michael Elgort ✡️ (@just_whatever) November 11, 2019
People are spreading that crap around like it’s the cure for what ails us; in reality, it’s more like a disease.
So we're really going to pretend Bernie's anti-Semitism piece is any good? Really. Really? Liberal Jews have some seriously low expectations.
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) November 11, 2019
From Bernie's anti-semitism article. This is demonstrably false. The rise in antisemitic hate crimes in NYC is not due to white nationalism. pic.twitter.com/il7f86AnCl
— (((kweansmom))) (@kweansmom) November 11, 2019
Of course it’s not due to white nationalism. There’s no shortage of white nationalist anti-Semitism in this country (see Nick Fuentes, for example). But Bernie is brazenly whitewashing (no pun intended) left-wing anti-Semitism. He’s cherry-picking and lying and we’re all supposed to applaud him for it.
Bernie's article is as deep as a puddle. It rightfully calls out right wing antisemitism, in the most mundane and popular form but doesn't mention antisemitism within progressive movements. On the contrary, Sanders claims fighting antisemitism is a core value of progressivism.
— Claire Voltaire (@Claire_Voltaire) November 11, 2019
It's embarrassing. The guy blames anti-Semitism in New York City on white supremacism. You know it's not true but are just so pleased he even noticed that Jews are getting their heads bashed in that you'll take it. Pathetic.
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) November 11, 2019
Pathetic is right.
The piece is called "How to fight anti-Semitism." Does it offer 1 suggestion on how to do that? Bari Weiss's book by the same name offers many. Bernie spends a lot of time on Israel but how it that relevant to either the attacks in NYC or the synagogue bombing or Charlottesville.
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) November 11, 2019
Saddest part is that Jewish liberals are so, so happy that Bernie Sanders believes Israel should exist. So weak. How do you live this way?
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) November 11, 2019
And it’s difficult not to get the feeling that if he had absolutely nothing to fear, Sanders would come right out and flat-out denounce Israel as an oppressor. Lord knows he’s spent enough time with Sarsour, Omar, and other anti-Semitic progs, it’s only natural that he’d start parroting them.
I feel like I'm in the twilight zone watching this
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) November 11, 2019
he says the forces behind global antisemitism are the same ones oppressing the Palestinians and leftists in my TL are like 'what a Zionist!'
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) November 11, 2019
Bernie states that antisemitism is “a conspiracy theory that a secretly powerful minority exercises control over society.”
What does Omar do? Takes another quote from the article, out of context, and helps push that conspiracy theory. https://t.co/KFESvAT73B pic.twitter.com/v7p15wCo4G
— ~Legacy~ נפתלי בן מתתיהו (@Immort4l_Legacy) November 11, 2019
People are sharing this Bernie piece and saying it's some kind of evenhanded willingness to confront antisemitism wherever it crops up. It's absolute lunacy. What's wrong with ppl: pic.twitter.com/w7RKFvUs3M
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) November 11, 2019
I mean my god, look at this trash parade. I will call out antisemitism by rejoining the UN Human Rights Council! pic.twitter.com/ScK9JRs3tR
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) November 11, 2019
Here comes the galaxy brain to declare the Jews responsible for the hatred against the Jews pic.twitter.com/QU7pwXp7H2
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) November 11, 2019
God help the people who are earnestly falling for this crap. Sarsour, Omar, et al. know exactly what this is and are more than happy to use Bernie as their elder mouthpiece to spread their anti-Semitic filth.
Is this the most braindead take on 'fighting antisemitism' in decades? Maybe. There is no antisemitism on the left, as my friend Linda Sarsour has wisely explained to me.
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) November 11, 2019
I understand Bernie has to do this, because he has surrounded himself with antisemites so he's on the defensive. I do not understand why anyone not named Bernie Sanders is pretending this is anything but an absolute stinkbomb.
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) November 11, 2019
In conclusion, please respect yourselves, people. Don't degrade yourself this way. It's not worth it.
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) November 11, 2019
