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This is how antisemitism works. Antisemitism scapegoats Jews, depicting us as both invisible and omnipresent, casting us as powerless when convenient, and all-powerful and controlling at other times .Antisemitism isolates, allowing hatred against Jews to grow and fester. The person charged with Colorado’s attack, according to an F.B.I. affidavit, told the police that he wanted to “kill all Zionist people and wished they were all dead.”
Some comments in the comments section on this blog follow the above-described antisemitic pattern. These posts depict Jews as "all powerful." Because Jews are "all powerful," Poles can't tell their story publicly about WW II or Polish suffering. This is nonsense. Poles could unite, organize, and act strategically to get their story told in curricula and media. But they don't. That is not the fault of Jewish people. Insisting that it is the fault of Jewish people is antisemitic.
Otherwise, this article is heartbreaking. America has seen three high profile, potentially deadly, and in one case, deadly antisemitic attacks in recent months.
I have to note that if these attacks had occurred during the presidency of a black Democrat, a Kamala Harris, say, Team Trump would be exploiting the attacks. Trump is not offering ethical or inspirational leadership in the face of these attacks, and his fans are not taking him to task for that failure.
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Bieganski the Blog exists to further explore the themes of the book Bieganski the Brute Polak Stereotype, Its Role in Polish-Jewish Relations and American Popular Culture.
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