All Hate Matters

As an alternative to denouncing the anti-Semitism in front of them The Democratic Clown Car Convoy denounces all sorts of hateful hate. This dilution of a denunciation of anti-Semitism drew bi-partisan criticism:

The resolution states that “whether from the political right, center or left, bigotry, discrimination, oppression, racism and imputations of dual loyalty threaten American democracy and have no place in American political discourse.” It also evokes white supremacist attacks in Charlottesville, Va., Charleston, S.C., and Pittsburgh as well as numerous attacks on Muslims and mosques.

Republicans mocked its all-inclusive approach. “We left out the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we left out Wiccans, we left out Jehovah’s Witnesses, we left out disabled people!” Representative Doug Collins, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, exclaimed shortly before the measure came to a vote, adding, “What makes you feel good doesn’t always heal you.”

Some veteran Jewish Democrats, who had pushed for a measure that would solely condemn anti-Semitism, were equally dismayed.

“We are having this debate because of the language of one of our colleagues, language that suggests Jews like me who serve in the United States in Congress and whose father earned a purple heart fighting the Nazis in the Battle of the Bulge, that we are not loyal Americans,” Representative Ted Deutch, Democrat of Florida, said Thursday morning in an emotional speech on the House floor.

“Why are we unable to singularly condemn anti-Semitism?” Mr. Deutch asked. “Why can’t we call it anti-Semitism and show we’ve learned the lessons of history?”

Representative Lee Zeldin of New York, one of two Jewish Republicans in the House, voted no, calling the final resolution “spineless and disgusting,” adding, “If a Republican member was pushing the anti-Semitism that Representative Omar keeps peddling, this resolution would name names.”

But Ms. Pelosi told reporters that the resolution was not aimed at Ms. Omar.

“It’s not about her; it’s about these forms of hatred,” Ms. Pelosi said.

Well then.

In order to stay on-brand Paul Krugman joined in with a bold "You're side is more poopy-headed than my side" tweet:

There are three things in life that are certain: death, taxes (unless you're Donald Trump), and persistence of anti-Semitism. But only one brand of antisemitism scares me – and it's not on the left

He's The Man Without Fear! Also, he's the man who doesn't read the NY Times, which had this way back in February:

Anti-Semitic Attacks Fuel Continuing Rise in Hate Crimes in New York

Hmm, NYC is MAGA country? Maybe! But if so the police and community leaders seem to be looking in some unlikely places.

One video showed a 51-year-old Jewish man being beaten to the ground by three young men, who seemed to select him at random. Another showed an Orthodox Jewish man being chased across the street by a man wielding a tree branch. A third showed an Orthodox Jewish man hanging on to a fence as an assailant jumped and choked him.

The three incidents, all of which took place in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in the past year, have raised alarms in the neighborhood and in the city’s large Orthodox Jewish community as a whole. Hate crimes are up citywide, but in Crown Heights, they have taken a particularly violent turn.

The Times uses their time-honored dodge of letting pictures and video part the curtain on the underlying racial tensions. Folks familiar with the Crown Heights riots, Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakhan or the young Al Sharpton really don't need a decoding ring, although it is possible some youngsters do. 

Back to the Times:

But in Crown Heights, the increase in hate crimes has been more shocking because it has been marked by violent, seemingly unprovoked attacks on men and women in Jewish garb, many of which have been caught on surveillance video, and then widely viewed online. In many cases, there is no robbery, only the random attack.

Since October, there have been 15 violent, anti-Semitic incidents directed against ultra-Orthodox Jews in the neighborhood, according to an Israeli organization that tracks anti-Semitic incidents. Devorah Halberstam, the community liaison to the 71st Precinct, which covers Crown Heights, said she believes there have been even more than that.

Being visibly Jewish is part of the situation, which may be why the Professor Without Fear feels safe on the mean streets of New York. Hey, those Orthodox Jews aren't even pro-life, so whatever, amirite Paulie?

The police have made arrests in many of these attacks, much to the relief of residents. Still, they wonder what is provoking this wave of violence.

Rabbi Eli Cohen, the executive director of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council, has begun visiting nearby public schools with Geoffrey Davis, an African-American community leader, to try to understand what may be driving the attacks, as many of the assailants arrested by the police have been young men of color.

Wait, what? "[M]any of the assailants arrested by the police have been young men of color." Bold talk from the Times. Not quite bold enough to give us a racial mix of black, Hispanic, Asian and white but bold.

The Times also took a look last November:

Is It Safe to Be Jewish in New York?

Well, just don't look Jewish, I guess. Avoid synagogues. Delis are probably still safe since many are not Jewish.

And yet, at the same time, New York has become an increasingly unsettling place to be Jewish. The first inkling of this emerged several days after the 2016 presidential election when swastikas and the phrase “Go Trump” showed up on playground equipment in Adam Yauch Park in Brooklyn Heights.

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 assumptions, anti-Semitic incidents have constituted half of all hate crimes in New York this year, according to the Police Department. To put that figure in context, there have been four times as many crimes motivated by bias against Jews — 142 in all — as there have against blacks. Hate crimes against Jews have outnumbered hate crimes targeted at transgender people by a factor of 20.

 

The crime just doesn't fit any narrative with which the Times might be comfortable:

 

If anti-Semitism bypasses consideration as a serious problem in New York, it is to some extent because it refuses to conform to an easy narrative with a single ideological enemy. During the past 22 months, not one person caught or identified as the aggressor in an anti-Semitic hate crime has been associated with a far right-wing group, Mark Molinari, commanding officer of the police department’s Hate Crimes Task Force, told me.

 

“I almost wish it was sometimes more clear cut,’’ he said. “It’s every identity targeting every identity.”

 

Oh, come on: Orange Man Bad doesn't cover it?

 

As to why the Democrats can't single out a black Muslim for her anti-Semitism, well, it's an ongoing mystery.

Comments

[MissMarple2]

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Border Patrol and Law Enforcement has apprehended (captured) large numbers of illegal immigrants at the Border. They won’t be coming into the U.S. The Wall is being built and will greatly help us in the future, and now!

[Captain Hate]

Momto2, were the surgical masks related to air pollution also?

[jimmyk]

“Voter vetting for my dad. He died 18 years ago.”

I think I posted at the time, 2016 maybe, about the lady ahead of me checking in at the voting station in Manhattan, patiently explaining to the poll worker that her husband, still listed next to her in the rolls as registered, had died 8 years earlier. He’s probably still on the rolls.

Amom, I think my flight on Sunday isn’t till 2:30 or 3, so I’ll try to be online.

[Buckeye]

CH

I think the surgical masks were related to both fear of germs and pollution.

Also a bit of an urban fashion statement, not something you would see out in the sticks.

Of course in the sticks, no place to buy them anyway.

[Ralph L]

Most of their electricity comes from coal, but they're starting quotas of electric cars for the city smog, do more coal must burn. I don't think they have much natural natural gas.

[hoyden]

anonamom, I haven't noticed an artificial taste so delighted I can enjoy something I would otherwise pass up. An equivalent portion of real cake and frosting would have sent my blood sugar way up.

I'm always on the lookout for Keto and gluten free recipes; lemon ricotta is a winner.

I enjoy bread and grain based foods but gluten is a deal breaker for me because it makes my joints ache like arthritis. I had joint issues throughout my life until in the late 80's when a chiropractor diagnosed me as allergic to gluten. The joint pain mostly cleared up after a couple of weeks without bread.

[Momto2]

That's a good point, Buckeye. We traveled to an orphanage "out in the sticks" and didn't see the masks there.

I could not imagine wearing those day after day. They give me claustrophobia. My dad had a grain dust level mask he used when cutting grass. I could not wear it. I also wonder how effective the little paper ones are for pollution.

[anonamom]

thanks clarice!

I was beyond thrilled when you came around to "carbs kill"---you so vehemently had defended bread in the past, I had no hope for that (and there was no way I was going to deny it either--I do eat bread, just rarely--but I knew there would some really great recipes to follow.

xoxoxo

[hoyden]

Found this at Insty....

TROLL LEVEL: GRANDMASTER. Putin Thanks Women For Taking Care Of The Home And Staying Beautiful On International Women’s Day.

[Captain Hate]

I also wonder how effective the little paper ones are for pollution.

Same here. I've wondered about their efficacy for any use although I figure surgeons employ them for good reasons.

[anonamom]

NEW THREAD---in honor of daddy

[MissMarple2]

https://donsurber.blogspot.com/2019/03/dont-panic-about-trump.html

This worry about legal immigration sort of stumps me.

If you need engineers, it isn't like unemployed women's studies majors are going to fill the slots.

And if you need more landscaping people in Florida, it's not like unemployed people in Harlem are going to be able to pack up and move south.

[JimNorCal]

Enjoyed the article on the new bird species, Mr Pin.
Posted by: Pinandpuller | March 09, 2019 at 04:51 AM

I'm both impressed and, well, suspicious of the detailed list of who mated with who. Can you really get all that recorded accurately?

[clarice]

Re Keto, you have to search for baked goods that have some taste. The ubiquitous keto rolls are ok if you toast them. LC puts out a "boiled bagel" which is very pricey but not a bad sub and there are recipes like that I haven't tried. A good bet oddly enough is to be found in traditional Spanish and Italian recipes. (white flour was pricey and old recipes regularly called for nut flours.)

[JimNorCal]

2pmEST/11amPacific tomorrow sounds good

[JimNorCal]

NEW THREAD---in honor of daddy

Yay!