Over the last couple of days, DU has been flooded with stories from all over USA, UK, and Europe re antisemitism ...

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NOTE TO MODS: This is a post about the hypocritical exploitation of accusations of anti-semitism by Trmp and his forsaken minions. It is NOT a post about Israel/Palestine and does not belong in that forum -- although political ploys regarding the I/P issue may be driving some of what is happening now, we need to discuss the nature of the discourse separately, to heighten awareness of the transparency of the manipulation(s) involved.

Am I the only one who thinks this wouldn't be getting so extreme if anyone but Trmp were in charge ? Trmpworld launched a transparently phony false-flag crusade (pun intended) against anti-semitism, attempting to tar every group and institution on the Left with antisemitic behavior, based on highly selective misinterpretation and a few anecdotal occurrences of genuine anti-semitism which ignore that THE MAJORITY OF ANTI-SEMITIC BIGOTRY COMES FROM THE RIGHT WING AND ALWAYS HAS. It is an obvious attempt to discredit any charges of anti-semitism, by lodging a few ridiculous accusations and hoping the public impression would thus be pushed towards considering all such charges as either spurious or unreasonable. It's provided a template for launching charges of anti-semitism for no reason other than to smear the people most opposed to antisemitism -- the liberals/progressives/Dems. Remember Karl Rove (Satan keep and protect him) and his admonition to "attack their strengths" ? The Right's obvious biggest flaw -- although it's a heated contest -- is the pervasiveness of bigotry and chauvinism of all stripes, and the outpouring of hate and hateful behavior which that engenders. The other side of the coin is that the impermissibility of bigotry should be, and likely is, the Left's greatest strength -- so, adhering to the pattern of studied, deliberate evil that is the hallmark of the Right today, that is exactly what is being attacked now.

It's a horrible irony that all these charges of anti-semitism are coming from the party of the Jew-Hater In Chief -- the man who "loves" Israel as long as he can use it as a weapon but hates anyone not 100% WASP or WASP-obsequious. I don't know how many lefties discuss this with their MAGA-subsumed friends and relatives but the phoniness and hypocrisy need to be addressed. I think many MAGA don't agree with everything Trmp says or does, and it might be fruitful to ask "why does the GOP suddenly have a bug up its collective ass about anti-semitism ? They've been its best friend for ages -- what's the (underhanded) reason for the sudden change ? Is this some kine of weird strategy ? Raise some doubts. Maybe they'll start thinking, and maybe even make a new habit of it.