Anti-Semitic Comments from Trayon White

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Reminder. Council was initially very non committal when the Chancellor scandal broke. One weekend of furious constituents explaining things to them, and they were calling for his resignation. Speak up! Put pressure on your reps!

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Yes, I've seen this undertone in a couple of other posts.....that the antisemitism isn't the main cause for concern, but rather the stupidity. If a Republican made a stupid anti-black comment, liberals would be up in arms if conservatives said, basically, "well, I'd like to see him removed for stupidity, not for anything he said against blacks."

Uh, no. The present occupant of 1600 Pa Avenue said he had no idea that reposting a picture of a star of david with a pile of money was antisemitic.

It is, sadly, credible that CM White actually did not know that the Rothschilds were Jewish. Because he is not someone who knows history, and I don't think he has ever learned it, or been genuinely curious about it. In fairness, he graduated Ballou, HS, from UM Eastern Shore, and the now defunct Southeastern U, not from private schools and UPenn, and is not a "stable genius".

So, er yeah, ignorance - horrible, disqualifying ignorance, but ignorance.

Why would he talk about the Rothschilds? The only context in which that name is invoked is anti-Semitic in nature. What other reason would there be? There are websites, videos and organizations devoted to promoting the Rothschilds conspiracy theory—. And it has to do with Jews. That is it. He knew this had to do with Jews. Sadly, this is what people discuss behind closed doors with their families and friends. If he made a reference to Rothschilds it is because he knew it had to do with being Jewish. Now I know how African Americans feel when people tell them they are imagining racism. It is really amazing to me that people have to be convinced that this is truly anti-Semitism. The guy has said other anti-Semitic things in the past. This is not a one off. He is an anti-Semite and should be forced to resign. Period. Stop making excuses for this creep. People need to take this stuff seriously.

happens a lot on this board when it comes to anti semitism. it appears that the argument is that it is all "okay" as long as Jews aren't being physically hurt. it's really unbelievable in this day and age.

Yup. I've seen some things said against Jews on this forum that made my skin crawl. And this board is populated overwhelmingly by liberals, who are supposedly against bigotry. Different measure for the Jews apparently.

This whole episode has made my blood boil. Why aren't the black leaders calling for his resignation,,and showing that antisemitism - and not just anti-black racism - is not acceptable? Or would they rather invite Farrakan to their next meeting?

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I don't disagree with anything you say at all, only I'm surprised that you seem to be connecting Liberalism with anti-semitism as if it were a new thing.

I see movements on campus by Liberal students that are strongly anti-semitic. Pro-palestinian. Etc.

This is not a new thing. Also not a new thing is the fact that many, many Liberals are insanely intolerant, and at the same time completely oblivious/self-justifying.

Perhaos I've led you to beleive that I am just now connecting liberalism with antisemtism. Far from it. I am only too familiar with the BDS tantrums on liberal college campuses and the air of antisemitism that exists among, and is accepted by, many Democrats. Recently, much more has come to light - particularly associations between Farrakhan and the CBC - and now we have this issue that is SO blatant, SO in-your-face that I'm hoping liberals will finally take a stand against it, and dump the guy.

If liberals continue to support this antisemite, they will have lost all stwnding to ever call a Trump supporter a racist. Some liberals on this thread, to their credit, have recognized that. The hypocrisy is all too obvious.

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Anonymous wrote:Chairman Mendelson’s Statement Regarding Comments by Councilmember Trayon White

Chairman Phil Mendelson gave the following statement from the dais at today’s Committee of the Whole meeting, regarding Councilmember Trayon White’s controversial comments.

“Last Friday Councilmember Trayon White posted a statement on social media that has been widely condemned, and rightfully so. I think I can speak for every member that the remark was inappropriate and evoked anti-Semitic rhetoric from the past.

“Councilmember White has apologized for the remark. Many councilmembers have said they accept his apology, and I find it to be sincere and unequivocal.

“Nonetheless, this is an important moment to restate the position of the Council and the view of its members that intolerance and prejudiced words have no place in our community. Time and again we have spoken out against bigotry, intolerance, prejudice, anti-Semitism, and racism. Indeed, this Council participated in a training last week focused on racial equity because we believe this issue is serious.

“Repeatedly, we have adopted legislation and resolutions to promote tolerance – racial, religious, and ethnic – and to celebrate diversity. Our view – the Council’s view – has not changed.

“Mr. White has apologized. Yesterday he and I met with Rabbi Glazer to discuss the broader context of anti-Semitism. We agreed, and I have asked Council Secretary to hold a meeting next Tuesday between the Council and leaders of the Jewish community.

“Sometimes we – each of us – have to work harder to understand the experience and perspectives of the many communities that make up our rich and precious diversity. This is one of those times, and I am hopeful that we, all of us, have learned from this moment.”

Nobody has any thoughts?

My thought is that a PR firm helped them prepare a written statement to recover from yet another indication of antisemitisim among Democrats, and specifically black Democrats.

In this case, White has made previous antisemtic remarks, and it's time that liberals who claim to be against bigotry put their money where their mouth is. It is obvious that this guy is an anti-Semite, and he needs to resign. Otherwise, the message is......"Democrats can talk shit about the Jews, push out hateful conspiracy theories, and then just apologize. After all, they're only Jews."

Nope. Democrats need to take as hard a line against anti-Jew remarks as they would if a white Democrat said something henious about blacks.

What are your thoughts on Councilman Mendelson not taking a hard line?

I fear he's thinking the same way another Jewish poster here does - and expressed - that a hard line will just cause blame to be heaped on the Jews as causing trouble. It's not an uncommon reaction among liberals, and Obama demonstrated that as well. He often "soft pedaled" in the face of bullies so as not to antagonize them, and I suspect that must be Mendelson's approach as well. But it's weak, it's wrong, and it's allowing a different measure of bigotry where Jews are concerned.

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Okay so seeing how the dialogue has shifted from outrage at Trayon to overall disgust with liberals and blacks I need help understanding something...do you see conservatives and whites as being less anti-Semitic?
Just a general question - not trying to shift focus away from Trayon. I think should indeed resign because this isn’t something to just sweep under the rug and forget about. He showed intolerance, ignorance, poor judgment, and plain stupidity in that video. But I’m seriously wondering if my perceptions are off because it’s primarily white conservatives sporting swastikas and vandalizing synagogues, right? Well I don’t know maybe it’s me but that doesn’t seem to typify tolerance.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay so seeing how the dialogue has shifted from outrage at Trayon to overall disgust with liberals and blacks I need help understanding something...do you see conservatives and whites as being less anti-Semitic?
Just a general question - not trying to shift focus away from Trayon. I think should indeed resign because this isn’t something to just sweep under the rug and forget about. He showed intolerance, ignorance, poor judgment, and plain stupidity in that video. But I’m seriously wondering if my perceptions are off because it’s primarily white conservatives sporting swastikas and vandalizing synagogues, right? Well I don’t know maybe it’s me but that doesn’t seem to typify tolerance.

Antisemetic liberals= Nazis

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Anonymous wrote:Okay so seeing how the dialogue has shifted from outrage at Trayon to overall disgust with liberals and blacks I need help understanding something...do you see conservatives and whites as being less anti-Semitic?
Just a general question - not trying to shift focus away from Trayon. I think should indeed resign because this isn’t something to just sweep under the rug and forget about. He showed intolerance, ignorance, poor judgment, and plain stupidity in that video. But I’m seriously wondering if my perceptions are off because it’s primarily white conservatives sporting swastikas and vandalizing synagogues, right? Well I don’t know maybe it’s me but that doesn’t seem to typify tolerance.

Antisemetic liberals= Nazis

I agree wholeheartedly but that’s not what I asked.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay so seeing how the dialogue has shifted from outrage at Trayon to overall disgust with liberals and blacks I need help understanding something...do you see conservatives and whites as being less anti-Semitic?
Just a general question - not trying to shift focus away from Trayon. I think should indeed resign because this isn’t something to just sweep under the rug and forget about. He showed intolerance, ignorance, poor judgment, and plain stupidity in that video. But I’m seriously wondering if my perceptions are off because it’s primarily white conservatives sporting swastikas and vandalizing synagogues, right? Well I don’t know maybe it’s me but that doesn’t seem to typify tolerance.

Fair point, but do you not think that insidious institutionalized anti Semitism is possibly worse? I don’t think anyone is denying that wearing swastikas and vandalizing Synagogues is anti Semitic. And it’s out there and can be condemned. And I don’t think at all you can paint all conservatives and most definitely not all white people as anti Semitic. The sort of thing this guy did is like casually saying “I Jewed him down and got a good deal.” Insidious intolerance and people don’t bat an eye like the entire Council and the Mayor.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay so seeing how the dialogue has shifted from outrage at Trayon to overall disgust with liberals and blacks I need help understanding something...do you see conservatives and whites as being less anti-Semitic?
Just a general question - not trying to shift focus away from Trayon. I think should indeed resign because this isn’t something to just sweep under the rug and forget about. He showed intolerance, ignorance, poor judgment, and plain stupidity in that video. But I’m seriously wondering if my perceptions are off because it’s primarily white conservatives sporting swastikas and vandalizing synagogues, right? Well I don’t know maybe it’s me but that doesn’t seem to typify tolerance.

Fair point, but do you not think that insidious institutionalized anti Semitism is possibly worse? I don’t think anyone is denying that wearing swastikas and vandalizing Synagogues is anti Semitic. And it’s out there and can be condemned. And I don’t think at all you can paint all conservatives and most definitely not all white people as anti Semitic. The sort of thing this guy did is like casually saying “I Jewed him down and got a good deal.” Insidious intolerance and people don’t bat an eye like the entire Council and the Mayor.

Again, I share your sentiments about Trayon. Not trying to excuse his comments or calm any outrage towards him. My question was about the direction of this discussion and how some posters have seemingly suggested that liberals and blacks are by and large the main perpetrators of anti-Semitism. I asked whether those same posters really do believe that white conservatives are far less anti-Semitic because I genuinely don’t see that equivalency. Like I said, I don’t know maybe it’s me.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay so seeing how the dialogue has shifted from outrage at Trayon to overall disgust with liberals and blacks I need help understanding something...do you see conservatives and whites as being less anti-Semitic?
Just a general question - not trying to shift focus away from Trayon. I think should indeed resign because this isn’t something to just sweep under the rug and forget about. He showed intolerance, ignorance, poor judgment, and plain stupidity in that video. But I’m seriously wondering if my perceptions are off because it’s primarily white conservatives sporting swastikas and vandalizing synagogues, right? Well I don’t know maybe it’s me but that doesn’t seem to typify tolerance.

Fair point, but do you not think that insidious institutionalized anti Semitism is possibly worse? I don’t think anyone is denying that wearing swastikas and vandalizing Synagogues is anti Semitic. And it’s out there and can be condemned. And I don’t think at all you can paint all conservatives and most definitely not all white people as anti Semitic. The sort of thing this guy did is like casually saying “I Jewed him down and got a good deal.” Insidious intolerance and people don’t bat an eye like the entire Council and the Mayor.

Again, I share your sentiments about Trayon. Not trying to excuse his comments or calm any outrage towards him. My question was about the direction of this discussion and how some posters have seemingly suggested that liberals and blacks are by and large the main perpetrators of anti-Semitism. I asked whether those same posters really do believe that white conservatives are far less anti-Semitic because I genuinely don’t see that equivalency. Like I said, I don’t know maybe it’s me.

Over 30% of blacks and Hispanics hold deeply entrenched antisemitic views https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/02/19/entrenched-anti-semitic-views-very-rare-among-whites-and-asian-americans-common-among-blacks-and-latinos/?utm_term=.1ff670018e8f

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Thank you for the statistics but I was asking for opinions. It’s not a trick question I’m just wondering if anyone believes that liberals and blacks are worse than white conservatives when it comes to anti-Semitism. There’s no wrong answer I just want to know if people do in fact believe that.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you for the statistics but I was asking for opinions. It’s not a trick question I’m just wondering if anyone believes that liberals and blacks are worse than white conservatives when it comes to anti-Semitism. There’s no wrong answer I just want to know if people do in fact believe that.

Literally none of the conservatives I know are anti-semitic. They respect hard work and being successful in business, and by and large, the Jewish community's success in these areas are a source of admiration. At least in my experience.

Not sure if this is what you're insinuating, but it seems that there's this prevailing trend in the Liberal media to link Conservatism with White Supremacy and nazi-sympathizing. I feel this is a lie generated by the political motivations of an extremely biased industry and meant to manipulate readers/viewers.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay so seeing how the dialogue has shifted from outrage at Trayon to overall disgust with liberals and blacks I need help understanding something...do you see conservatives and whites as being less anti-Semitic?
Just a general question - not trying to shift focus away from Trayon. I think should indeed resign because this isn’t something to just sweep under the rug and forget about. He showed intolerance, ignorance, poor judgment, and plain stupidity in that video. But I’m seriously wondering if my perceptions are off because it’s primarily white conservatives sporting swastikas and vandalizing synagogues, right? Well I don’t know maybe it’s me but that doesn’t seem to typify tolerance.

Fair point, but do you not think that insidious institutionalized anti Semitism is possibly worse? I don’t think anyone is denying that wearing swastikas and vandalizing Synagogues is anti Semitic. And it’s out there and can be condemned. And I don’t think at all you can paint all conservatives and most definitely not all white people as anti Semitic. The sort of thing this guy did is like casually saying “I Jewed him down and got a good deal.” Insidious intolerance and people don’t bat an eye like the entire Council and the Mayor.

Again, I share your sentiments about Trayon. Not trying to excuse his comments or calm any outrage towards him. My question was about the direction of this discussion and how some posters have seemingly suggested that liberals and blacks are by and large the main perpetrators of anti-Semitism. I asked whether those same posters really do believe that white conservatives are far less anti-Semitic because I genuinely don’t see that equivalency. Like I said, I don’t know maybe it’s me.

Yes. I believe that there are more liberal antisemites than conservatives . When I think of the quintessential liberal I think they are probably antisemetic. I don’t think that about conservatives.

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Think Nadeau and Silverman would’ve come to White’s defense if he had been a white male? No. They would’ve been the first to call for his resignation. Now they defend Farrakhan by proxy. Their parents must be proud.

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I'm a white conservative and I'm not anti semetic. I've worked for a Jewish person, my husband currently works for a Jewish person and my sister's boyfriend is Jewish.

Yes, there are certainly conservatives who are anti-semetic. Often they broadcast their views. I find liberals who cloak their anti-Semitism in politics just as disturbing.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you for the statistics but I was asking for opinions. It’s not a trick question I’m just wondering if anyone believes that liberals and blacks are worse than white conservatives when it comes to anti-Semitism. There’s no wrong answer I just want to know if people do in fact believe that.

You've missed the point of this entire discussion.

It's not a question of which side is more anti-Semitic, which is questionable depending on what you count as anti-Semitic. It's that for over a year now, Democrats have been castigating white conservatives (or Trump supporters) as bigots and neo-Nazis - while simultaneously holding themselves up as the morally superior party that objects to such bigotry and fights back against it. Yet this episode, as well as revelations of associations between Democrats and Farakkan, who is the most notorious anti-Semite in recent Americsn history, shows an amazing level of prejudice themselves.

This becomes even more ironic - more hypocritical - because the Democrsts who are making antisemtic remarks and associating with a hateful anti-Semite are BLACK. So while these black Democrats are raising awareness about prejudice toward POC and fighting to eradicate it, they are accepting of or even promoting prejudice against another group, the Jews. (Why did the Congressional Black Caucus invite Farrakan to its meeting, when they were so aware his rapid anti-Semitism?)

This most recent episode is another revelation of antisemitism among the ranks of black Democrats - this time with a despicable, old and tired anti-Jew conspiracy theory. There was barely a response from black Democrats, who should have been quick to pressure an obvious anti-Semite to resign. But through their lack of action, they are condoning bigotry - when that bigotry is against Jews.

It's the hypocrisy.