How does Trayon White still have a job?

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And this, in a nutshell, is a form of antisemtitsm itself on the left. It's not just about tiki torches. It's the indifference to antisemtism, the call for patience and understanding in the face of repeated infractions, and the excuse-making - compared to the attack and negative motives upon Jews who are upset about it.

Just out of curiosity, how much difference do you see between conspiracy theories about the Rothschilds and conspiracy theories about George Soros? A lot of the Soros discourse is wrapped up in blatant anti-Semitism. Are you equally offended by that? We see Soros being blamed for all sorts of things almost daily in the Political Forum. Does that concern you? Where does this fit in your theories about "hard" and "soft" anti-Semitism?

Soros himself grew up in what he described as a Jewish ant-Semitic home.

Soros grew up in a Jewish home. What kind of drugs are you on?

The PP expressly said that Soros himself described it as a ".Jewish anti-Semitic home." His parents were uncomfortable with their Jewish roots. It's not totally unheard of for Jews to be low-level Antisemtitc..

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And this, in a nutshell, is a form of antisemtitsm itself on the left. It's not just about tiki torches. It's the indifference to antisemtism, the call for patience and understanding in the face of repeated infractions, and the excuse-making - compared to the attack and negative motives upon Jews who are upset about it.

Just out of curiosity, how much difference do you see between conspiracy theories about the Rothschilds and conspiracy theories about George Soros? A lot of the Soros discourse is wrapped up in blatant anti-Semitism. Are you equally offended by that? We see Soros being blamed for all sorts of things almost daily in the Political Forum. Does that concern you? Where does this fit in your theories about "hard" and "soft" anti-Semitism?

Soros himself grew up in what he described as a Jewish ant-Semitic home.

Soros grew up in a Jewish home. What kind of drugs are you on?

Ask Soros. He’s the one who said it:


As a Jew in Hungary in 1944, Soros was in serious danger of deportation. To avoid Soros’ apprehension by the Nazis, his father had him spend the summer of 1944 living with a non-Jewish Ministry of Agriculture employee, posing as his godson. George Soros later said that he “grew up in a Jewish, anti-Semitic home,” and that his parents were “uncomfortable with their religious roots.” They even changed their name from Shwartz to Soros in 1936 to disassociate themselves from the Jewish community.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can't read this thread anymore. I was commenting, but it's making me feel sick.

Jeff, those Nazis marching the woman around town with the sign were simultaneously gassing people in the countryside in mobile vans, and viciously beating or shooting people on the street who wouldn't comply with orders for humiliating actions. The sign, or something like happened to my Father-in-law's father, where he was forced to scrub the street on his hands and knees while people shouted and spit at him.

This IS part and parcel of preparation for the death camps. And we know, for a fact, that's where it ended up. And so did White. So, yes, it's giving a pass (or defending) Nazi atrocities.

Jim Crow was terrible not only because black people suffered poorer services and conditions, and were regularly humiliated in public, but because separate spheres of life led directly to looking the other way for public lynchings. It was teaching people how to treat black people.

PP, you and I, as Jews, should go into the AA museum and tell the docent that it looks like the slavemaster was trying to protect the slaves. I bet we aren’t treated as nicely as White

And me three (another Jew). I can't believe the pass this guy is getting. The double standard is jumping off every page of this thread. (And the venom being hurled our way sort of proves it.)

I'm the OP of this thread of the conversation. I don't want to do that, except perhaps as a rhetorical exercise.

I want everyone to see prejudice where it exists, even in themselves, and take it seriously, not as a personal failing, but as something he or she needs to work on. I'm a white person in 2018 (and a Jew). I have been working diligently since Trayvon Martin was shot a few years ago to undo 40+ years of not quite getting what it meant for racism to be "systemic," and how I am myself implicated in it. I am embarrassed it took me this long. As a Jew, I recognize that I need non-Jews to have that same realization about anti-semitism, an I would hope for it most from a community leader, who could help his constituents see how you raise your own consciousness and build a stronger society.

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Anonymous wrote:We've gone from a discussion of Trayon's horrible behavior in regard to Jews to heaping praise of Farrakhan's antisemtitic NOI? Seems like some of you are intent on proving that you DGAD about Jews or antisemtitem (unless it's coming from the alt-right). You don't think this type of antisemtism is as harmful, if not moreso, than the isolated rallies of nutjobs?

Also, White did not only say that the Rothschild's control the weather. He also said they control the World Bank AND the federal government. Everyone knows about the false conspiracy theories about the all-powerful Jews controlling the banks. He KNEW, especially when you put it together the venom he heard coming from Farrakhan.

And now, in the face of not one, not two, but THREE separate incidences showing White's "insensitivity" to antisemtism, the response is to stsrt talking about the positives of a virulently antisemitic organization that seeks to gain more followers.

O. M. G.

If Mr White had those same things about the Koch brothers, what would your reaction have been ? Please stop !

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And this, in a nutshell, is a form of antisemtitsm itself on the left. It's not just about tiki torches. It's the indifference to antisemtism, the call for patience and understanding in the face of repeated infractions, and the excuse-making - compared to the attack and negative motives upon Jews who are upset about it.

Just out of curiosity, how much difference do you see between conspiracy theories about the Rothschilds and conspiracy theories about George Soros? A lot of the Soros discourse is wrapped up in blatant anti-Semitism. Are you equally offended by that? We see Soros being blamed for all sorts of things almost daily in the Political Forum. Does that concern you? Where does this fit in your theories about "hard" and "soft" anti-Semitism?

Soros himself grew up in what he described as a Jewish ant-Semitic home.

Soros grew up in a Jewish home. What kind of drugs are you on?

The PP expressly said that Soros himself described it as a ".Jewish anti-Semitic home." His parents were uncomfortable with their Jewish roots. It's not totally unheard of for Jews to be low-level Antisemtitc..

It's internalized anti-semitism. Self-hatred; horizontal hostility, whatever you want to call it -- those other Jews might have been meant for the gas chamber, but not us!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We've gone from a discussion of Trayon's horrible behavior in regard to Jews to heaping praise of Farrakhan's antisemtitic NOI? Seems like some of you are intent on proving that you DGAD about Jews or antisemtitem (unless it's coming from the alt-right). You don't think this type of antisemtism is as harmful, if not moreso, than the isolated rallies of nutjobs?

Also, White did not only say that the Rothschild's control the weather. He also said they control the World Bank AND the federal government. Everyone knows about the false conspiracy theories about the all-powerful Jews controlling the banks. He KNEW, especially when you put it together the venom he heard coming from Farrakhan.

And now, in the face of not one, not two, but THREE separate incidences showing White's "insensitivity" to antisemtism, the response is to stsrt talking about the positives of a virulently antisemitic organization that seeks to gain more followers.

O. M. G.

If Mr White had those same things about the Koch brothers, what would your reaction have been ? Please stop !

What do you mean? It's the same thing exactly! Antisemitism. Why is this even a question?

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You know, I thought Sarah Palin was a symbol of everything wrong with the Republican national party in 2008, but I was still appalled at the sexism that characterized the attacks against her.

It is possible to both disagree with someone politically and recognize when they're right about prejudice...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We've gone from a discussion of Trayon's horrible behavior in regard to Jews to heaping praise of Farrakhan's antisemtitic NOI? Seems like some of you are intent on proving that you DGAD about Jews or antisemtitem (unless it's coming from the alt-right). You don't think this type of antisemtism is as harmful, if not moreso, than the isolated rallies of nutjobs?

Also, White did not only say that the Rothschild's control the weather. He also said they control the World Bank AND the federal government. Everyone knows about the false conspiracy theories about the all-powerful Jews controlling the banks. He KNEW, especially when you put it together the venom he heard coming from Farrakhan.

And now, in the face of not one, not two, but THREE separate incidences showing White's "insensitivity" to antisemtism, the response is to stsrt talking about the positives of a virulently antisemitic organization that seeks to gain more followers.

O. M. G.

If Mr White had those same things about the Koch brothers, what would your reaction have been ? Please stop !

What do you mean? It's the same thing exactly! Antisemitism. Why is this even a question?

Except the Koch brothers aren't Jewish , see how much a fool you've made of yourself ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And this, in a nutshell, is a form of antisemtitsm itself on the left. It's not just about tiki torches. It's the indifference to antisemtism, the call for patience and understanding in the face of repeated infractions, and the excuse-making - compared to the attack and negative motives upon Jews who are upset about it.

Just out of curiosity, how much difference do you see between conspiracy theories about the Rothschilds and conspiracy theories about George Soros? A lot of the Soros discourse is wrapped up in blatant anti-Semitism. Are you equally offended by that? We see Soros being blamed for all sorts of things almost daily in the Political Forum. Does that concern you? Where does this fit in your theories about "hard" and "soft" anti-Semitism?

Soros himself grew up in what he described as a Jewish ant-Semitic home.

Soros grew up in a Jewish home. What kind of drugs are you on?

The PP expressly said that Soros himself described it as a ".Jewish anti-Semitic home." His parents were uncomfortable with their Jewish roots. It's not totally unheard of for Jews to be low-level Antisemtitc..

Kind of dismisses Jeff’s points. How could he not know this about Soros??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We've gone from a discussion of Trayon's horrible behavior in regard to Jews to heaping praise of Farrakhan's antisemtitic NOI? Seems like some of you are intent on proving that you DGAD about Jews or antisemtitem (unless it's coming from the alt-right). You don't think this type of antisemtism is as harmful, if not moreso, than the isolated rallies of nutjobs?

Also, White did not only say that the Rothschild's control the weather. He also said they control the World Bank AND the federal government. Everyone knows about the false conspiracy theories about the all-powerful Jews controlling the banks. He KNEW, especially when you put it together the venom he heard coming from Farrakhan.

And now, in the face of not one, not two, but THREE separate incidences showing White's "insensitivity" to antisemtism, the response is to stsrt talking about the positives of a virulently antisemitic organization that seeks to gain more followers.

O. M. G.

If Mr White had those same things about the Koch brothers, what would your reaction have been ? Please stop !

What do you mean? It's the same thing exactly! Antisemitism. Why is this even a question?

Except the Koch brothers aren't Jewish , see how much a fool you've made of yourself ?

NP. Jew, conservative...all the same demons to liberals

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

I'm sorry to say it, but your attitude will make White more popular rather than less. From the perspective of the people he represents, White apologized for his initial remark, but that wasn't enough. He reached out to the Jewish community to be educated, but that wasn't enough. He toured the Holocaust Museum, but that wasn't enough. Now he is being asked to reject the support of a group that is in his community doing real, tangible work. You are literally demanding that hungry people turn down food because you don't like who is feeding them. How do you think that is going to go over?

I am sorry, but from what I have read all the prominent Jewish leaders in the District acccepted his initial apology. Then the holocaust museum tour went very badly (I mean really?) Now this (and is a donation to NOI needed for W8 to get food?)

The Nation of Islam provides a range of social services in Ward 8 including distributing food. While those services are not contingent upon a $500 donation, they would end if the NOI was not allowed to continue its work in DC.

Who is calling for a ban on them working in DC? Would that even be legal? What people are complaining about is White's donation. And AFAICT the admiration for NOI in AA communities has less to do with handouts (done by many organizations) than with the turning around of lives by religious conversion.

Religious conversion to what? Not to an NOI follower, I hope. We don't need any more antisemitic thinkers, and if they follow Farrakhan, that's what he'll turn them into. Why is everyone OK with this?

You honestly think that if David Duke went to white poor rural areas, handing out food, spreading his mission, and "converting" people to his "ministry" , there would not be an outcry from AAs? (Someone else brought this up a little while ago, and there was no response.)

Poor rural areas are no different than poor urban areas in that no one pays any attention to them.
No one pays attention to the people living in them or their plight which makes it all the more easy for predatory lenders and bankers to wreak havoc on those areas for profit thus worsening their predicaments, but also because no one pays attention to them it makes it all the more easy for all kinds of extremist groups to proliferate their propaganda in those areas under the guise philanthropic programs.

I mean think about it - did you even know about the NOI's charitable work in Ward 8 prior to this big news story about Councilmember White? I'm betting you didn't know because most people don't pay any attention to what goes on in a poor urban area like Ward 8 because most people simply didn't care.

Now think about this - did you know that in 2000 the organization David Duke founded called the National Association for the Advancement of White People (NAAWP) began it's "Operation Appalachian"? It was a program designed to "deliver the basic staples of life to the deserving folk of Appalachia particularly whites of European ancestry" and sure they gave away bookbags, notebooks, calculators, and pencils, but they also gave away hateful propaganda. I'm betting you didn't know because most people don't pay attention to what goes on poor rural areas like Loudendale, West Virginia because most people simply don't care.

So you see the pendulum swings both ways and it's not that folks are okay with anti-Semitism nor are people okay with white nationalism or any other vile race-based hatred out there - the simple fact is when it comes to poor people NO ONE CARES. That's why there's no outcry because the people in trenches are too caught up in the struggle to care who it is that's providing them assistance and the people on the outside of the trenches are too wrapped up in their own little bubbles to notice what's going on elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We've gone from a discussion of Trayon's horrible behavior in regard to Jews to heaping praise of Farrakhan's antisemtitic NOI? Seems like some of you are intent on proving that you DGAD about Jews or antisemtitem (unless it's coming from the alt-right). You don't think this type of antisemtism is as harmful, if not moreso, than the isolated rallies of nutjobs?

Also, White did not only say that the Rothschild's control the weather. He also said they control the World Bank AND the federal government. Everyone knows about the false conspiracy theories about the all-powerful Jews controlling the banks. He KNEW, especially when you put it together the venom he heard coming from Farrakhan.

And now, in the face of not one, not two, but THREE separate incidences showing White's "insensitivity" to antisemtism, the response is to stsrt talking about the positives of a virulently antisemitic organization that seeks to gain more followers.

O. M. G.

If Mr White had those same things about the Koch brothers, what would your reaction have been ? Please stop !

What do you mean? It's the same thing exactly! Antisemitism. Why is this even a question?

Except the Koch brothers aren't Jewish , see how much a fool you've made of yourself ?

Which is why "the same things" wouldn't be said about the Koch brothers. They are said about the Rothschilds, and Soros, BECAUSE they are Jews, and therefore part of/shorthand for the vast Jewish conspiracy that controls the banks, the media, and apparently, the weather.

So, in a way, this is a good test; White can't be anti-semitic b/c he didn't realize the Rothschilds were Jewish (ostensibly), but he dredged up the name "Rothschild," a European banking family he likely know little about instead of say, "Koch," American financiers who actually have been involved in politics on the opposing side. Hmm ... why might that be? Maybe because he is hearing, somewhere, a lot of anti-semitic vitriol that he is now repeating, complete with the classic Jewish name. He wouldn't say those things about the Kochs, but no one says those things about the Kochs. They say them about Jews.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We've gone from a discussion of Trayon's horrible behavior in regard to Jews to heaping praise of Farrakhan's antisemtitic NOI? Seems like some of you are intent on proving that you DGAD about Jews or antisemtitem (unless it's coming from the alt-right). You don't think this type of antisemtism is as harmful, if not moreso, than the isolated rallies of nutjobs?

Also, White did not only say that the Rothschild's control the weather. He also said they control the World Bank AND the federal government. Everyone knows about the false conspiracy theories about the all-powerful Jews controlling the banks. He KNEW, especially when you put it together the venom he heard coming from Farrakhan.

And now, in the face of not one, not two, but THREE separate incidences showing White's "insensitivity" to antisemtism, the response is to stsrt talking about the positives of a virulently antisemitic organization that seeks to gain more followers.

O. M. G.

If Mr White had those same things about the Koch brothers, what would your reaction have been ? Please stop !

Well he would still be ignorant about the climate, yeah. But he would not be tapping into a century old conspiracy theory connected to mass murder, so my reaction would probably be a bit different. Is that odd?

[Anonymous]

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I mean think about it - did you even know about the NOI's charitable work in Ward 8 prior to this big news story about Councilmember White? I'm betting you didn't know because most people don't pay any attention to what goes on in a poor urban area like Ward 8 because most people simply didn't care.

I have heard all about their work in Chicago, and their work in prisons.

No I have not heard about their work in Ward 8 . I still don't know much about it, can you provide a link?

I do care about Ward 8, and have heard about work by SOME and other organizations, affordable housing, etc. Just not NOI.

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NP. Jew, conservative...all the same demons to liberals

Wut?