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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]White isn't going anywhere.

This whole mess has made him stronger in the eyes of his constituents. They support him more now than ever, because many of them believe the same things, and now they're seeing "their guy" attacked for it.

If people would've just ignored this, it would've been better. Now he's stronger than he was before. [/quote]

You may be right that this has made him stronger, at least within his specific constituency, but I am still not sure ignoring it would have been better.  If nothing else, hopefully it would hurt him if he ever wanted to run for city-wide office.  And ignoring things creates its own legitimacy.[/quote]
Problem is, antisemtism isn't restricted to Ward 8. And the fact that the mayor and council are afraid to take action shows they know how widespread it is.

Many of the online comments I read (not here....elsewhere) are in support of Trayon and vehemently against the Jews. I read repeatedly that they feel Trayon spoke "the truth" about Jews (what truth? that they control the weather?) and he shouldn't back down to them. It's so bad now that if a DC official makes antisemtic statements and Jews object, they (the Jews) are put in their place with further bigoted comments. It's as though they are looked down upon to such a degree that they are expected to just accept racist comments without any pushback at all.

I am going to a major Jewish event next month. I trust there will be top security. [/quote]

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