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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]DP from the few posts above.....

And there is NO way that he didn't know Rothschilds was code for Jews. How do I know? Because the excuse being given is that someone so idiotic as to think thar human beings can bring about a snowstorm would be ignorant enough not to know code for Jew. (He probably heard it at one of his Farrakhan meetings, in context with anti-Jew venom.)

And that excuse doesn't hold water. NOBODY over the age of  6, and more likely 3, would think that people could control the weather. certainly not a colelge graduate. Certainly not someone with a graduate degree. Trayon White knew exactly what was behind his remark. And all this twisting around in the wind to excuse it, while ATTACKING Jewish people who are objecting to it, demonstrates the efforts to which some people will go to deny evidence of antisemitism - and lash out at those who call it like it is.

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You are wrong about what people over the age of 6 know. There is another White on the Council, Robert White. He is very well-respected. Here is an excerpt from his statement about Trayon White:

"As I have taken the time to learn more about how anti-Semitic conspiracy myths have been used to justify bigotry and hatred toward Jewish people, it made me sad to realize that, though I work closely with Jewish colleagues and advocates, I did not know something that was so central to their community's history of oppression and that it would be so painful for them."

Robert White further ads:

"I do believe that Councilmember Trayon White sincerely did not realize the implication of his statement, and I believe his apology is heartfelt."

His entire statement is here:

http://www.capitalwirepr.com/pr_description.php?id=1bbe05b6-a5ec-67f9-54b5-5ab1bd9fb6c1

If you honestly think that White espoused a conspiracy theory about weather control as an elaborate ruse to disseminate anti-Semitism, you are just as ignorant as he is. I've said from the beginning that the real issue with White is not his ignorance about the Rothschilds, but his ignorance about the weather. His conspiracy theory would have been just as bad if he had blamed a Southern Baptist family for controlling the weather.

There are several posters here who are very eager to find anti-Semitism where there is none. Your energy -- and mine -- would be much better spent combatting cases in which anti-Semitism is clear and obvious. This evening I removed a post from the MD Schools forum that said the following:

"Jewish moms are the most annoying, nosy and obnoxious - BAR NONE. Cringing from their nasal voices with their abrupt personal questions at a concert-level voice. It is embarrassing that they don’t realize it or maybe they just don’t care. Either way, awful."

Followed by a post saying:

"+100. Totally agree."

Nothing that White has said is even close to comparable to this. Instead of coming up with elaborate theories of "soft" or "hard" anti-Semitism depending on whether one is liberal or conservative or inventing anti-Semitism where it doesn't exist, we should be working together against posters like these two.

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