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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Only 15 responses to this horrific show of antisemitism, and half of them were mine.

Apparently, the muted response shows that there is no defense to this incident - why didn't Lopez just lower the megaphone when the Farrakhan speaker starting spewing his venom, and why didn't White condemn the remarks? - and that in the face of blatant "Jew-hatred," there is deafening silence from (some) DC politicians and, based on the input here,  DC residents as well. (In fairness, Jeff did express outrage, but most of DCUM, shhhhhh......)

How different from the response to the "questionable" actions and behavior of White, to whom much of DCUM raced to defend. That's because with White, up until yesterday when he appears to agree with the Farrakhan supporter by refusing to condemn him, one could bend into a pretzel and give the guy the benefit of the doubt. The vast majority of DC is comprised of liberals, and particularly DC officials, who portend to object to bigotry. Why then is there such silence when BLATANTLY anti-Semitic speech (termites? really?) is put forth? Is antisemitism "an OK" form of bigotry?

Lopez....OUT! White....RESIGN! And the DC Council, along width severing all ties to Farrakhan, should issue apologies to the Jewish people and ensure them that such bigotry will not be tolerated in our city. [/quote]

Ain’t nobody rushing to defend that fool who grabbed the bullhorn because his conduct and remarks were reprehensible.  Nobody condones that.  The silence in and of itself is a rebuke and DCUM posters have for all intents and purposes said, “He’s all yours...we’re not speaking out in his defense”, so you got free reign to tear him up to your hearts content.  
Now if that’s not sufficient and if what you really want is another 40+ page drawn out debate then it’s simple - just follow the example of some of the posters from the other thread and try to turn this into an indictment on the people of Ward 8 specifically or try to make this a condemnation of all black Washingtonians in general.  If you looking for some heated discussion go ‘head and break out the sweeping generalizations on entire communities because of one uninvited jackass’s antics and the punk ass politician who let him speak.[/quote]

I understand what you're saying. But, as a Jewish-adjacent person (spouse, child & in laws are Jewish), it's hard for me to contextualize this outbreak of antisemitic language by some Black people. What I think is happening is that anti-semitic language is a rhetorical thing among Nation of Islam that is spreading on the internet. The black community as a whole generally viewed NOI's anti-semitism as something embarassing but irrelevant; plus the general respect for the actual good things NOI have done. But with actual anti-semitism rising globally, and the internet spreading anti-semitic ideas to the black community, I don't see it as tenable to just brush of NOI's anti-semitism. To hear my child called "a termite" is just chilling ... I agree w you that this shouldnt't become an excuse to pile on all of Ward 8; but I still feel like it has to be addressed seriously. [/quote]

I wholeheartedly agree it needs to be addressed as the true “brush off” is being committed by politicians and organizations who are solely fixated on their selfish personal agendas - it’s NOT being committed by the citizens in Ward 8.  If anything they are being hoodwinked by these charlatans in office and their cagey cohorts into being a buffer for their bigotry and that’s what worries me is that yet another negative stereotype will wind up being attributed to Ward 8 residents who already are saddled with poverty, violence, unemployment, failing schools, and fledgling resources.  Adding antisemitism to the list is not going to make their lives any easier.[/quote]

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