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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 [b]because of one uninvited jackass’s antics and the punk ass politician who let him speak.[/quote][/b]
Except it's more - MUCH MORE - than one uninvited jackass and the punk ass politician who let him speak. The fact that you are minimizing the degree to which anti-Semitism is overlooked here in DC is part and parcel of the problem.

It is ALSO Trayon, who should have jumped at the opportunity to condemn the "jackass," especially in light of his questionable comments and behavior regarding Jews last week, and yet....he has refused to condemn him. But the real problem is that the DC Council appears to be willing to look past his anti-Semitism and in doing so signaling that anti-Semitism, if not actually encouraged, certainly is nothing that warrants any actions when it occurs at the leadership level. Combine that with the fact that DC grant money supports programs hosted or run by blatant anti-Semites, and there's a message being sent that bigotry against Jews is no big deal.[/quote]

Let’s hope the counter-message being sent doesn’t turn into resentment towards black Washingtonians.[/quote]

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