Antisemitism: The Latest Trendy Thing For Ignoramuses

Dr Marc Siegel says something worth reading. The headline at USA Today is "Ugly rise in antisemitism after Hamas attack on Israel has deep roots in American history"

He writes this:

"The antisemitism story of 2023 isn’t about freedom of speech or academic freedom.

"It's about meanness and divisiveness, flames fanned by the cruelty of social media, where it is too easy to hide anonymously behind cruel expression."

And now, not only anonymously. You have bankers, lawyers, doctors, and other so-called professionals under their real names, uttering the worst insults against Jews.  Thankfully, many of them have been fired from their jobs, but even that won't stop them. They are attention-seekers in the worst way possible.

There's always been antisemitism, but I've never seen it this brazen, this vicious, and this hateful until the massacre of the Jews on Oct. 7.  And I doubt it's going to end any time soon with these extremists, unless they are punished and ostracized.

Here's a good case in point, from today's news:

Man arrested for shouting 'gas the Jews' outside DC synagogue

"A man was arrested on suspicion of shouting 'gas the Jews' and spraying a foul-smelling substance on two people outside the Kesher Israel Congregation in the Georgetown neighborhood in Washington DC on Sunday, according to NBC Washington.

"The suspect was identified as Brent Wood, a resident of Toledo, Ohio. The victims were not physically hurt in the attack."

What motivates someone to do such a thing? And despite the fact that the victims weren't "physically hurt", they -- and all Jews -- are traumatized whenever something like this happens.

As I always ask, "What did we ever do to them?"