https://www.mic.com/impact/lauren-boebert-capitol-tourists-orthodox-joke
This week, just days after a gunman held four congregants of a Dallas-area synagogue hostage while spouting antisemitic fantasies about Jews controlling the world, Boebert stumbled onto a group of Jewish visitors to the United States Capitol Building and, after looking them up and down (they were allegedly all wearing yarmulkes) asked whether they were there for “reconnaissance.” Ha ha ha. Jokes!
Don’t get it? That’s okay, neither do I, despite Boebert’s later insistence that others did, and besides, she’s “too short to see anyone’s yarmulkes.” Ha ... ha ha? Given Boebert’s dalliances with casual antisemitism in the past, coupled with the overt antisemitism on display during the Jan. 6 insurrection — for which she, herself, has been credibly accused of providing “reconnaissance” tours ahead of time — it’s pretty understandable to assume Boebert’s “joke” isn’t exactly coming from a place of tolerance and understanding.
Again, you're focusing on the wrong thing. Look, someone on the Right said something anti-Semitic! Meanwhile on the left, there are people who aren't just making comments but trying to pass legislation against Israel for anti-Semitic purposes and you just don't seem to notice.
ReplyDeleteAnti-Semitism is on both sides. Picking on only those you politically disagree with makes you potential allies for those on "your side"