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1. Inactive
   Jon1979

   @Jon1979

   3:25 PM EDT ⋅ Jun 17, 2020

   Jerry Giordano (Arizona Patrio… (View Comment):

   Richard Easton (View Comment):

   David Foster (View Comment):

   Vandalism of 8 synagogues and Jewish schools in Los Angeles.

   Pretty sure this wasn’t don’t by Young Republicans or Southern fundamentalist Christians.

   We also have seen how de Blasio has specifically targeted Jews.

   About LA: How many other businesses, churches, and buildings were vandalized? It’s hard to tell whether these particular 8 reported vandalisms reflect a specific targeting of Jews, or just a small part of general mayhem.

   I’m also not sure what you mean about de Blasio specifically targeting Jews. I seem to recall that he made an issue of a Jewish funeral, or something like that, in violation of COVID restrictions. But that’s not proof of having “targeted Jews,” absent evidence that some other religious group was allowed to act in the same way.

   These offers of proof of anti-Semitism rely on the same flawed methodology as the racist-cops narrative. Rather than rely on a comparison of similarly situated individuals, a small number of anti-Jewish actions are held up as representative, without context.

   Churches have been vandalized, too, including the fire at the church near the White House.

   If there were generic graffiti on the L.A. building — pro #BLM or anti-police — it would be easier just to say it was one target in an area that was hit by rioters. But it’s a synagogue with very site-specific graffiti. The people who wrote it knew where they were and what they wanted to say.

2. Member
   Jerry Giordano (Arizona Patrio…

   @ArizonaPatriot

   5:17 PM EDT ⋅ Jun 17, 2020

   Jon1979 (View Comment):

   Jerry Giordano (Arizona Patrio… (View Comment):

   Richard Easton (View Comment):

   David Foster (View Comment):

   Vandalism of 8 synagogues and Jewish schools in Los Angeles.

   Pretty sure this wasn’t don’t by Young Republicans or Southern fundamentalist Christians.

   We also have seen how de Blasio has specifically targeted Jews.

   About LA: How many other businesses, churches, and buildings were vandalized? It’s hard to tell whether these particular 8 reported vandalisms reflect a specific targeting of Jews, or just a small part of general mayhem.

   I’m also not sure what you mean about de Blasio specifically targeting Jews. I seem to recall that he made an issue of a Jewish funeral, or something like that, in violation of COVID restrictions. But that’s not proof of having “targeted Jews,” absent evidence that some other religious group was allowed to act in the same way.

   These offers of proof of anti-Semitism rely on the same flawed methodology as the racist-cops narrative. Rather than rely on a comparison of similarly situated individuals, a small number of anti-Jewish actions are held up as representative, without context.

   Churches have been vandalized, too, including the fire at the church near the White House.

   If there were generic graffiti on the L.A. building — pro #BLM or anti-police — it would be easier just to say it was one target in an area that was hit by rioters. But it’s a synagogue with very site-specific graffiti. The people who wrote it knew where they were and what they wanted to say.

   Or they adapted their message to fit the target.  Jerks do this all the time.  If you want to insult a black guy, call him an n-word.  For a Jew, the k-word.  For a white guy, maybe fatso or shorty or four-eyes.

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   Richard Fulmer

   @RichardFulmer

   7:05 PM EDT ⋅ Jun 17, 2020

   I understand that Adolf Hitler once said that one plus one is two.  Must not be true.

4. Coolidge
   Richard Easton

   @RichardEaston

   8:25 PM EDT ⋅ Jun 17, 2020

   Jerry Giordano (Arizona Patrio… (View Comment):

   Richard Easton (View Comment):

   David Foster (View Comment):

   Vandalism of 8 synagogues and Jewish schools in Los Angeles.

   Pretty sure this wasn’t don’t by Young Republicans or Southern fundamentalist Christians.

   We also have seen how de Blasio has specifically targeted Jews.

   About LA: How many other businesses, churches, and buildings were vandalized? It’s hard to tell whether these particular 8 reported vandalisms reflect a specific targeting of Jews, or just a small part of general mayhem.

   I’m also not sure what you mean about de Blasio specifically targeting Jews. I seem to recall that he made an issue of a Jewish funeral, or something like that, in violation of COVID restrictions. But that’s not proof of having “targeted Jews,” absent evidence that some other religious group was allowed to act in the same way.

   These offers of proof of anti-Semitism rely on the same flawed methodology as the racist-cops narrative. Rather than rely on a comparison of similarly situated individuals, a small number of anti-Jewish actions are held up as representative, without context.

   Churches have been vandalized, too, including the fire at the church near the White House.

   https://www.redstate.com/nick-arama/2020/06/16/mayor-de-blasio-threatens-local-elected-officials-with-arrest-for-defying-him-and-cutting-locks-off-parks/

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   Tocqueville

   @Tocqueville

   6:05 AM EDT ⋅ Jun 18, 2020

   I agree totally with your argument. Just a question: why must we always begin by saying this “conversation” is “necessary”? Hard facts (FBI statistics, fatherlessness, literacy rates, minority representation in the police force and legal system, black criminality) seem to have no role in this “conversation” about American “racism”.

   Are there other countries on the planet that are more tolerant of diversity than the United States?

   Unless we are talking about those issues I just mentioned, it isn’t a “conversation”.

   An ex-liberal, I am starting to see these little appeasement gestures towards the Left as futile at best and harmful at worst.  They don’t like you, they will never like you. Why do certain conservatives do a little ritual dance of penitence & self-flagellation before getting to the (very important, vital) point?

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   Front Seat Cat

   @FrontSeatCat

   7:09 AM EDT ⋅ Jun 18, 2020

   Just this morning, @bethanymandel  I read a very revealing article that is well worth your time – it speaks volumes of the similarities you are speaking of regarding the racial charges being brought forth today, erasing history and the hypocrisy within it.  There’s a lot of rot!

   https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/the-unmistakable-echoes-in-the-culture-war-against-the-west/

    

7. Coolidge
   Dotorimuk

   @Dotorimuk

   8:24 AM EDT ⋅ Jun 18, 2020

   Tocqueville (View Comment):

   I agree totally with your argument. Just a question: why must we always begin by saying this “conversation” is “necessary”? Hard facts (FBI statistics, fatherlessness, literacy rates, minority representation in the police force and legal system, black criminality) seem to have no role in this “conversation” about American “racism”.

   Are there other countries on the planet that are more tolerant of diversity than the United States?

   Unless we are talking about those issues I just mentioned, it isn’t a “conversation”.

   An ex-liberal, I am starting to see these little appeasement gestures towards the Left as futile at best and harmful at worst. They don’t like you, they will never like you. Why do certain conservatives do a little ritual dance of penitence & self-flagellation before getting to the (very important, vital) point?

   And, any “conversation” needs to include the uncomfortable stats about who’s committing the crime, particularly murder, black on black and black on white crime. Think anyone will allow that conversation to occur?

8. Coolidge
   Richard Easton

   @RichardEaston

   7:44 PM EDT ⋅ Jun 19, 2020

   https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/williamsburg-jewish-liberated-zone