This is not just theoretical, but a very real risk that too many on the left simply don’t understand or appreciate, especially if populists start to equate US decisions to support Israel as being taken by, or paid for, by US Jews (AIPAC & ADL are wilfully blind to this).
It is scary to imagine a far right, Trump-like acolyte/influencer ga…
This is not just theoretical, but a very real risk that too many on the left simply don’t understand or appreciate, especially if populists start to equate US decisions to support Israel as being taken by, or paid for, by US Jews (AIPAC & ADL are wilfully blind to this).
It is scary to imagine a far right, Trump-like acolyte/influencer gaining traction with that 2017 Unite-the-Right chant: “Jews will not replace us” (or something worse) which is then echoed by Trump & many MAGA politicians, with the MAGA supporting law enforcement officers across multiple agencies & states taking initiative or subtly encouraged to do something or not intervene if others take decisive action ….
Just thinking about this scenario gives me the jitters on how easily it could escalate. An example is the Armenian genocide in Turkiye or the Rwanda genocide, which both started from rumours & conspiracies.
This is not just theoretical, but a very real risk that too many on the left simply don’t understand or appreciate, especially if populists start to equate US decisions to support Israel as being taken by, or paid for, by US Jews (AIPAC & ADL are wilfully blind to this).
It is scary to imagine a far right, Trump-like acolyte/influencer gaining traction with that 2017 Unite-the-Right chant: “Jews will not replace us” (or something worse) which is then echoed by Trump & many MAGA politicians, with the MAGA supporting law enforcement officers across multiple agencies & states taking initiative or subtly encouraged to do something or not intervene if others take decisive action ….
Just thinking about this scenario gives me the jitters on how easily it could escalate. An example is the Armenian genocide in Turkiye or the Rwanda genocide, which both started from rumours & conspiracies.