Like virtually every other American, I have watched the ongoing terrorist attack — let's call it what it is — on Israel. I, too, have watched all the videos of the unspeakable atrocities done to the Jewish people of Israel. It is incredibly difficult to watch. I can't imagine living it. Because I write about politics, I have followed the political fallout as well. We can talk about all those things — that as Israelis were being picked off one by one, Joe Biden attended a barbeque, then was MIA for three days before he spoke about the events in Israel, that it is a fairly good bet the whole thing was financed by Iran, and that sitting members of Congress have all but applauded it.
Just 8 days ago the University of Pennsylvania, where Joe Biden has an office, hosted a Palestinian “literary” festival where the theme was, surprise, Jews evil.https://t.co/O7i81PpC1Q
— Peachy Keenan (@KeenanPeachy) October 11, 2023
But I realized that the one thing that has stood out to me the most, has been that all over the world, a significant attack on Israel has not brought out much humanity in people. Quite the opposite. It seems to have freed them up to put their virulent antisemitism on full display. In Sydney, Australia, on Monday night outside the iconic Opera House, around 1,000 pro-Hamas supporters — again, let's call things what they are — chanted, "Gas the Jews." In Canada, protests all across the country were peaceful, but there were not many who would outright condemn the Hamas attack. But here in America, in the land of "diversity, equity, and inclusion," those things only appear to apply to a certain few, and those certain few don't seem to include Jews.
In New York City, a large protest took place, where chants of "Free, free Palestine, long live Palestine" and "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free." New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) called the protest “abhorrent and morally repugnant.” but New York City was the tame spot. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, near Harvard University, one pro-Hamas protester yelled, "Animals, animals, you pigs, animals, Nazis, Nazis, Nazis." At Harvard itself, over 30 student organizations hold Israel "entirely responsible" for the attack.
Perhaps it was the Harvard student organizations blaming Israel for the attack that got my attention. Isn't this the same generation that has grown up with the idea of "diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)?" Since they were kindergartners, have they not paraded around with rainbow flags and learned about triggering and microaggressions? For college-age students to acquire a level of hatred for one group of people in this day and age? Pretty amazing, or is diversity, equity, and inclusion only afforded to some? It begs the question, for kids who have been immersed in DEI in school their whole lives, did they learn hatred of Jews at home? There have always been those who somehow believe generations-old wives tales about "Jews run the banks" and "Jews run Hollywood." But the problem may come in because while being exposed to the ideas of DEI, those same kids have also been exposed to liberal teachers who are increasingly anti-Israel.
The amount of antisemitism on open display right now around the world and in our own country is absolutely stomach-turning.
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) October 9, 2023
Students, "young skulls full of mush," as the great Rush Limbaugh would say, are one thing, but adult Americans are another thing entirely. Adult Americans are actively supporting an organization that has dragged families out of their homes and killed them; women are raped and killed, children kidnapped, and babies beheaded. While you may perceive some wrongs done to Palestinians, how have you cultivated a hatred where you can somehow justify these acts? A sitting member of Congress, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), could not bring herself to condemn such horrific events. No other way to ask: What has to be wrong with you for you to remain silent, and easily so, about something like that?
As I write this, I find myself frustrated that I cannot come up with a good answer to the question "Where does such extreme hatred come from, and why is it all of a sudden okay?" We can name off usual suspects: Democrats, the media, and so on. But the answer is likely one of faith, the heart, and way above my pay grade — and ultimately, much simpler than I think.
I wholeheartedly condemn the acts of virulent antisemitism by students supporting Palestinian terrorism at Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, Yale, and elsewhere.
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) October 11, 2023
Our college campuses have become cesspools of antisemitism.
It must be stopped.
