Has she adopted the rightwing descriptor, “Judeo-Christian” yet? That’s always a dead giveaway someone’s politics trumps their religion, since Jews don't actually describe themselves that way, it’s a conservative Christian thing.
I always wonder about Jews (and Blacks) who cozy up to the White supremacists. Do they think that they will be spared later because they're "one of the good ones?"
"There is a word in Newspeak," said Syme, "I don't know whether you know it: duckspeak, to quack like a duck. It is one of those interesting words that have two contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it is abuse, applied to someone you agree with, it is praise."
I guess it’s official now, defense of Israel has moved from defaming Mearsheimer and Walt to adopting the culture war memes of the Republican fascist party. The overwhelming self-pitying, though, is Bari special.
Bari Weiss, wrapping herself in the warm, snuggly blanket of “oppression” that she uses to smother anyone who disagrees with her. At some point, don’t even her friends and coworkers get disgusted with her whiny, two-faced bullshit?
"This new survey[*] (which you can read more about here) reflects the recently released FBI's Hate Crimes Statistics for 2020. The bureau says that 57.5 percent of religious-based hate crimes last year had Jews as their targets, even though Jews represent 2 percent of the population."
What she doesn't mention:
- From the FBI stats she links to, religion-based hate crimes make up only 15% of all hate crime incidents.
- Jews were targets of 8.7% of ALL hate crimes, which at least puts her "2 percent of the population" into a more appropriate context. (You'll never guess who makes up the vast majority of hate crime targets.)
- Religious-based hate crime incidents against Jews actually went down 30%, from 953 in 2019 to 676 in 2020.
At least this time she mentioned that the hate crimes in question are only the "religious-based" incidents. I read a review of her book in the Times that said "Should it call for courage for a politically liberal American Jew like Weiss to point out that Jews, though a tiny percentage of the population of the United States, are the victims of over half of its reported hate crimes?" I don't know if the reviewer made this "mistake," or the author, but you can see the problem here. Anti-semitism is a lamentable evil as it is; it doesn't need to be exaggerated.
Forgive the length, but I really don't appreciate it when writers misrepresent statistics in an attempt to deliberately manipulate the reader.
*As Roy deftly shows, the survey she links to indicates that the vast majority of anti-semitic responses comes from the right, not the left. So much for "everybody."
I sense a sly pun in the use of "polls." I am not a Pollack. But as a member of the mindless woke mob, I feel I am a kindred spirit, a fellow traveler, with the Poles. I get manic just thinking about how depressing the treatment of that nationality has been in jokes over the course of my lifetime, though I do still like a good Pollack joke. The kind the late Norm MacDonald used to tell. Yes, one extreme to another. Prost!
Wari Beiss, Defender of the Faith.
Has she adopted the rightwing descriptor, “Judeo-Christian” yet? That’s always a dead giveaway someone’s politics trumps their religion, since Jews don't actually describe themselves that way, it’s a conservative Christian thing.
I always wonder about Jews (and Blacks) who cozy up to the White supremacists. Do they think that they will be spared later because they're "one of the good ones?"
"wokity-woke post-modern avant-garde mobwoke canturecultcel liberals..."
"There is a word in Newspeak," said Syme, "I don't know whether you know it: duckspeak, to quack like a duck. It is one of those interesting words that have two contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it is abuse, applied to someone you agree with, it is praise."
“Yet I soldier on, following in the footsteps of Judith, the Maccabees, the Irgun, and David Horowitz” — it doesn’t get any better than this.
I consider Woody Allen one of the great film makers. (Roman Polanski too. That creepy Chaplin
fella also. )
I consider Edel Weiss to be one of our worst pundits ( bad ideas- poorly written - she's a natural!)
I guess it’s official now, defense of Israel has moved from defaming Mearsheimer and Walt to adopting the culture war memes of the Republican fascist party. The overwhelming self-pitying, though, is Bari special.
So, again: Who gives a fuck about Bari Weiss and why does she matter? Of what importance is she?
I mean, please.
BTW, I just finished eating, but did Jew?
Bari Weiss, wrapping herself in the warm, snuggly blanket of “oppression” that she uses to smother anyone who disagrees with her. At some point, don’t even her friends and coworkers get disgusted with her whiny, two-faced bullshit?
Back before he went full horseshoe Glem wrote a good piece on Bari and her bullshit. She's always been a shonda. https://theintercept.com/2017/08/31/nyts-newest-op-ed-hire-bari-weiss-embodies-its-worst-failings-and-its-lack-of-viewpoint-diversity/
LOL - 5 guffaws!
Here's Weiss:
"This new survey[*] (which you can read more about here) reflects the recently released FBI's Hate Crimes Statistics for 2020. The bureau says that 57.5 percent of religious-based hate crimes last year had Jews as their targets, even though Jews represent 2 percent of the population."
What she doesn't mention:
- From the FBI stats she links to, religion-based hate crimes make up only 15% of all hate crime incidents.
- Jews were targets of 8.7% of ALL hate crimes, which at least puts her "2 percent of the population" into a more appropriate context. (You'll never guess who makes up the vast majority of hate crime targets.)
- Religious-based hate crime incidents against Jews actually went down 30%, from 953 in 2019 to 676 in 2020.
At least this time she mentioned that the hate crimes in question are only the "religious-based" incidents. I read a review of her book in the Times that said "Should it call for courage for a politically liberal American Jew like Weiss to point out that Jews, though a tiny percentage of the population of the United States, are the victims of over half of its reported hate crimes?" I don't know if the reviewer made this "mistake," or the author, but you can see the problem here. Anti-semitism is a lamentable evil as it is; it doesn't need to be exaggerated.
Forgive the length, but I really don't appreciate it when writers misrepresent statistics in an attempt to deliberately manipulate the reader.
*As Roy deftly shows, the survey she links to indicates that the vast majority of anti-semitic responses comes from the right, not the left. So much for "everybody."
I sense a sly pun in the use of "polls." I am not a Pollack. But as a member of the mindless woke mob, I feel I am a kindred spirit, a fellow traveler, with the Poles. I get manic just thinking about how depressing the treatment of that nationality has been in jokes over the course of my lifetime, though I do still like a good Pollack joke. The kind the late Norm MacDonald used to tell. Yes, one extreme to another. Prost!
I'm just a white Catholic kid who grew up in Texas. I wasn't aware of Jews. Blacks and Mexicans, yes. Is there any real difference?
Got a little wobbly there at the end, chief, but we'll take it. Todah rabah!
I haven't seen the figures either so I guess I'll take your word for it.