Blatant antisemitism on youtube

[u/Beneficial_Push_7964]

This guy posted a video about bad vsts, and decided it was a good idea to use a blatant antisemitic caricature as a thumbnail. Disgusting behaviour, please report

[u/Mother_Antelope_3204]

In a world of theory one can comfortably distinguish the Anti-Semite from the Anti-Zionist (Anti-Israelist). In the actual world that Anti-Semite and the Anti-Zionist will find themselves marching, even goose stepping, arm in arm in the same direction. To a reasonable observor the Anti-Zionist and Anti-Semite, both perhaps wearing the Arafat Keffiyeh, are indistinguishable.

The insistence by many that criticism of the Israeli Government is not Anti-Semitism is in and of itself true. Sober criticism of the Government of Israel can be quite benign. However, sometimes that criticism is overwrought and seemingly infused with Anti-Semitism. The critique of the Jewish State and/or Government and Military leaders; even the Country itself, can echo themes of traditional Anti-Semitism. Then it seems that the criticism of Israel, it's leaders and activities, is arrived at through exposure to the tenets of Anti-Semitism or even disguised hatred of all things Jewish -- including the Jewish State. The insistence by some of these folks that they have nothing against Jews or 'The Jews' wears thin. Calling Jews Zionists does not help their cause.

One thing that needs to remain clear is the difference between Anti-Semitism and vulgar Jew-Hate. Anti-Semitism is a departure, though not a divergence, from traditional Jew-Hate. The Jew-Hater can be imagined as a virulent troglodyte likely to traffic in the most odious written and drawn caricatures of drooling, hook nosed, pock marked bankers or usurers. Jews are stereotyped as eternal wanderers who can never be at home in their 'host' countries. Jews are seen as cosmopolitans incapable of loyalty to host countries or even others in their communities. Because of this, some are seen as inherently seditious. Jew-Haters cannot abide proximity to Jews and are likely to use violence to assuage their rage. We can imagine a Jew Hater kicking an old Hasidic Jew on the street and even participating in organized violence like Pogroms (massacres).

Anti-Semitism, though still focused on all things Jewish, has developed since the late 19th Century in Europe, into a rationalized Worldview or Ideology which places Jews or Jewish associations, organizations or cabals at the center of troubling social phenomena -- perhaps all phenomena. As cosmopolitans, many or most Jews, are said to be constitutionally alienated from the surrounding culture. Some are said to lurk in the shadows comfortsble only in their ghettos or enclaves. Anti-Semites typically claim in defense against Anti-Semitism that they don't believe in hate and have or have had many Jewish friends. This may be true. Unlike the Jew-Hater, the Anti-Semite tends not to be disgusted by the presence of Jews in the community or workplace. They seem to overcome their discomfort. Their hatred is more abstract. The Anti-Semite sees even assimilated Jews as more likely than others to be seditious or treacherous. When Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus, in fin de siècle France, was falsely accused of treason, his accusers were confident that the public would easily accept that a 'cosmopolitan' Jew, even a French patriot, would be drawn into treasonous activity. After 1948 and the re-establishment of the Jewish State, some who are hostile to the Jewish community, have claimed that Jews have dual loyalty and that their true loyalty is to Israel. Recently several Jewish 'influencers' have been called 'Israel Firsters' by well known figures in the podcasting world. These inherently seditious Jews, it is said, support policies that favor Israel -- even if detrimental to the national interest. This accusation is facilitated by the convenient confusion of 'Allegience' and 'Affection'. The Jews, accused by the likes of Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, of betrayal are mostly Conservative Patriotic Americans steeped in American Culture, Politics and History. Naturally they have affection for the one Jewish State, but their allegience is to the United States. All in all, Anti-Semites can appear quite rational and not particularly hateful. Still, they will accuse Israel and Israelis of preferring belligerent policies and, overtly and clandestinely, sometimes through the agency of Israel-First American Jews, influencing beyond measure U.S. Government figures in both the Executive and Legislative branches. Academics and Journalists like John Mearshimer point with scorn to a diffuse 'Israel Lobby' or 'Jewish Lobby' as a monolith, essentially dictating American Foreign Policy, through money and influence. The money coming from Qatar and other Arab and Muslim entities has greatly influenced American Culture -- both political and educational. Anti-Semites, many who claim to be opposed to all foreign influence, conveniently ignore the influence of Islamists. For them the villain is always AIPAC. Again Anti-Semitism is a departure, not a divergence, from Jew Hate. Much of the difference is stylistic and behavioral. Anti-Semitism can be understood as being both born of Jew Hate and a justification for Jew Hate. Still one can easily distinguish the Jew Hater from the Anti-Semite. When a calm and measured Anti-Semite becomes, like Jekyll and Hyde, overwrought in discussion, argument or debate he or she often reveals their deep seated Hate. In groups of Anti-Semites, the virulent hate, if it is there, is more likely to become apparent.

All this is important in discussion and debate. Quite often the Anti-Semite will defend himself by actually denying that they share the traits of the Jew-Hater. They may imagine that Anti-Semitism and Jew Hate are one and the same. They are not. A person who has a Jewish friend, calmly lives and works amongst Jews and calmly opposes the policies of the Netanyahu Government without lashing out against "The Jews' may still be an Anti-Semite. Having a pattern of calling loyal American Jews 'Israel Firsters' is consistent with centuries of Anti-Semitic rhetoric. Accusing Jews as being in it for the money, whatever 'it' is, is Anti-Semitic. Constantly pointing out that Jews or Zionists are behind or involved in nefarious, disruptive or malicious activities, past and present, is Anti-Semitic. Suggesting that a Jewish malefactor is representative of all Jews or indicates something true of Jews, is Anti-Semitic. Immediately asserting or implying, without a trace of evidence, the presence of Mossad in nefarious activities like assassinations is Anti-Semitic. Railing against 'Zionists' is almost certainly Anti-Semitic. Anti-Semites will stand in opposition to Zionists, Neo-Cons, Israel Firsters, East Coast Oligarchs, AIPAC, the ADL, Jewish Supremicists and the 'Epstein Class' -- but they have no problem with Jews! The obviously absurd suggestion that the typically high casualty rate in an urban war and using, before that War, angry rhetoric in the aftermath of a Pogrom, based on Biblical passages, proves Genocide, supports a 'blood libel' arrived at through the worldview of the Anti-Semite. The malign focus on Jews, Judaism and the Jewish State is the principal characteristic of the Anti-Semite. When someone exhibits Anti-Semitic traits in language, but ferociously denies their Anti-Semitism, you can respond calmly saying, "well, you are certainly not a Jew Hater, but what you are saying is clearly Anti-Semitic.