Zone1 Antisemitic hate crimes becoming rampant in affluent Washington DC suburb

[Lisa558]

Racism against blacks, which is coming down, is not the only concern. Antisemitism against Jews is on the upswing, even in affluent, liberal areas.

Jews Not Welcome Here graffiti found hours ago, spray painted at affluent Walter Johnson HS in Bethesda, MD.

‘Jews not welcome’ vandalism at Walt Whitman High School in Maryland

“Anti-Semitism is on the rise in Montgomery County and the D.C. region,” County Council President Evan Glass said following recent hate crimes.

nypost.com

Swastikas found repeatedly, also in Bethesda, MD:

2 incidents of antisemitic graffiti found in Montgomery Co. - WTOP News

Montgomery County, Maryland, has been hit with two more acts of antisemitic graffiti.

wtop.com

Never Again.

 

[1srelluc]

I hate Bethesda "Nazis".

 

[Polishprince]

Montgomery County also has an epidemic of regular Gang Rape Parties hosted by their high school children, if we can believe the sworn testimony given in the Kavanaugh hearings.

Place seems to be going to heck in a handbasket.

 

[Esdraelon]

The irony is rather stark. Jewish Americans vote basically as a bloc and always for Democrats. Democrats refuse to even renounce some of their own who have been BLATANTLY anti-Semitic. I think we aren't too far removed from open violence, pogroms against Jews in certain Dem strongholds and Jews will begin to decide to make Aliyah to the nation they apparently despise.

 

[DGS49]

One or two anti-Semitic messages could very well be the work of one idiot or it could be a hoax. Call me when you have an actual ACT that has been done. There are simply too many people and organizations about that traffic in exaggerated portrayals of nonsense.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

The problem with antisemitism is that it arises from BOTH sides of the political spectrum. There is a difference in how it is manifested, however.

The right-wing variety is rare, but direct. They follow the traditional neo-Nazi playbook and don't pull any punches.

The left-wing variety, however, is increasingly common, and is slimy and dishonest rather than direct. It pretends their hatred of Jews is actually just some sort of political defense of "oppressed" people, even as the people they view as "oppressed" seek the genocide of Jews.

From where I sit, I'd say there is about a 90/10 split. 90 percent of the antisemites I encounter are coming from the left while 10% come from the right.

 

[MaryL]

30 years ago, a friend & coworker, (Germanic last name) had his property vandalized with swastikas. That suburb had a rash of vandalism on persons of Germanic decent. Same thing. It was a form of condemnation and intimidation. The press never reported that. Sometimes, life is weird, and people do stupid things. For what it's worth.

 

[Lisa558]

The irony is rather stark. Jewish Americans vote basically as a bloc and always for Democrats. Democrats refuse to even renounce some of their own who have been BLATANTLY anti-Semitic. I think we aren't too far removed from open violence, pogroms against Jews in certain Dem strongholds and Jews will begin to decide to make Aliyah to the nation they apparently despise.

The sad thing is that I know Democrat Jews who downplay antisemitism and say Jews should be focused more on fighting racism.

 

[Lisa558]

The problem with antisemitism is that it arises from BOTH sides of the political spectrum. There is a difference in how it is manifested, however.

The right-wing variety is rare, but direct. They follow the traditional neo-Nazi playbook and don't pull any punches.

The left-wing variety, however, is increasingly common, and is slimy and dishonest rather than direct. It pretends their hatred of Jews is actually just some sort of political defense of "oppressed" people, even as the people they view as "oppressed" seek the genocide of Jews.

From where I sit, I'd say there is about a 90/10 split. 90 percent of the antisemites I encounter are coming from the left while 10% come from the right.

From where I sit, as well. And it will only get worse as more and more Democrats side with Muslims, whom they see as oppressed or criticized unfairly, and thus develop more hostility toward those they see as their oppressors - the Jews.

 

[Lisa558]

30 years ago, a friend & coworker, (Germanic last name) had his property vandalized with swastikas. That suburb had a rash of vandalism on persons of Germanic decent. Same thing. It was a form of condemnation and intimidation. The press never reported that. Sometimes, life is weird, and people do stupid things. For what it's worth.

My surname is Germanic Jewish also, and my family has had our property vandalized as well.

 

[Coyote]

Racism against blacks, which is coming down, is not the only concern. Antisemitism against Jews is on the upswing, even in affluent, liberal areas.

Jews Not Welcome Here graffiti found hours ago, spray painted at affluent Walter Johnson HS in Bethesda, MD.

‘Jews not welcome’ vandalism at Walt Whitman High School in Maryland

“Anti-Semitism is on the rise in Montgomery County and the D.C. region,” County Council President Evan Glass said following recent hate crimes.

nypost.com

Swastikas found repeatedly, also in Bethesda, MD:

2 incidents of antisemitic graffiti found in Montgomery Co. - WTOP News

Montgomery County, Maryland, has been hit with two more acts of antisemitic graffiti.

wtop.com

Never Again.

That is sad…I went to that highschool. A lot has changed in 45 years .

Racism, if you define it by hate crimes, has not gone down. It too has seen an increase.

 

[Lisa558]

That is sad…I went to that highschool. A lot has changed in 45 years .

You went to WJ? The rich side of town!

I went to school in MoCo county, 50 years ago, and the junior high school there had plenty of antisemitism. I was bullied, called “Christ Killer,” had my locker spray-painted with the word JEW in large letters, you name it. It was so bad that my parents moved to a better neighborhood where I went to high school, but there were still some incidents there. And the area country club wouldn’t allow Jews to join.

Even so, it’s getting worse.

 

[Rigby5]

Using the word "Semitic" wrong is anti-Semitic.
The word "Semitic" means:
{ of an Arab language group...}
It does NOT mean Jewish.
If you mean Jewish, then use the word "Jewish".

 

[Coyote]

You went to WJ? The rich side of town!

Not rich, at least not where we lived, and nothing like it is now. I seldom go back because it is unrecognizable. WJ was still surrounded by farms then (hard to believe).

I went to school in MoCo county, 50 years ago, and the junior high school there had plenty of antisemitism. I was bullied, called “Christ Killer,” had my locker spray-painted with the word JEW in large letters, you name it. It was so bad that my parents moved to a better neighborhood where I went to high school, but there were still some incidents there. And the area country club wouldn’t allow Jews to join.

Wow...I'm sorry you had to go through that. I never saw anything that blatent in highschool. My cousin (same age as me, we grew up together) is Jewish on her father's side has Jewish sounding last name, was also not teased (she went to Whitman). Jr High is a miseable cess no matter what.

Even so, it’s getting worse.

Agree.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Why is this thread now in the religious forum?

Antisemitism is all about ethnicity, not religion.

 

[AsherN]

Using the word "Semitic" wrong is anti-Semitic.
The word "Semitic" means:
{ of an Arab language group...}
It does NOT mean Jewish.
If you mean Jewish, then use the word "Jewish".

Do we have to explain the root of the word every time?

In 1879, German journalist Wilhelm Marr published a pamphlet, Der Sieg des Judenthums über das Germanenthum. Vom nicht confessionellen Standpunkt aus betrachtet (The Victory of the Jewish Spirit over the Germanic Spirit. Observed from a non-religious perspective) in which he used the word Semitismus interchangeably with the word Judentum to denote both "Jewry" (the Jews as a collective) and "jewishness" (the quality of being Jewish, or the Jewish spirit).[21][22][23]

This use of Semitismus was followed by a coining of "Antisemitismus" which was used to indicate opposition to the Jews as a people[citation needed] and opposition to the Jewish spirit, which Marr interpreted as infiltrating German culture. His next pamphlet, Der Weg zum Siege des Germanenthums über das Judenthum (The Way to Victory of the Germanic Spirit over the Jewish Spirit, 1880), presents a development of Marr's ideas further and may present the first published use of the German word Antisemitismus, "antisemitism".

The pamphlet became very popular, and in the same year he founded the Antisemiten-Liga (League of Antisemites),[24] apparently named to follow the "Anti-Kanzler-Liga" (Anti-Chancellor League).[25] The league was the first German organization committed specifically to combating the alleged threat to Germany and German culture posed by the Jews and their influence and advocating their forced removal from the country.

So far as can be ascertained, the word was first widely printed in 1881, when Marr published Zwanglose Antisemitische Hefte, and Wilhelm Scherer used the term Antisemiten in the January issue of Neue Freie Presse.

The Jewish Encyclopedia reports, "In February 1881, a correspondent of the Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums speaks of 'Anti-Semitism' as a designation which recently came into use ("Allg. Zeit. d. Jud." 1881, p. 138). On 19 July 1882, the editor says, 'This quite recent Anti-Semitism is hardly three years old.'"[26]

The word "antisemitism" was borrowed into English from German in 1881. Oxford English Dictionary editor James Murray wrote that it was not included in the first edition because "Anti-Semite and its family were then probably very new in English use, and not thought likely to be more than passing nonce-words... Would that anti-Semitism had had no more than a fleeting interest!"[27] The related term "philosemitism" was used by 1881.[28]

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Do we have to explain the root of the word every time?

In 1879, German journalist Wilhelm Marr published a pamphlet, Der Sieg des Judenthums über das Germanenthum. Vom nicht confessionellen Standpunkt aus betrachtet (The Victory of the Jewish Spirit over the Germanic Spirit. Observed from a non-religious perspective) in which he used the word Semitismus interchangeably with the word Judentum to denote both "Jewry" (the Jews as a collective) and "jewishness" (the quality of being Jewish, or the Jewish spirit).[21][22][23]

This use of Semitismus was followed by a coining of "Antisemitismus" which was used to indicate opposition to the Jews as a people[citation needed] and opposition to the Jewish spirit, which Marr interpreted as infiltrating German culture. His next pamphlet, Der Weg zum Siege des Germanenthums über das Judenthum (The Way to Victory of the Germanic Spirit over the Jewish Spirit, 1880), presents a development of Marr's ideas further and may present the first published use of the German word Antisemitismus, "antisemitism".

The pamphlet became very popular, and in the same year he founded the Antisemiten-Liga (League of Antisemites),[24] apparently named to follow the "Anti-Kanzler-Liga" (Anti-Chancellor League).[25] The league was the first German organization committed specifically to combating the alleged threat to Germany and German culture posed by the Jews and their influence and advocating their forced removal from the country.

So far as can be ascertained, the word was first widely printed in 1881, when Marr published Zwanglose Antisemitische Hefte, and Wilhelm Scherer used the term Antisemiten in the January issue of Neue Freie Presse.

The Jewish Encyclopedia reports, "In February 1881, a correspondent of the Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums speaks of 'Anti-Semitism' as a designation which recently came into use ("Allg. Zeit. d. Jud." 1881, p. 138). On 19 July 1882, the editor says, 'This quite recent Anti-Semitism is hardly three years old.'"[26]

The word "antisemitism" was borrowed into English from German in 1881. Oxford English Dictionary editor James Murray wrote that it was not included in the first edition because "Anti-Semite and its family were then probably very new in English use, and not thought likely to be more than passing nonce-words... Would that anti-Semitism had had no more than a fleeting interest!"[27] The related term "philosemitism" was used by 1881.[28]

This is why I never hyphenate the term antisemitism.

 

[Lisa558]

This is why I never hyphenate the term antisemitism.

People who divert from the topic of antisemitism - good point about keeping it one word - by splitting hairs about Semite are usually antisemitic themselves. Regular people know it means hatred of Jews.

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

The problem with antisemitism is that it arises from BOTH sides of the political spectrum. There is a difference in how it is manifested, however.

The right-wing variety is rare, but direct. They follow the traditional neo-Nazi playbook and don't pull any punches.

The left-wing variety, however, is increasingly common, and is slimy and dishonest rather than direct. It pretends their hatred of Jews is actually just some sort of political defense of "oppressed" people, even as the people they view as "oppressed" seek the genocide of Jews.

From where I sit, I'd say there is about a 90/10 split. 90 percent of the antisemites I encounter are coming from the left while 10% come from the right.

Mostly true, but those from the right are the "alt-right." Those people really are SOCIALISTS -- NATIONAL SOCIALIST

 

[luiza]

Wow .
What's the time ?
Is it End of Times ?

Book me for The Rapture .

Did you know that when they measure IQ by ethnicity the Jewish people come top and by some way ?
Asians next.

They keep that quiet or pretend it is untrue ...