US Extremists

Lerxst1992

“Earlier in the show, Maher pointed to the viral moment from an AOC-Sanders rally where anti-Israel protesters dropped a “Free Palestine” banner over the American flag and were ejected by police, prompting rallygoers to chant “Free Palestine” and halt Sanders’ speech. 

“I kind of worry that that’s where the Democratic Party is, that this is their next stupid hill to die on,” Maher said. “So the chant of ‘Free Palestine,’ free from whom I would like to ask. 

“Do they realize who is really the people who are enslaving the people of Palestine?”

“If those moronic people had any knowledge, they would say ‘Free Palestine from Hamas,’” Post columnist Douglas Murray responded to an agreeing Maher. “At the very least, they would do that.”

 

Halifax2TheMax

30th Anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing and not one post or comment. Guess everyone on here is for Christian white nationalist anti-government terrorists, eh? Disgusting and disgraceful.

benjs

Halifax2TheMax said:

30th Anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing and not one post or comment. Guess everyone on here is for Christian white nationalist anti-government terrorists, eh? Disgusting and disgraceful.

Give me a break. Regardless of what you think of lerxt’s stance, there’s a world of difference between an event two days ago and an anniversary of an event thirty years ago. 

dignin

benjs said:

Halifax2TheMax said:

30th Anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing and not one post or comment. Guess everyone on here is for Christian white nationalist anti-government terrorists, eh? Disgusting and disgraceful.

Give me a break. Regardless of what you think of lerxt’s stance, there’s a world of difference between an event two days ago and an anniversary of an event thirty years ago. 

What about genocides from thousands of years ago?

Halifax2TheMax

How about Maher’s inane comment of “stupid hill to die on?” Is that what being against genocide has become, “a stupid hill to die on?” FFS.

Whatever happened to “never again?”

Some prefer to be on the right side of history.

mickeyrat

Halifax2TheMax said:

How about Maher’s inane comment of “stupid hill to die on?” Is that what being against genocide has become, “a stupid hill to die on?” FFS.

Whatever happened to “never again?”

Some prefer to be on the right side of history.

need confirmation but I'm  discovering never again is rather narrow in its intent.

mickeyrat

Introducing a handy new road map to authoritarianism.

https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/vjSRpE

Halifax2TheMax

And JD Byryder killed him. 

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/pope-francis-death-04-21-25/index.html

benjs

Halifax2TheMax said:

And JD Byryder killed him. 

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/pope-francis-death-04-21-25/index.html

Oof. Must've been a baaaaad date.

DE4173

Didn't say thank you once.

tbergs

benjs said:

Halifax2TheMax said:

And JD Byryder killed him. 

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/pope-francis-death-04-21-25/index.html

Oof. Must've been a baaaaad date.

The Pope realized this world is fucked after meeting with Vance and decided it was time to ascend to the kingdom of heaven and let someone else try to deal with these assholes.

Lerxst1992

dignin said:

benjs said:

Halifax2TheMax said:

30th Anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing and not one post or comment. Guess everyone on here is for Christian white nationalist anti-government terrorists, eh? Disgusting and disgraceful.

Give me a break. Regardless of what you think of lerxt’s stance, there’s a world of difference between an event two days ago and an anniversary of an event thirty years ago. 

What about genocides from thousands of years ago?

Nazi germany and the ottomans were far more recent. Get a grip on reality.  But good stab with the Roman’s and Assyrians there. 


And for Hal’s horrific stance, to be clear, I believe both sides need to negotiate peace. I point out the Israeli side to balance the nonsense and hate posted on this forum, where the majority of commenters would get less than 30% on a quiz about that region. But they surely know all about genocide, and apartheid. How about dispersia as well? How about we start with who is buried in the West Bank and did the Muslim religion exist at the time of their burials?

A treaty would never happen if one side believes its atrocities should be ignored AND the atrocities against Israel ignored as well. Hal’s mocking character proves its comments are not real and only serve to perpetuate war, and that republicans are 100% accurate on their AS allegations.

PJ_Soul

Halifax2TheMax said:

And JD Byryder killed him. 

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/pope-francis-death-04-21-25/index.html

That crossed my mind too. *Meets JD Vance*"EW!"*DEAD*

DE4173

Who made this? 🤭

Lerxst1992

Is denying the ADL a voice, more proof of AS?

Antisemitic incidents, partly fueled by campus protests, reached record-breaking high in 2024, according to the ADL

Nicquel Terry Ellis

CNN  — 

Antisemitic incidents in the United States rose for the fourth consecutive year in 2024, hitting their highest level since the Anti-Defamation League started tracking them in 1979, according to the organization’s annual audit released Tuesday.

The audit identified 9,354 cases of assault, harassment, and vandalism in 2024, marking a 5% increase from 2023, when the ADL recorded 8,873 incidents, and a 344% surge over the past five years.

The record-breaking number is based on incidents reported by victims, the media, law enforcement, and partner groups, according to the ADL.

The majority of the incidents in 2024 — 6,552 — were classified as harassment, defined by the organization as cases where someone targets one or more Jewish people or people perceived to be Jewish with language that includes antisemitic slurs, stereotypes, or tropes. Vandalism was the second highest, with 2,606 incidents, marking a 20% increase from 2023.

During a news briefing on Tuesday, ADL leaders displayed images of some reported incidents.

These included swastikas and the phrase “Holocaust is a Hollywood Lie” painted on garages and buildings. They also highlighted a bomb threat at a synagogue in Youngstown, Ohio; Jewish diners at a Brooklyn, New York, restaurant being harassed by individuals saying “Hitler was on to something”; and a Jewish student at the University of Pittsburgh being assaulted in the Oakland neighborhood by a group who noticed he was wearing a Star of David necklace.

“If your idea of protesting Israeli government policies is to assault or harass or intimidate Jews, that doesn’t make you a political activist, that makes you a bigot,” Oren Segal, ADL’s senior vice president for counter-extremism and intelligence, said during the briefing.

Enter your email to subscribe to the CNN Five Things Newsletter.

“Our mission is not just to catalog antisemitism, it is to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure fair treatment to all.”

For the first time, a majority of antisemitic incidents — 58% — were related to Israel or Zionism, with many occurring at anti-Israel rallies.

The ADL does not conflate general criticism of Israel or anti-Israel activism with antisemitism, the report says. “Legitimate political protest, support for Palestinian rights or expressions of opposition to Israeli policies” are not included in the audit.

“Hatred toward Israel was a driving force behind antisemitism across the U.S.,” Segal said in a statement.

“These incidents … serve as a clear reminder that silence is not an option,” Segal said.

The audit details where antisemitic incidents most commonly occur, noting that this “provides critical insight into how different environments contribute to — or fail to protect against — antisemitic activity.”

Antisemitic incidents on college campuses increased by 84% between 2023 and 2024, accounting for 18% of all incidents, the report says.

Many of these incidents occurred during protests on college campuses between mid-April and mid-May 2024 in response to the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

The Trump administration has revoked student visas and cut federal funding to colleges and universities accused of tolerating antisemitism.

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt told CNN’s Dana Bash the rise in antisemitic incidents on college campuses is a “catastrophe” that has not received “nearly enough attention from the very institutions where it’s happening.”

Greenblatt told Bash he supports the federal government holding institutions accountable for antisemitic incidents, but cautioned the Trump administration to be clear about what student protestors are being charged with.

“I think if the administration does that, they will have all people of good faith on their side,” he said.

Incidents in public areas and commercial spaces, including Jewish-owned businesses, also increased. However, non-Jewish K-12 schools experienced a decrease in antisemitism cases.

The three states with the highest number of incidents were New York, California, and New Jersey, according to the audit.

“Good people must stand up, push back, and confront antisemitism wherever it appears. And that starts with understanding what fuels it and learning to recognize it in all its forms,” Segal said.

The report noted the continued increase shows antisemitism “has become a persistent reality for American Jewish communities rather than a temporary spike in the months immediately after the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.”

“This horrifying level of antisemitism should never be accepted and yet, as our data shows, it has become a persistent and grim reality for American Jewish communities,” Greenblatt said in a news release.

“Jewish Americans continue to be harassed, assaulted and targeted for who they are on a daily basis and everywhere they go. But let’s be clear: we will remain proud of our Jewish culture, religion and identities, and we will not be intimidated by bigots,” he said.

Get_Right

Anything over 50 words gets ignored. At least by me. Regardless of your position. State it succinctly.  Please do not just copy and paste or include links to long articles that may or may not support your take on this issue. 

Lerxst1992

That story was not directed at get right, so not sure about that comment. That story is presented here to balance the amt extreme leftist viewpoints regarding the college protest tragedy. Ironically I watched the ultra conservative CNBC this AM who had the dude from ADL to discuss that story on how AS is at record levels in the USA. 

The consensus on the extremely conservative cnbc was that AS is a huge problem on college campuses overall , perhaps the USA needs to look into funding due to that and its record debt, but revoking 501c3 might be extremely dangerous. It’s amazing that a show can take both the right and left on specifics without having to constantly scream, oh look at the orange bad man.

Get_Right

Lerxst1992 said:

That story was not directed at get right, so not sure about that comment. That story is presented here to balance the amt extreme leftist viewpoints regarding the college protest tragedy. Ironically I watched the ultra conservative CNBC this AM who had the dude from ADL to discuss that story on how AS is at record levels in the USA. 

The consensus on the extremely conservative cnbc was that AS is a huge problem on college campuses overall , perhaps the USA needs to look into funding due to that and its record debt, but revoking 501c3 might be extremely dangerous. It’s amazing that a show can take both the right and left on specifics without having to constantly scream, oh look at the orange bad man.

No offense taken, I just think valid points can sometimes get lost in long prose. 

PJ_Soul

Anti-semitism is nuts to me. I don't it at all. Regarding the stuff above, I see that and automatically wonder what the stats are for anti-Muslim sentiment during the same time frame... It turns out that it's at an all-time high. Where is the outrage and concern about that side of the coin? Or what? Is one justified while the other isn't? Is that the idea?

tbergs

PJ_Soul said:

Anti-semitism is nuts to me. I don't it at all. Regarding the stuff above, I see that and automatically wonder what the stats are for anti-Muslim sentiment during the same time frame... It turns out that it's at an all-time high. Where is the outrage and concern about that side of the coin? Or what? Is one justified while the other isn't? Is that the idea?

I was wondering the same thing about overall hate/racism/xenophobia and it would make sense for it to all be on the rise based on the divisiveness that has been getting stoked to extremes after Trump's first election, Covid, January 6th, middle east conflict, Russia/Ukraine, Biden's demise as a candidate and the 2nd Trump presidency.