There have definitely been antisemitic incidents, and pretending otherwise is tribalist hagiography.
If Biden said “No, I am not going to condemn antisemitic protests” to a fucking journo, what the fuck do you think the result would be? “I condemn antisemitic protests and I condemn those who don’t understand the Palestinian plight” is about as reasonable an off-the-cuff answer as he could be expected to give.
He should have said “What antisemitic protests? The protests are overwhelmingly peaceful and many Jews have been participating. I won’t listen to you mischaracterize an entire movement.”
But he basically spread the lie that antisemitic protests are a problem, when you know it’s not. Antisemitic “incidents”, as you say, occur regularly in our country regardless of the protests.
None of the protests are anti-Semitic 🙄 that’s the lie that pro-Israel folks and Biden are spreading.
There have definitely been antisemitic incidents, and pretending otherwise is tribalist hagiography.
If Biden said “No, I am not going to condemn antisemitic protests” to a fucking journo, what the fuck do you think the result would be? “I condemn antisemitic protests and I condemn those who don’t understand the Palestinian plight” is about as reasonable an off-the-cuff answer as he could be expected to give.
He should have said “What antisemitic protests? The protests are overwhelmingly peaceful and many Jews have been participating. I won’t listen to you mischaracterize an entire movement.”
But he basically spread the lie that antisemitic protests are a problem, when you know it’s not. Antisemitic “incidents”, as you say, occur regularly in our country regardless of the protests.