It is real on our campuses
Oh, campus antisemitism is real all right. It’s being shown nightly on the news mostly by the right-leaning Fox News. I am somewhat flummoxed personally because most all modern civilized societies have rejected the tenets of Nazism with its fascist underpinnings. The barbarism exhibited by the terrorist group Hamas justifies Israel’s quest for retribution. It is a terrible shame that they hide behind civilians and expect a pass for their reprehensible actions on Oct. 7. College campuses across our nation now have on full display the poisonous antisemitism of progressive thought. That thinking trashed our nation on behalf of the death of George Floyd. The protests with the unprecedented vitriol directed at Jews only reveals the undercurrents of racial hate. The truth be told, like slavery, segregation and Japanese internment, antisemitism seems to have a place in the Democratic Party. Just follow their words and deeds.
— Robert Snyder, Laguna Hills
Yes, absolutely
But understand that hate, bigotry, prejudice or whatever words you wish to trot out are home-grown. They are not exclusive to attitudes toward the Jewish faith, but learned from parents, acquaintances, neighbors, school influences and applied to whichever religious, ethnic or national group that seems to be drawing the animosity of the day. Ideally, these imbeciles, the brownshirts of today who evolved into the Gestapo of history should be addressed in a manner they understand and relegated to the trash heap of history in a timely manner.
— John R. Waters, Lake Forest
Campus antisemitism
The question is, Do you believe what people say? Do they understand what they’re saying? I believe many of the children who espouse these ideals do not have a full grasp of history or current regimes, policies or intent. The teachers and professors, however, do. They are cultural Marxists. There are two classes of people. The oppressors and the oppressed. Marxism is a failed political philosophy and will also fail as a cultural movement. It will however sow discord and chaos in the interim.
— Cary Garner, Rancho Santa Margarita
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