From Reuters:
“Belief of Americans in
antisemitic conspiracies, tropes doubles since 2019 -survey”
Belief of Americans in
antisemitic conspiracy theories and tropes has nearly doubled since 2019, an
Anti-Defamation League (ADL) survey showed on Thursday. The survey asked
Americans how much they agreed with statements expressing anti-Jewish tropes or
conspiracy theories and found that more than half of Americans believed at
least one, the New York-based advocacy group said.
About 85% of Americans believed
at least one anti-Jewish trope, compared with 61% in 2019, the ADL said, adding
that 20% of Americans believed six or more anti-Jewish tropes, substantially
more than the 11% in 2019. Reports of antisemitism have increased nationwide.
The issue drew headlines after Republican former President Donald Trump hosted
white supremacist Nick Fuentes and Ye, the musician formerly known as Kanye
West, at his private club in Florida. Trump said the encounter with Fuentes
happened inadvertently while he was having dinner with Ye. Ye has drawn widespread
criticism for a spate of antisemitic comments - including praise for Nazi
dictator Adolf Hitler - and was suspended from social media platforms. About
39% of the respondents in the ADL survey believed Jews were more loyal to
Israel than the United States.
The survey, which had responses
from 4,000 individuals collected in the autumn of 2022, presented 14 statements
to respondents and asked them if they believed them to be "Mostly/Somewhat
True" or "Mostly/Somewhat False." The White House addressed
rising antisemitism in a roundtable event with Jewish leaders in December and
President Joe Biden established an inter-agency group to coordinate efforts to
counter antisemitism.
^ This is an extremely
troublesome finding. Rising Anti-Semitism in the United States is a major issue
in every corner of the country (North, South, East, West, Rural and Urban.)
This is the reason I regularly
post about the Holocaust – especially about Individual Victims – because 78
years since the Holocaust ended in 1945 and vast numbers of Americans, Germans,
Russians, Poles, Brits, Canadians, etc. continue to be Anti-Jewish.
January 27, 2023 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day and while people around the world may remember the 6 Million Jews murdered they don’t seem to care.
This is NOT a Jewish Issue. This is a Human Issue. I am Catholic and find it just as disgusting as if I was being targeted myself. ^
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