An article popped up in my feed yesterday that I can’t find again that highlighted a CNN panel discussion. Not to worry, because this page – https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/mark-finkelstein/2024/09/20/antisemitism-its-scott-jennings-against-cnn-world – also describes the pertinent part of the article, but in a better way, at least for the purpose of what I want to say.
So, the first article I read focused solely on the panellist Scott Jennings calling out antisemitism as a problem of the left. The article linked above describes the debate as between three panellists and the host claiming that antisemitism is more of a problem of the right than of the left.
That’s representative of an issue that affects all of us when we look at a wide range of subjects affecting our societies today.
We don’t see the subject as a problem, we see it as an opportunity. A weapon that we can use to attack those that don’t agree with us.
We can’t say that antisemitism is a problem of the left in the same way we can’t say it’s a problem of the right. It’s an odd problem that bridges the political divide.
Our views on individualism and collectivism can stand completely independent of our views on the Jewish people. Capitalists and communists, and any political dogma in between, can spawn hatred of Jews.
Claiming that it’s exclusive to or a greater problem in just one part of the political spectrum ignores the real problem.
And if we can’t see and understand the real problem, we’re never going to be able to find the real solution.
Assuming that we’re even looking for the solution. Why solve a problem that presents us with so many opportunities to attack those we disagree with?
Because in our brave new world attacking our opponents is much more important than working with them to find a real solution to problems like antisemitism.