President Donald Trump is working to repair America’s
relationship with Israel, relationship that was severely damaged by the Obama
presidency. Among the problems Obama left was an empowered Iran. We see what Iran is doing in
Syria and Lebanon… and we ought, if we have a modicum of intellectual
integrity, to give full blame to Barack Obama.
Most Americans knew that Obama has spent decades at the feet
of an anti-Semitic hate-America preacher. They note that he gave an twenty minute
speech denouncing Rev. Jeremiah Wright and imagine, in a sign of limitless and
mindless gullibility, that he did the right and courageous thing. It never
crossed their minds that anyone who has been indoctrinated for twenty years in
black liberation theology does not toss it aside in twenty minutes.
Indoctrination produces habits of thought. Undoing them takes years of hard
work. To imagine that Obama was a friend of Israel is to defy reason. Anyone
who thought so should win the next Oscar for gullibility.
Anyway, Jeremiah Wright comes from the same fetid swamps as
does Rev. Louis Farrakhan, an unabashed anti-Semitic Chicago hate preacher,
leader of something called the Nation of Islam. As it happens, Wright and
Farrakhan are good friends. They run events together. It takes very little
imagination to see that they are cut from the same cloth.
Now, it turns out that Farrakhan, who joined Jeremiah Wright
in mostly keeping out of the limelight during the Obama administration—the better
not to embarrass Wright’s protégé—has now come back into public consciousness,
a revenant who counts as America’s most important and influential anti-Semite.
More than a few members of the Congressional Black Caucus
have happily been pictured in Farrakhan’s company. Among them then Senator
Barack Obama. And one understands that the Congressional Black Caucus, in a
show of solidarity with the Jewish voters who have always actively supported
the civil rights movement, boycotted a Congressional speech by Israeli Prime
Minister Netanyahu. With friends like that….
Now, Farrakhan’s anti-Semitism is back in the public eye, to
the general embarrassment of Democrats, especially the black Democrats who have
happily embraced him.
Rich Lowry explains that the Democratic Party now has an
anti-Semitism problem:
At his annual
Saviours’ Day conference in Chicago last weekend, the Nation of Islam leader
boasted, “And Farrakhan, by God’s grace, has pulled the cover off of that
Satanic Jew, and I’m here to say your time is up, your world is through.”
Farrakhan
is as immodest as he is anti-Semitic. He may seem like yesterday’s Jew-hater,
since he could never gather the kind of crowds he did for the so-called Million
Man March in Washington, D.C., 20 years ago. Yet he still has a following.
Thousands showed up to hear him spew his usual garbage during his Saviours’ Day
speech, including one of the organizers of the Women’s March.
The CEO
of the Anti-Defamation League, Jonathan Greenblatt, calls Farrakhan “quite
possibly, the most popular anti-Semite in America today.” Certainly, the haters
of the alt-right don’t measure up. The white nationalist Richard Spencer would
surely love to get Farrakhan’s crowds and have such a relatively robust
institutional presence and publishing operation, let alone manage to maintain
influence with more mainstream figures.
Are leftists and their media defenders rushing out to
denounce this virulent anti-Semite? With one exception, they are ignoring
Farrakhan:
Just as
mainstream conservatives must ostracize the alt-right, the center-left should
guard against progressives making excuses for Farrakhan. With the exception of
Jake Tapper of CNN, though, the media has ignored the latest eruption of the
Farrakhan story.
As a
reminder of how much this hygiene is necessary, Rep. Danny K. Davis of Illinois
popped up to justify his relationship with Farrakhan. He told the website The
Daily Caller, “The world is so much bigger than Farrakhan and the Jewish
question and his position on that and so forth.” Could anyone say this about
David Duke and remain in office?
The Daily Caller provides more information on Farrakhan’s
Congressional friends. Among them, Keith Ellison, the deputy chairman of the
Democratic National Committee.
Peter Hasson writes for the Daily Caller:
California
Reps. Maxine Waters and Barbara Lee, Illinois Rep. Danny Davis, Indiana Rep.
Andre Carson, Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, New York Rep. Gregory Meeks and
Texas Rep. Al Green have all attended meetings with Farrakhan while in
Congress,
Ellison,
the deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), repeatedly attended meetings with Farrakhan while in
Congress, according to photos and videos reviewed by TheDCNF and Farrakhan’s
own statements.
Ellison
is a former Nation of Islam member and once defended Farrakhan against claims
of anti-Semitism but claimed in 2006 when he ran for Congress that he had left
Farrakhan in his past. The meetings Ellison has since attended with Farrakhan
undercut his claims of cutting ties.
Rep. Danny Davis offered this lame rationalization of
Ellison’s relationship with Farrakhan:
Davis
compared Ellison’s relationship to Farrakhan to that of a fallen-away
Christian’s relationship with Jesus, in his interview with TheDCNF on
Sunday.
“I
don’t know that Keith knows Farrakhan as well as I do — in fact, I know he
doesn’t,” Davis said. “I don’t think that Keith is no person who is super
engaged with Farrakhan, he just happens to be a movement. Just like many of the
folks who are Christians, they’re not super engaged with Jesus, but they say
they Christians.”
Evidently, the remarks are syntactical gibberish.
And then there is Rep. Maxine Waters, another great defender
of Farrakhan:
Waters
attended a Nation of Islam convention in 2002, where Farrakhan railed against
Jews and defended Palestinian suicide bombers, The Daily Caller revealed in February. Farrakhan praised
Waters during his speech, to applause from the audience of Nation of Islam
members.
Recently
re-emerged footage from 2006 show Waters, Green and Lee exchanging handshakes
and hugs with Farrakhan, before standing and conversing with him.
What else do they need?
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Do you think this will make any difference to my fellow Tribe members? They will keep mindlessly pulling the "D" lever forever. If Hitler came back and were non-white, they'd be lining up for the gas chambers and fighting for first place in line.
Is anyone surprised by this?
Off Topic : Hello Stuart - I've read your blog for a good while - thank you.
I still have bookmarked your most excellent "Had too much Therapy" post January after Trump.
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You may find this discussion < www.researchgate.net/post/Is_it_time_to_rethink_psychiatry_from_scratch > a confirmation of what I understand to be your own view of psychology/therapy as mostly pseudoscience.
I'd been researching dopamine/serotonin/cortisol < www.researchgate.net/post/How_do_serotonin_and_dopamine_interact >, but I then stumbled upon this psychologyconversation through a submittal from the very prolific academic Vahid R. His response was the most concrete.
The range of topics Vahid covers is fascinating, though frequently well above my head! < www.researchgate.net/profile/Vahid_Rakhshan >
Take Care, Mike Dee
What does Ellison say?
http://www.startribune.com/u-s-rep-keith-ellison-again-faces-questions-about-louis-farrakhan-relationship/474324603 February 17, 2018
"I disavow anti-Semitism and bigotry in all of its forms."
Why is that not sufficient?
Because only a fool would take Ellison at his word. A man is measured by his deeds and that man’s actions tell you all you need to know.
Let's not forget the company he keeps... talk is cheap and we do not expect honesty from a Farrakhan protege.
Ares Olympus is an anti-Semite, and a leftist Democrat par excellence. And naturally someone who thinks he’s open minded. Fits the modern D profile perfectly, ass and all.
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