A Michigan man allegedly threatened on social media to kill Jewish members of the Michigan government, the FBI said, and state Attorney General Dana Nessel says she was among those targeted. The incident adds to recent concerns about threats against public officials as well as reports of increasing antisemitic incidents across the country. It also evokes the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as well as the at-times threatening demonstrations against Covid-19 protocols in the state. (CNN Politics)
I am an American. I am a man who practices and observes the Jewish Religion and is an American. I was raised to include not exclude, to accept not denigrate, and to wonder why, instead of WHY NOT. I was raised with love, learned the meaning of empathy, reminded that to learn about what makes everyone unique is being human. I am an American now 73 years of age, a Jewish American and I am frightened, scared, afraid, and angry, that the rise in HATE has swelled to the proportions of a TSUNAMI, all of which has been motivated by a large amount of Republican Politicians, catering to the lowest life forms of their base, and encouraged by those who spend their millions of dollars on promoting these same REPUBLICAN shysters!
Anti-Semitism is not new but what IS new is just how mainstream it has become and permitted to BE. The overtness of hating and blaming the Jews came to the fore with Trump. Sadly Trump had a whole lot of Donors many of whom were Jewish. I assume, they believed that either being wealthy, or a Republican would shelter them from any Anti-Semitic attacks. And as Trump remained President, it seems the same Jewish Donors, conveniently ignored just how cozy Trump became with ANTI-SEMITES. How many Jewish American still supports Trump and for that matter, people like DeSantis and a large majority of the GOP, not only amazes me but pisses me off.
Once the Holocaust ended the Jewish population said “NEVER AGAIN,” now it seems we are stuck with shouting “NOT AGAIN!”
