Samuel Z. retweetledi
I’m so fucking sick of snark from people on here because I talk about Jew hatred a lot.
First, those who have followed me for a while know this has been a focus of mine for more than 10 years — it’s not something I suddenly picked up post–October 7.
My focus is largely on extremism, particularly in America, not on Israel, although I fully understand there’s crossover.
Second, people who say my focus on this is cringe, annoying, or stupid either don’t understand how serious this problem is — or they’re Jew haters themselves.
This is an urgent matter.
I wouldn’t spend this much time on it if it weren’t.
And despite what some people online seem to believe, it certainly isn’t lucrative or helpful to my career.
We know from decades of research that once someone adopts a fully developed antisemitic worldview, it becomes very, very difficult to deradicalize them — though not impossible.
I don’t want to lose more people to the abyss of Jew hatred.
As far as I’m concerned, this is existential.
When hatred of Jews becomes part of someone’s identity and worldview, it shapes how they understand everything: politics, morality, and even their sense of belonging.
Antisemitism operates differently from many other forms of hatred because it is conspiratorial in nature rather than simply prejudicial.
Conspiracy beliefs are self-sealing: evidence against them is interpreted as proof of the conspiracy itself.
People who adopt strong antisemitic views often move into social ecosystems that reinforce those beliefs: online communities, ideological networks, and political movements.
Antisemites also see their hatred as morally justified.
In their minds, they are defending civilization, fighting corruption, exposing hidden evil, and, as many of you learned recently, exposing child-killing pedophiles.
Once hatred becomes framed as a moral duty, deradicalization becomes far more difficult.
Antisemitism also “explains” everything to the Jew hater.
Because Jews are falsely framed as the hidden cause behind many unrelated problems, Jews become the grand explanatory theory for the world’s failures and for the failures and challenges people have personally.
People who criticize me or mock me ultimately don’t bother me.
But it is deeply annoying and concerning — particularly because they cannot even claim that I spend my time advocating for Israel or defending the decisions of the Israeli government.
So their issue is with Jews.
Ultimately, if you have a problem with me talking about this, you can kiss my Iranian ass.
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