perhaps the difference in our views is that you are worried about identity politics and subtle dog whistles, where I am more concerned with actual genocide. I understand what you are saying, and I have a pretty good base knowledge of antisemitic history. Your concerns are, IMHO, valid, but the title of the article referenced Trump’s “message of hate for Jews”. What I saw, when I viewed the source material, was criticism of International banking, particularly Goldman Sachs. Not because of any imaginary “International Jewish Conspiracy”, but because Goldman Sachs is a fantastically corrupt institution, one of many. If you read Trump’s whole speech from the Palm Beach event, he places the nexus of corruption not on “the Jews”, but on the Clinton organization.
As for your next comment, I understand and agree that Zionism can be separated from Judaism. But enabling and funding Iranian colonial and military aspirations is a fundamentally anti-Jewish act. The Iranians don’t care about Zionism. They just want to kill all the Jews.
I also agree that some of Trump’s people are truly horrible. it appears that HRC has the same issues, as far as her staff and campaign people. I have just been assuming that campaign people are like that, regardless of affiliation.
I am still not voting for Trump. But not because of Antisemitism. I am glad that soon he will go back to being a reality TV actor who I can ignore. And I do hope that I am wrong about Hillary.
I hope that we can go back to talking about more pleasant subjects very soon.
