Does OWS have an anti-Semitism Problem?
I hate to post a Fox News link here, but if this spokeswoman they interviewed for OWS really does represent OWS, then it is a troubling situation. (And the OWS spokeswoman can use some training on dealing with the press. Snapping “You have to let me finish” at them isn’t a good idea.)
They aren’t officially distancing themselves from people like Patricia McCallister, though certainly there are participants of OWS who speak out against this sort of hate, there’s not been an official statement. They can easily make one of their core platform statements against hate directed towards religious or ethnic groups. They don’t.
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are discounted as right-wing attempts to discredit them. (For example: thinkprogress.org )
I’m sympathetic to people who are having a hard time in this economy. But Jews are always on guard whenever large hoards of people start yelling that “Bankers” are running the country, even if Jews aren’t mentioned. Because we all know what follows.
I called Pelosi’s office and asked “I’d like to know if Nancy Pelosi supports Occupy Wall Street”. Before I could say another word, I was transferred to a recorded messages about the “Emergency Committee for Israel” ad. That’s how little respect she has for me. Her office assumes, based on hearing half a dozen words from me, that they know which recorded message to direct me to.
