re: #185 Paco from Sefarad

Please don’t dare tell me what I, “as a Jew” should be thinking or saying.

Why? You’re telling me.

No, you didn’t say that those commentors at The Guardian were fascists, but neither do you seem to want to accept that they are Liberal Lefties.

That’s just my horror of tautologies.

In Spain, anti-Semitism is new leftist trend

Is anyone confirming this story other than Vidal Quadras? The Jewish family that was his host, what have they said?

Report: Anti-Semitism on Rise in Spain

and

Polluting the Public Square: Anti-Semitic Discourse In Spain

Thanks for those links. You read them, right? You saw they detail fascist and right-wing anti-semitism as well as left-wing, right?

I’m sorry that Spain is becoming more anti-Semitic. I hadn’t realized it had gotten so bad over there. The old libels about us being powerful are especially painful when Jews are being persecuted; if we were so powerful, we’d hardly be persecuted as we are. The government and media seem to be looking for someone to blame again, and, as usual, it’s the Jews.

I still hold that the fascists are a greater threat to Jews than the European Left. I certainly think that the European Left are hypocritical and unfair towards Israel, but I do not conflate Jews and Israel. If you do, that is probably the largest source of our disagreement.