New York Times prints blatant antisemitic cartoon

THE NY TIMES MORPHED INTO DER STURMER SO GRADUALLY I HARDLY NOTICED

 Antisemitism is alive and thriving, not just with Democrats in Congress, but on the pages of the Liberal Bible: THE NEW YORK TIMES.

There isn’t just one problem with this cartoon. There are numerous problems. Problem one is putting a yarmulke on the US President in a negative way. What is being said there? That he is secretly a Jew. Then making him blind and having him led by Israel. That implies Israel controls US policy or controls America. Problem Two. Then they put a dog leash with a Star of David which is antisemitic in numerous ways. Problems three and four. You’d think that after the Holocaust any use of the Star of David would automatically raise questions in a news room. But no. Then they put the Israeli Prime Minister’s face on a dog. On a dog. Problem number five.

So this cartoon wasn’t just mildly antisemitic. It wasn’t like “whoops,” it was deeply antisemitic. The New York Times acknowledges this in a kind of pathetic way. They admitted that the cartoon “included antisemitic tropes.” Then they note “the image was offensive and it was an error of judgement to publish it.” That’s not enough. An error of judgement would imply that it was just a kind of mistake. “tropes” would imply that to some people it is antisemitic, but it’s not clear as day.

This is clear as day. This isn’t like some story of unclear antisemitism. This isn’t a dog whistle. This is a dog. This is antisemitic on numerous levels. It’s time to say no more. It’s time to say “they shall not pass.” This should be a defining moment. It is a defining moment because one of America’s most prestigious newspapers did this, not some small newspaper somewhere. That it was the International edition doesn’t make it any less harmful. In fact it shows America’s face to the world and gives a quiet signal to other anti-Semites. How can we demand that there be zero tolerance for antisemitism and antisemitic tropes when this happens?

People must speak up against the cartoon fiasco and demand a real accounting and also demand a real conversation. Not another set of excuses where we all pretend it’s not clearly antisemitism, and it’s not clearly an attack on Jews and “dual loyalty.” We need to hear contrition and explanations and the public should be included and the New York Times should listen to how harmful and offensive this was.

 Comments on Twitter

•  New York Times and Ilhan Omar. The new face of the left.
•  Unbelievable that that antisemitism is now the standard for the NYT! You do Geobels proud with this one!
•  I thought Trump was Hitler
•  Just when you think The NYT can't get any more DISGUSTING !! THEY HAVE !
•  #failingnewyorktimes and #antisemitism : perfect together.
•  If you meant “When did the #NYTimes hire a man/woman with the prejudice potential of David Duke?” the answer would be a long time ago...
•  Their bias against Jewish people and Christians is insane
•  Eerily reminiscent of the 30s in Europe... Oh, how history repeats itself. Progressive? No- Regressive...
•  Wow. I thought this was an anti-semitic propaganda poster from the time of the Third Reich.
•  NY Times Strategy to Attract more readers. 1. Hire Sarah Jeong, who openly Tweets about how much she hates white people. 2. Publish a Nazi propaganda cartoon to offend Jews.
•  Out:Putin puppet In: Netanyahu puppet Brought to you by the new york slimes
•  I thought criticism of Israel has nothing to do with antisemitism. If so, then why does this "cartoon" contain a Star of David and a yarmulke? So odd , but the @nytimes is gutter trash.