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Here\u2019s the opening paragraph of a column in \u003Cem\u003ENational Review\u003C\/em\u003E, titled \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2018\/02\/parkland-shooting-hoax-latest-right-dishonesty-epidemic\/\u0022\u003EAn Epidemic of Dishonesty on the Right\u003C\/a\u003E,\u201d by bona fide right-winger Kevin D. Williamson:\u003Caside class=\u0022ad right most-popular-plus-ad grey_back\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\u003Cdiv id=\u0022ad-halfpage-273774-0\u0022 class=\u0022sailthru_class_form\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/advertising-policy\u0022 class=\u0022ad-policy\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAd Policy\u003C\/a\u003E\n\t\t\t\u003C\/aside\u003E\t\t\u003Cscript \u003E\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tfunction load_article_ads(){\n\t\t\t\tif( jQuery(\u0022#ad-halfpage-273774-0\u0022).is(\u0022:empty\u0022) ){call_ad_new(\u0027halfpage\u0027,\u0027tn_article\u0027,\u0027ad-halfpage-273774-0\u0027,\u0027rectangle_1\u0027,{\u0022tn_author\u0022:\u0022\u0027eric-a\u0027\u0022,\u0022tn_articleid\u0022:273774,\u0022tn_ptype\u0022:\u0022article\u0022,\u0022tn_keyword\u0022:\u0022\u0027anti-semit\u0027\u0022,\u0022tn_subject\u0022:\u0022\u0027journalist\u0027, \u0027media\u0027, \u0027media-anal\u0027, \u0027political-\u0027, \u0027politics\u0027, \u0027racism-and\u0027, \u0027republican\u0027, \u0027the-right\u0027, \u0027world\u0027, \u0027world-lead\u0027\u0022,\u0022tn_slp\u0022:\u0022\u0022});}\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t}\t\n\t\n\t\t\tjQuery(\u0027#expand-reduce-273774\u0027).click(function(){\n\t\t\t\tif( isMobile.any() ){\n\t\t\t\t\tcall_ad_new(\u0027halfpage\u0027,\u0027tn_article\u0027,\u0027ad-halfpage-273774-0\u0027,\u0027rectangle_1\u0027,{\u0022tn_author\u0022:\u0022\u0027eric-a\u0027\u0022,\u0022tn_articleid\u0022:273774,\u0022tn_ptype\u0022:\u0022article\u0022,\u0022tn_keyword\u0022:\u0022\u0027anti-semit\u0027\u0022,\u0022tn_subject\u0022:\u0022\u0027journalist\u0027, \u0027media\u0027, \u0027media-anal\u0027, \u0027political-\u0027, \u0027politics\u0027, \u0027racism-and\u0027, \u0027republican\u0027, \u0027the-right\u0027, \u0027world\u0027, \u0027world-lead\u0027\u0022,\u0022tn_slp\u0022:\u0022\u0022});\t\n\t\t\t\t}\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t});\t\n\t\t\u003C\/script\u003E \n\t\t\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFirst it was the Holocaust, now Parkland\u2014is there any act of depravity to which the less respectable right-wing media cannot imagine a connection for George Soros?\n\u003Cp\u003EDavid Clarke, the sheriff of Fox News, insisted that the Florida students\u2019 reaction to the shooting \u2018has GEORGE SOROS\u2019 FINGERPRINTS all over it,\u2019 idiotic capitalization in the original and, one assumes, in his soul. The idiots at \u003Cem\u003EGateway Pundit\u003C\/em\u003E suggested that one of the student survivors was a fraud because\u2014get this\u2014he\u2019d been interviewed on television before about an unrelated incident.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHad I written the above in \u003Cem\u003EThe Nation\u003C\/em\u003E, I would not change a word, except perhaps to add that, roughly simultaneously to all of the above, the head of the Missouri Republican Party was blaming Soros for the indictment of the state\u2019s governor, Eric Greitens, who is accused of taking surreptitious nude photos of his mistress for the purpose of blackmail.\n\u003Cp\u003EThe desire to attach Soros\u2019s name to virtually everything that Trumpists seek to denounce of late is inextricably tied to the fact that the liberal Jewish billionaire\/philanthropist has been turned into a bogeyman for anti-Semites the world over. Soros is today\u2019s stand-in for the time-honored anti-Jewish slanders sensationalized in Europe and elsewhere in the \u003Cem\u003EProtocols of the Elders of Zion\u003C\/em\u003E. That\u2019s why Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n of Hungary practically turned Soros\u2014whom he blames for \u201cdestroy[ing] the lives of millions of Europeans\u201d\u2014into his opposition party in that nation\u2019s recent elections. It\u2019s why, in Macedonia, a group called Stop Operation Soros, or SOS, emerged to try to defend that nation\u2019s corrupt right-wing party. It\u2019s why Poland\u2019s ruling party leader, Jaros\u0142aw Kaczy\u0144ski, said he believes that Soros views cosmopolitan societies as \u201cextremely easy to manipulate.\u201d Right-wing idiots have been setting fire to effigies and portraits representing Soros in rallies from Warsaw to Tbilisi.\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the gifts that Trump and his \u201calt-right\u201d acolytes have brought to American politics is the mainstreaming of this particular political poison. It\u2019s no coincidence that the most recent report by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.adl.org\/news\/press-releases\/anti-semitic-incidents-surged-nearly-60-in-2017-according-to-new-adl-report\u0022\u003EAnti-Defamation League\u003C\/a\u003E showed a nearly 60 percent spike in anti-Semitic incidents in the US in 2017. \u201cThe president\u2019s retweeting of white supremacists and anti-Semitic memes during the campaign and, more recently, sharing tweets from a UK racist group\u2014those are alarming. Those tweets and rhetoric have emboldened and given encouragement to the worst anti-Semites and bigots,\u201d said Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League.\u003Caside class=\u0022right hidden-on-mobile most-popular-plus-ad\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022most-popular hover_b_remove\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ch3\u003EMost Popular\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022popular-article\u0022\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E1\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/dianne-feinstein-isnt-too-old-but-she-is-too-out-of-touch\/\u0022 onclick=\u0022ga(\u0027send\u0027, \u0027event\u0027, \u0027Most Popular\u0027, \u0027Click Most Popular\u0027, \u0027Dianne Feinstein Isn\u2019t Too Old\u2014but She Is Too Out of Touch\u0027,\u00270\u0027)\u0022\u003EDianne Feinstein Isn\u2019t Too Old\u2014but She Is Too Out of Touch\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022popular-article\u0022\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E2\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/former-swat-operator-says-the-cop-who-stood-outside-is-another-victim-of-the-parkland-massacre\/\u0022 onclick=\u0022ga(\u0027send\u0027, \u0027event\u0027, \u0027Most Popular\u0027, \u0027Click Most Popular\u0027, \u0027A Former SWAT Operator Says the Cop Who Stood Outside Is Another Victim of the Parkland Massacre\u0027,\u00270\u0027)\u0022\u003EA Former SWAT Operator Says the Cop Who Stood Outside Is Another Victim of the Parkland Massacre\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022popular-article\u0022\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E3\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/why-today-is-a-sad-milestone-for-minimum-wage-workers\/\u0022 onclick=\u0022ga(\u0027send\u0027, \u0027event\u0027, \u0027Most Popular\u0027, \u0027Click Most Popular\u0027, \u0027Why Today Is a Sad Milestone for Minimum-Wage Workers\u0027,\u00270\u0027)\u0022\u003EWhy Today Is a Sad Milestone for Minimum-Wage Workers\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022popular-article\u0022\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E4\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/for-investors-puerto-rico-is-a-fantasy-blank-slate\/\u0022 onclick=\u0022ga(\u0027send\u0027, \u0027event\u0027, \u0027Most Popular\u0027, \u0027Click Most Popular\u0027, \u0027For Investors, Puerto Rico Is a Fantasy Blank Slate\u0027,\u00270\u0027)\u0022\u003EFor Investors, Puerto Rico Is a Fantasy Blank Slate\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022popular-article\u0022\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E5\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/for-south-africas-new-president-black-economic-empowerment-is-all-about-personal-enrichment\/\u0022 onclick=\u0022ga(\u0027send\u0027, \u0027event\u0027, \u0027Most Popular\u0027, \u0027Click Most Popular\u0027, \u0027For South Africa\u2019s New President, \u2018Black Economic Empowerment\u2019 Is All About Personal Enrichment\u0027,\u00270\u0027)\u0022\u003EFor South Africa\u2019s New President, \u2018Black Economic Empowerment\u2019 Is All About Personal Enrichment\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/aside\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe NRA\u2019s Wayne LaPierre\u2019s recent speech to CPAC has garnered considerable attention in the US media, but not enough has been paid to its dog-whistle anti-Semitism. He warned his fellow culture warriors against a conspiracy of \u201cEuropean-style socialists\u201d and \u201csaboteurs\u201d who have \u201cinfested\u201d the Democratic Party along with law enforcement, the national-security establishment, and, of course, the IRS. \u201cThat should terrify every citizen who values the American ideal in this country of individual liberty,\u201d LaPierre said. \u201cAbsolute control, in every corner of our government, is their ultimate dream. 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Well, George Soros, of course, but also Michael Bloomberg and Tom Steyer. Both men, like Soros, are Jewish-born, politically active, self-made billionaires. And who is their model for these \u201copportunists\u201d who \u201cwasted not one second to exploit tragedy for political gain?\u201d Why it\u2019s that old standby radical Jewish rabble-rouser whose writings, according to recent Republican legend, hypnotized both (that ball-busting lesbian socialist) Hillary Clinton and (the foreign-born Muslim socialist) Barack Obama into his evil schemes: Saul Alinsky.\n\u003Cp\u003EWhat weapons do these demons deploy against patriotic peace-loving, assault-weapons-bearing Americans? Well, Hollywood and the media, of course; both professions where Jews are, let\u2019s face it, decidedly overrepresented. Who else? Here\u2019s a new one. LaPierre also blames jewelry stores. \u201cIt\u2019s a bizarre fact that jewelry stores all over this country are more important than our children. Our banks, our airports, our NBA games, our NFL games, our office buildings, our movie stars, our politicians, they\u2019re all more protected than our children at school,\u201d he complained. \u201cDo we really love our money and our celebrities more than we love our children?\u201d (Next up on NRA firing line: kosher delis.)\n\u003Cp\u003ELaPierre has run the NRA for nearly three decades and apparently has molded the organization in his image. Its spokesperson, Dana Loesch, made headlines when she said journalists \u201clove\u201d mass murder, but she first came to many people\u2019s attention when CNN fired daytime anchor Rick Sanchez for his anti-Semitic attack on comedian Jon Stewart. Loesch\u2019s tweet on that occasion: \u201cI bet Rick Sanchez was fired by a Jew.\u201d\n\u003Cp\u003EIf one were searching for an example of an American Jew whose actions are most consistent with the kind of vicious stereotyping that has dogged Jews for the past millennium, the obvious example would not be Soros, but gambling magnate Sheldon Adelson. He demands fealty to his far-right \u201cpro-Israel\u201d views for the millions he showers on Republican politicians\u2014making them grovel in shame, for instance, if they ever refer to the West Bank as \u201coccupied\u201d rather than \u201cdisputed\u201d territory. He, and the tens of millions he reportedly donated to Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign, also appears to be significantly responsible for the president\u2019s decision to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and thereby undermine what little hope remained for an Israeli\/Palestinian peace deal (and with it, the possibility of a genuinely democratic Jewish state). Adelson is now reported to be offering to personally pay for the embassy move. Adelson is also involved in at least one of the myriad conspiracies that may, finally, chase Benjamin Netanyahu out of the prime minister\u2019s office. And yet nobody would dream of ever denouncing him at CPAC.\n\u003Cp\u003EAdelson deserves condemnation only for his actions, not his religion or ethnicity. But George Soros deserves to be defended for the reverse reason. The attacks on him, as with Bloomberg, Steyer, and even old Saul Alinsky, are attacks on the very possibility of decency in American public life. 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--\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cp\u003ESoros has been behind multiple regime-changing efforts in a score of countries.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThere is nothing anti-Semitic for pointing this out.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nReminds me of the current efforts to criminalize criticism of Israeli policies...\u003C\/p\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022ldc-cmt-box clearfix\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022ldc-ul_cont\u0022 onclick=\u0022alter_ul_post_values(this,2109948695,\u0027c_like\u0027)\u0022 \u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/themes\/thenation\/images\/up.png\u0022 alt=\u0022upimg\u0022\/\u003E(\u003Cspan\u003E5\u003C\/span\u003E)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022ldc-ul_cont\u0022 onclick=\u0022alter_ul_post_values(this,2109948695,\u0027c_dislike\u0027)\u0022 \u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/themes\/thenation\/images\/down.png\u0022 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--\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C!-- #comment-## --\u003E\n   \u003Cli id=\u0022comment-2109948678\u0022 class=\u0022comment byuser comment-author-600522650 odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 parent\u0022\u003E\n   \u003Carticle id=\u0022div-comment-2109948678\u0022 commentIDVal=\u00222109948678\u0022 class=\u0022comment-body \u0022\u003E\n   \t\t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment-content\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cb class=\u0022fn\u0022\u003ECarl Schwartz\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cspan class=\u0022says\u0022\u003Esays:\u003C\/span\u003E\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022comment-metadata\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222018-02-28T11:56:13+00:00\u0022\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFebruary 28, 2018 at 11:56 am\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/time\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C!-- .comment-metadata --\u003E\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u003Cp\u003EI'm nor surprised by this; Jews have long been a chosen victim class of authoritarians.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMy own take on CPAC would 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