Antisemites Bemoan The Posers
Where Do You Go When 'Hate Has No Place Here' Applies Inside Your Own Hate Group?
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U.S.— Longtime antisemites across the far-right said Monday they’re “fed up” with a new wave of antisemites “watering down” the scene.
“I don’t think these posers even hate Jews,” said one self-identified neo-Nazi, staring glumly at a stack of handmade “Ceasefire Now” signs. “Antisemitism used to stand for something ugly. Now it’s all ‘human rights’ and ‘don’t bomb hospitals.’ It’s embarrassing.”
In Portland, “White Power” Ronny, a veteran skinhead, complained that standards have collapsed. “They don’t even deny the Holocaust. Most of the new breed actually oppose ethnic cleansing. I mean, what the [expletive] is that? That is not my antisemitism.”
Many extremists admitted they were initially thrilled by headlines claiming antisemitism was on the rise. “We saw the ADL stats and thought, finally, people are getting it,” said a Proud Boys organizer. “Then we show up to these so-called ‘antisemitic’ rallies and it’s just people not wanting kids to die.”
“They’ve completely lost the plot.”
Outside one such event, a bloody and beaten neo-Nazi, nursing a black eye, complained about being ejected. “Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for a good stomping, but not when it’s me. I throw up one ‘Heil Hitler’ and they threw me out!” He started sobbing. “I don’t know what happened. I look out there and see ‘antisemitic’ rabbis for peace and ‘antisemitic’ Jewish Voices for This-or-That, and can’t help but think, ‘my God, they really did replace us.’”
“These antisemites are meticulously separating Israel from the Jewish people, and it’s too nuanced. It makes us look unserious,” one white nationalist explained, rubbing his temples. “I find myself constantly saying, ‘No, no, we mean all Jews, everywhere! This isn’t about some rogue ethnostate.’”
When asked about his future, “White Power” Ronny just shrugged. “Hey, man. The antisemite scene might be dead, but my hate is pretty eclectic. I’ve really been digging this Bibi guy. That man really knows how to oppress a minority.”
Asked whether the influx of poser antisemites might ultimately force them to change, the purists scoffed. “We’re not changing,” said one Klansman, folding his arms. “If antisemitism is going to mean ‘don’t starve two million people, half of whom are kids,’ then they can be antisemites. We’ll just go by something else. I’m sexist, I’m racist, maybe I’m also Zionist.”
The Klansman snapped his fingers and smiled. “Yeah. If it means hating a whole group of people simply for their religion, then I’m a hardcore Zionist.”