THIS NEW VIDEO attacking “anti-Semitism” spreads dangerous falsehoods and incites hatred.

Produced by the well-funded organization Shine a Light, the video states that criticizing Jews is tantamount to hatred. The female announcer suggests that criticism or verbal attack are the same thing as violence. She calls verbal or graphic attacks online “small crumbs of darkness.”

“Yet, it is still Jew hate,” she states.

Well, no it isn’t necessarily.

Millions of people have criticized Jews in power and have not engaged in any violence against Jews, have even lived amicably with them, and do not support violence. Hatred of Jews is wrong and I don’t support it. Crude caricatures are crude and rude, but they are not violence, do not depict all Jews and are sometimes justified, possibly even preventing violence and hatred.

A recent report by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which is under the Department of Commerce, showed no link between the growth of such criticism on the Internet and “hate crimes.”

“The evidence does not show that during the last decade, a time of expansive growth of electronic communications, particularly on the Internet and mobile devices as well as social media, there has been a rise in hate crime incidents,” the report states.

The report alleges that research into extremism fails to present data showing “any causal relationship between increased social media use and increased violence.”

The report also cautions against efforts to crackdown on online speech over the baseless concerns about hate crimes. “We caution that efforts to control or monitor online speech, even for the worthy goal of reducing crime, present serious First Amendment concerns and run counter to our nation’s dedication to free expression. To quote President Barack Obama, “The strongest weapon against hateful speech is not repression; it is more speech.”” (Source)

In fact, there is reason to believe that suppression of criticism leads to anger and resentment. This video alone has created tremendous resentment, with more than 5,000 negative comments on Youtube, suggesting there is quite a grassroots movement afoot of people who have had it up to “here” with being told they are evil for noticing certain undeniable facts.

This video reminds me of the day recently when a Jewish friend of mine was driving through a parking lot and saw a sign saying “Wrong Way.” He said, “That’s anti-Semitic! It won’t let me do what I want so it’s anti-Semitic!” He was joking, of course, but it’s basically come to this.

The other falsehood the video promotes is a lie by omission. The announcer says that it is anti-Semitic to criticize Israel. She does not mention the extensive role of Jews in overthrowing the ethnic identity of America and European countries. What about open Jewish attacks on Christianity, such as in the recent trailers for the HBO comedy Santa, Inc., the series about a Jewish feminist elf seeking to become Santa. View two of the trailers here and here. So Sarah Silverman’s ridicule and “hatred” are okay — but criticizing Judaism is not okay? If it is a crime to insult people, then why are Silverman and Rogen not facing criminal charges?

Shine a Light encourages snitching (“shine a light”) on critics of Jews in power. As one commenter on the video says, “Jews use their powerful positions in society, like this channel, to stop people from pointing out that Jews have many powerful positions in society.”

Jewish organizations like Shine a Light are hating lots of people with these accusations of hatred. If they don’t like rude caricatures of Jews, why don’t they simply prove them wrong? Why do they so often seek moral status through claims of victimhood?

One more question: What is a crumb of darkness?

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