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<div>Yes, because there is so little anti-Semitism of any consequence in our community, these incidences had to be inflated to serve the agenda of local Zionists, as well as their supporters at the News-Gazette, which provided ample publicity. And for some reason, older people lose their ability to recall when they were young and did stupid (but usually harmless) things that needn't be interpreted as part of a political agenda.<br></div><div><br></div>
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On Friday, November 17, 2017, 8:55:43 AM CST, David Johnson <davidjohnson1451@comcast.net> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydpb2d1a399yiv2804610022"><div><div class="ydpb2d1a399yiv2804610022WordSection1"><p class="ydpb2d1a399yiv2804610022MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">David,</span></p><p class="ydpb2d1a399yiv2804610022MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="ydpb2d1a399yiv2804610022MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">According to Steve Wolf who is a “ Silent Host “ / Researcher with us on The World Labor Hour and an active member of the Chabad House, the vandalism of the Menorah was an act of random vandalism by drunken Frat boys who happened to be walking up 4<sup>th</sup> street toward County Market grocery store.</span></p><p class="ydpb2d1a399yiv2804610022MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">So, I wonder how many other similar incidents are embellished to inflate the number of anti-Semitic hate crimes ?</span></p><p class="ydpb2d1a399yiv2804610022MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;"> </span></p><p class="ydpb2d1a399yiv2804610022MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;">David Johnson</span></p><p class="ydpb2d1a399yiv2804610022MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></p><div class="ydpb2d1a399yiv2804610022yqt0449572461" id="ydpb2d1a399yiv2804610022yqt65033"><div><div style="border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) currentcolor currentcolor; border-style: solid none none; border-width: 1pt medium medium; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><p class="ydpb2d1a399yiv2804610022MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> Peace-discuss [mailto:peace-discuss-bounces@lists.chambana.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Green via Peace-discuss<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 15, 2017 10:03 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net; C G Estabrook<br clear="none"><b>Cc:</b> Ron Szoke<br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Peace-discuss] Hate in America: Where it comes from and why it's back</span></p></div></div><p class="ydpb2d1a399yiv2804610022MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="ydpb2d1a399yiv2804610022MsoNormal"><span>Given the number of allegedly anti-semitic hate crimes, I assume that instances such as the Menorah vandalism at Chabad house in Champaign would count as such. These data are not believable, except to the ADL and SPLC, who make their living off of them. That of course just scratches the surface of this ridiculous amount of verbiage.</span></p><div><p class="ydpb2d1a399yiv2804610022MsoNormal"><span> </span></p></div><div id="ydpb2d1a399yiv2804610022yahoo_quoted_1202558433"><div><div><p class="ydpb2d1a399yiv2804610022MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">On Wednesday, November 15, 2017, 2:24:07 PM CST, C G Estabrook via Peace-discuss <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a>> wrote: </span></p></div><div><p class="ydpb2d1a399yiv2804610022MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ydpb2d1a399yiv2804610022MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> </span></p></div><div><div><p class="ydpb2d1a399yiv2804610022MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">‘Hate’ has been used recently by the Israel lobby and the Clinton campaign to cover over their indefensible polices (oppression of the Palestinians; war with Putin “the new Hitler”). <br clear="none"><br clear="none">They pretend that their opponents are only anti-Semites and ‘deplorable' racists.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Deo gratias, they have more opponents than that.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">> On Nov 15, 2017, at 1:15 PM, C G Estabrook via Peace-discuss <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> This article is a remarkably long-winded attempt to obfuscate what happened in the 2016 election: the vast and accelerating rise in inequality in the Obama years led enough of his voters to refuse to vote for another pro-war/pro-Wall St. candidate - and instead elect the first major party candidate in 40 years who attacked the neoliberal and neoconservative polices of all recent administrations. <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">>> From: "Szoke, Ron" <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:r-szoke@illinois.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">r-szoke@illinois.edu</a>><br clear="none">>> Subject: Hate in America: Where it comes from and why it's back<br clear="none">>> Date: November 15, 2017 <br clear="none">>> <br clear="none">>> Hate in America: Where it comes from and why it's back<br clear="none">>> <a shape="rect" href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/hate-america-comes-back-100032161.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=ma" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.yahoo.com/news/hate-america-comes-back-100032161.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=ma</a><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> Peace-discuss mailing list<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="mailto:Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss</a></span></p><div id="ydpb2d1a399yiv2804610022yqtfd37050"><p class="ydpb2d1a399yiv2804610022MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Peace-discuss mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss</a></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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