[NYTimes] | After missing the Nazi Holocaust and losing readers recently while leading the charge for Hamas, the New York Times is determined to be near the front in reporting the rise of European antisemitism. Much of the article we've seen here at Rantburg, but this bit if background is useful: |
Academics who study anti-Semitism say the acceptance of disparaging remarks about Jews has become increasingly common in the educated middle class over the past two decades. Especially on social media, where hashtags such as #HitlerWasRight have appeared, there has been a significant jump in slurs against Jews.
Monika Schwarz-Friesel, a cognitive scientist at Technical University, has spent 10 years tracking anti-Semitic comments from educated Germans in letters to editors, in Internet chat rooms and on social media. She said such comments in public forums had served as kindling for the most recent outbreak.
"Violence always starts in the mind," Ms. Schwarz-Friesel said. "Attacks like that on the synagogue in Wuppertal are not just pulled out of thin air."
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