How about the rise in Anti-Semitism?!?!
I'm not saying this because it pisses me off but .....is it my imagination or are the recent folks who feel free to express their anti-Semitism PUBLICLY a combination of talented, famous, entitled and on the lower scales of intelligence?
I've come to this conclusion because of how surprised these people were when the backlash occurred. At the very least they felt that their talent and fame would insulate them which is a sign of either entitlement and/or "not being smart".
The recent expressions of antisemitism are scary, offensive, disappointing, and infuriating, but sadly not suprising. Im really not shocked that they thought they could get away with it either, because tons of celebrities are openly antisemitic and basically never face backlash. For example, Mel Gibson is still working in hollywood, hes literally starring in a movie with Mark Wahlberg that came out this year. This is a dude who is a Holocaust denier, and said that Jews cause all wars. Nick Cannon had to only make a perfunctory apology after saying some incredibly antisemitic shit last year, and now he has a new show. Its not just celebrities either, tons and tons of regular people are deeply antisemitic and never face any consequences for their actions. I cant tell you the number of people who dont know Im Jewish who have said to me "He jewed me down" or I"I got totally jewed." Hell, even people who know I'm Jewish have been antisemitic to my face; I once had a VP at my job tell me to my face that "I know Jews control NYC." Its incredibly scary and frustrating, all the more so because Goyisha people dont really seem to care. Sometimes I feel like Jews only matter to people as a pawn in whatever their political machinations are; on the left wing they denounce right wing antisemitism and dont care about the deeply antisemitic ideas that are popular in liberal circles, on the right they scream "Defend Israel" while happily including Nazi's and White Supremacists in their ranks and promoting conspiracies theories, like the Great Replacement theory, that were the exact same sort of thing that led to the Shoah. Hell, I've seen my fair share of antisemitism in this community too. It makes me just want to scream. Can't anybody just think of us as normal people?