Comic-Con Anti-Semite Vs. Facts

Several anti-Semites from a spectrum of different backgrounds and ideologies gathered outside of the 2020 AIPAC Policy Conference to protest. One conspiracy theorist came dressed as ‘Deadpool’ and began handing out flyers demonizing all Jews.

Unlike most anti-Semitic individuals, this man was actually willing to respectfully engage in a conversation and genuinely listened to the opposing perspective. By the end of the day, he even began questioning his presence there. Towards the end of the video you can see him putting his sign down and although he stayed for a few more hours, that was the last time he had it up. This doesn’t mean that he has made a complete 180, but it does show that patience, kindness, mindfulness, and knowledge combined can shine light on darkness and the seeds of truth can eventually grow and free anyone from hatred.

The following footage is difficult to watch, but we seek to engage with, and are now releasing the footage of, such interactions to educate the world on what kind of opinions and sentiments exist, all while empowering the next generation of Jews and allies with the tools and responses needed to intellectually, factually, and ideologically expose such arguments and hatred.

Deep resentment exists amongst the fringes of every polarized group, but the hatred and scapegoating of Jews is the common thread that is shared by them all. The far right sees the Jews as the evil controlling communists, while the far left sees the Jews as the immoral greedy capitalists, and the Jewish People yet again find themselves facing anti-Semitism, which is based on finding a population or community’s source of suffering and pain, and blaming that on the Jews.

Anti-Semitism and all forms of xenophobia will always exist, but it is the responsibility of Jews and their allies alive in each generation to make sure that it is also understood, exposed, and socially rejected by the masses. The same thing goes for every other form of hatred towards any minority group.

The Holocaust was the outcome of the successful spread of ideas similar to the individuals like the man in this video, but also due to the failures of not taking such ideas seriously and refusing to effectively respond before it was already too late. What starts as ideas brewing amongst the fringes, if avoided, will eventually multiply and impact pop-culture in ways only imaginable when learning history.

Am Israel says “never again” when remembering our fallen ancestors not because it can’t happen again, but because each generation utters those words as an eternal promise and commitment to make sure it never happens again.

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Video Produced by Leibman Productions
In collaboration with J-TV: Jewish Ideas. Global Relevance.