Blowing things out of proportion………..

It’s what the left does.

ADL’s report of a “Surge of Anti-Semitism” last year should be taken with a grain of salt.

The Federalist-

From the article-

“The available data are certainly far from comforting, but not so easy to interpret as the ADL and others would suggest. For instance, even though the number of incidents the ADL found did rise sharply, the total number of incidents could still be considered small — 1,986 in 2017”

And of course this is all “Trump’s fault” according to various “news sources” and leftist “journalists” such as NBC’s  Soledad O’Brien who Tweeted-

““This is what happens when the President of the United States embraces white supremacists and does not decry racists,” Soledad O’Brien-

So according to the ADL we had a total of reported instances of anti-semitism last year of 1,986 occurances out of 320,000,000 Americans.I call that pretty darn good,considering that many places in Western Europe are far worse as are the actual incidents themselves.1,986 out of 320million is a rounding error and not statistically significant,it didn’t even break .01%. Are there many more people who think it,but don’t say it?Probably,but it’s not rising to the levels that paint the picture of looming cattle cars and ovens that the ADL makes it out to be.-

“The available data are certainly far from comforting, but not so easy to interpret as the ADL and others would suggest. For instance, even though the number of incidents the ADL found did rise sharply, the total number of incidents could still be considered small — 1,986 in 2017. In another example, a vast majority of more than a hundred bomb threats were perpetrated by one Jewish man.”

“The ADL provides a selected list of 1,215 examples of the incidents on the report’s website. This chart is composed of police reports, media reports and individual reports to the ADL directly. The ADL also watches social media and interviews individuals who report anti-Semitic events on the various platforms, although it is unclear how well these reports are vetted. When sorted, roughly 73 percent of the incidents involved a form of vandalism, with about 60 percent of the incidents involving swastikas. The remaining examples are a wide range of Nazi and anti-Semitic graffiti, anti-Semitic fliers, stickers or literature and various harassment to Jewish organizations including emails, phone calls and social media posts.”

So like so many reports and research papers these days,no one bothered or purposely didn’t,separate the chaff from the grain.The ADL also predictably fails to point out the glaringly obvious anti-semitism that has taken hold and is the strongest on the left.-

“The ADL found that the majority of the incidents happened in states with large Jewish populations, with the biggest numbers in New York followed by California, Florida, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and on America’s most liberal college campuses, including Princeton University, Berkley, Georgetown University, and Rutgers University. The Daily Beast reported a shocking level of anti-Semitic hate at Berkley in 2015. Alongside swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti, they report, “…during the conflict in Gaza this summer, he also came across sidewalk graffiti on campus that exhorted “Death to Israel” and “Kill all the Jews.”

It also doesn’t mention the current state of the Democratic party in the US and it’s promotion of several anti-semimetic characters and fringe groups to positions of national prominance.

“The most popular schools for Jewish students also happen to coincide with the above mentioned states and schools with the largest number of anti-Semitic incidents. The BDS movement, the Anti-Zionist movement and pro-Palestinian activity are almost exclusively Left-leaning or Islamic driven efforts on college campuses as well. The co-founder of the Women’s March, Tamika D. Mallory attended a remarkably anti-Semitic event by Louis Farrakhan and praised him on social media. Linda Sarsour, another leader in the Women’s movement, openly embraces the above anti-Israel sentiment and has expressed anti-Semitic stereotypes on “Jews in the media.” Often the rhetoric from a White Nationalist or Pro-Palestinian advocate are indistinguishable. The ADL has addressed many anti-Semitic and anti-Israel positions taken by Black Lives Matter leaders and supporters and listed the Nation of Islam and multiple Imams perpetuating anti-Jewish hatred in their study.”

I find it ironic that a group which spends it’s time worrying about wolves in sheep’s clothing would completely ignore the sharp teeth and furry coat of it’s ideological bed fellows.