Anti-Semitism, The New York Times and Occupy Wall Street

All who read this blog know that The New York Times has a serious problem involving its lackadaisical response to anti-Semitic online readers' comments posted by this newspaper's so-called "moderators" (see, for example: http://jgcaesarea.blogspot.com/2009/06/open-letter-no-2-to-clark-hoyt-public.html). Although the "moderators" of the Times will not tolerate publication of racist messages directed at other minorities, Jews have been deemed "fair game" and have had to suffer repeated vile expressions of anti-Semitism in response to New York Times editorial and op-ed content.

As such, it should come as no surprise that The New York Times and its op-ed pundits again have their heads in the sand with regard to the horrifying manifestations of anti-Semitism emanating from the Occupy Wall Street movement (see, for example: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/10/11/occupy-wall-street-has-an-anti-semitism-problem/). Deaf to these racist outbursts, we have heard nothing but adulation from the Times for those who, according to Democratic pollster Douglas Schoen, are calling for "redistribution of wealth, civil disobedience and, in some instances, violence" (see: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204479504576637082965745362.html).

Yesterday, in an editorial entitled "The Mayor Confronts the Protesters" (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/opinion/mayor-bloomberg-confronts-occupy-wall-street.html), the Times went on record as saying:

"For the mayor, the test will now be how to make certain these important protests can go forward."

Yes, we really must make certain that "these important protests," which have been accompanied by rape, drugs and violence, go forward. And what do the pundits from the op-ed page of the Times have to say?

Brother Krugman, experiencing something akin to an orgasm (http://newsbusters.org/blogs/clay-waters/2011/10/14/nyts-paul-krugman-occupy-wall-street-protest-wonderful-thing):

"But I think the explosion of this movement really suggests that there were an awful lot of people who were just waiting for somebody to say it, and here we are, and it’s a wonderful thing."

Brother Kristof, outraged by the dismantling of the Zuccotti Park enclave by the police, which, goodness gracious, resulted in arrests (http://video.nytimes.com/video/2011/11/15/opinion/100000001173726/kristof-on-occupy-wall-street.html?ref=opinion):

"Now, New York City has legitimate concerns about sanitation and safety of the protests, but what came next seemed utterly over the top."

Brother Blow, marveling at the electrifying phenomenon (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/22/opinion/blow-occupy-apalooza-strikes-a-chord.html?_r=1&hp):

"The protests have a Lollapalooza-like eccentricity and diversity to the crowds. Some come to revel in the moment. Others come to rage against the machine. But they are all drawn together by the excitement of animating a muscle that many thought had atrophied: demonstration and disobedience in the name of equality."

Brother Rosenthal, who apparently has a problem organizing his thoughts (http://loyalopposition.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/ows-at-the-crossroads/?ref=andrewrosenthal):

"There is great honor in simple protest, and Occupy Wall Street could decide to just keep on going as before, though perhaps from 9 to 5 instead of 24 hours a day. Protest movements helped end the war in Vietnam and compel deeply reluctant political leaders to finally enforce the Constitution’s promise of civil rights. Mr. Bloomberg may have the legal authority to take away tents and generators, but he has no right to stop rallies, speeches, marches, or drumming – and I can’t imagine he would try."

Brother Friedman, explaining what OWS is all about, given that these modern-day nihilists are bereft of a credo (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/opinion/friedman-india-and-america-two-peas-in-a-pod.html?_r=1&ref=opinion):

"And Americans are protesting what is legal — a system of Supreme Court-sanctioned bribery in the form of campaign donations that have enabled the financial-services industry to effectively buy the U.S. Congress, and both political parties, and thereby resist curbs on risk-taking."

In short, plenty of praise for these noble young men and women who would defecate on police cars, but no mention by these intellects of the attendant anti-Semitism. You see, it's all about banishing inequality, and it's okay if, along the way, the Jews must be sacrificed on the altar of egalitarianism, upon which, no doubt, one of the OWS protesters has already dropped a steaming turd.