Three years ago, anyone referring to Jews as pigs would not have gotten away with it. Nor would suggesting that an entire race be annihilated or their homeland wiped off the map.
Those unforgivable and highly prejudicial sentiments would have resulted in being looked upon as an evil, uncouth person who should be shunned and dismissed as a sociopath, lacking total empathy and completely indifferent to social norms.
The fact that these comments have become accepted in our world, over a period of a few short years, only attests to a rapid deterioration of humanity, evidencing a regression of returning to a more primitive time of tribal infighting, acting out one’s internal hatred towards others.
To imagine it happening in 2026 is inconceivable, but how else can you describe a pro-October 7th massacre conference which is scheduled to be held in Toronto this November?
The Canadian group known as the Masar Badil Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement, already labeled a terrorist organization, is set to host the gathering, under the banner of “Resistance and Return from the Belly of the Beast.”
The Masar Badil organization, said to be “closely linked to Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidary Network, is only one of many such groups that openly and unashamedly espouse bigotry.
Sadly, they are all too reminiscent of the darkest days humanity has ever known, when it comes to the profound cruelty that is able to be shown towards one’s fellow man.
Describing itself as a “radical popular political movement, established by Palestinian, Arab and international will … to be a framework and a popular resistance movement confronting Zionist colonialism…” there’s not much doubt that it is an ideology meant to mainstream Jewish bigotry. Their concept of resistance is manifested in the call for violent attacks against Israel.
Since it supports youth and student movements, it’s not hard to connect the dots when hearing some of the loudest bigotry coming from the mouths of campus protestors, many of whom have called for the death of fellow Jewish students.
But why wouldn’t they? Because when you characterize Israel as a “Zionist colonialism,” entity, that super-charged term is understood by young people as a force of oppression, of which they have a personal responsibility to end.
So, is it any wonder why the hatred grows, feeling that their justified bigotry can be expressed as a reasonable reaction to a serious perceived threat?
It is this kind of normalization that brings about societal acceptance, putting aside the need for any diplomacy or dialogue that might have a chance to facilitate a better understanding and a way forward to dispel the mounting hostility.
But nowadays, open hostility serves as a useful weapon, when endeavoring to erase a despised ethnicity, such as the Jews. It’s the new mob mentality of getting people riled up enough to stigmatize their enemy group, calling for their isolation, followed by their extermination.
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