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Global Mainstreaming Of Anti-Semitism, EU Parliament Edition

We're sure that when he writes "Jews", he actually means Zionists:

An anti-Semitic booklet published by a far-right Polish deputy to the European Parliament has sparked outrage among European Union officials and Jewish organizations. The 32-page brochure "Civilizations at war in Europe" by Maciej Giertych, says Jews "create their own ghettos" because they like to separate themselves from others."I am deeply troubled by ... the content of the brochure published by ... European deputy Giertych," European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering said, adding that he would investigate publication of the booklet, which bears the parliament's logo, but wasn't funded by the Strasbourg-based assembly.

"What do you want," asks the institutional anti-Zionist, "People came out against it! Stop complaining!" The worry here is not that this is permissable to say in polite European company - although, honestly, it is permissable. The point is that this is now one of the things that's routinely said out loud. It's condemned by popular opinion, but popular opinion takes notice of it. It's part of the public discourse.

We recently discovered that there's actually a name for this phenomenon. It's called the Overton Window, and it more or less describes how you can move the window of acceptable discourse by saying things even more unacceptable. So once, it would have been absurd to suggest that Israel give up security just to "test" whether the Palestinians will kill them this time. But in a world where global leaders and Western media outlets are openly questioning Israel's right to exist - well, opening the borders and hoping for the best seems positively tame.

We live in a world where the most vile anti-Semitism is openly aired in the halls of power - and they're getting more shameless about it every single day.

References:
* EU parliament deputy's Anti-Semitic booklet sparks outrage [Ha'aretz]
* Anti-Semitism: France’s National Shame [FrontPage]
* Overton Window [Wikipedia]

Previously:
* Global Mainstreaming Of Anti-Semitism, South Korea Edition
* Global Mainstreaming of Anti-Semitism, Comedy Festival Edition
* Global Mainstreaming Of Anti-Semitism, Hollywood Edition

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