Occupy Wall Street Begins Investigation of RW Media Smear of Antisemitism

[unapatriciated]

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[Sam Hain]

1. From the Jewish Daily Forward

Josh Nathan-Kazis writes:

Occupy Wall Street’s most visible anti-Semite was picketing the Financial District long before Zuccotti Park was occupied.

Carrying a variety of hand-lettered signs with anti-Semitic messages, images of the man — who has been vehemently disowned by the mainstream of the protest movement — have been instrumental to the case that Occupy Wall Street is tainted by animus towards Jews.

But though he’s been a presence at Zuccotti Park almost since the protest began, the man who identified himself to Salon as David Smith was in the Financial District earlier this summer, on his own, carrying similar placards.

Smith is featured in two or three of the four clips of anti-Semites at Occupy Wall Street in a video produced by the Emergency Committee for Israel’s video. He’s been photographed and extensively written about.

Read more: http://forward.com/blogs/forward-thinking/144650/#ixzz1bSzrwiSe

[kestrel91316]

2. Totally OT, lol: why is your homepage a british flatware company website???

[unapatriciated]

4. What is OT about the article.

Did you read it? Seems to me they realize that OCW does not embrace those that support bigotry or hatred. Here is the last paragraph of the article.

"In the Beck video, Smith says that he is losing his sight. He espouses an anger at banking institutions that doesn’t seem too far from the mainstream of the Occupy Wall Street movement, but then veers off onto an anti-Semitic rant. Occupy Wall Street protesters have taken to standing next to Smith with signs ridiculing or opposing his message."

[kestrel91316]

5. Facepalm. My comment about your website/homepage on your profile was OT.

[unapatriciated]

3. Thanks for the link.

I have been in many protest and marches over the last 45 years. There have always been what I have referred to as party crashers. Those that join in just so they can promote hate.

[Behind the Aegis]

6. Like anyone really gives a shit.

What a fucking poorly named clip (not blaming OP).

[kimsarah]

7. Irresponsible

For the RW media to introduce smear campaigns is no surprise, and it will surely continue. But for the mainstream media (ie: Martin Brashir, who repeated this crap on his show earlier this week) to repeat it and give it legitimacy is the real shame.
The only thing worse than trying to de-legitimize a movement is to participate by propulgating the falsehoods without at least scrutinizing the wild claims. Irresponsible.

[Behind the Aegis]

8. The real shame is ignoring bigotry because it is convenient.