AMERICAN THINKER
by Paul Miller
August 13, 2014
Chicago – It was a scene “straight out of Istanbul or Amsterdam,” remarked one observer. Dr. Arie Friedman wasn’t sure if the Twitter feed he was reading was “coming from Paris or Pakistan.” But this was neither Europe nor the Islamic world, this was Chicago — and social media was capturing the day of hate one tweet at a time.
Fox News Channel contributor Jonathan Hoenig resides in downtown Chicago. On Sunday afternoon he found himself in the swarm of an anti-Israel protest. The hedge fund manager captured on his smartphone more than just a protest against the Jewish State’s anti-terrorism measures in Gaza. He documented calls for Israel’s “annihilation”.
Through his Twitter account, Hoenig proved that any citizen with a smartphone and Internet access can be a journalist more powerful than the New York Times. Nowhere to be seen on the websites of the daily newspapers, the “Capitalistpig” exposed what some would call Jew-hatred not seen since 1930s Europe.
Sarcastically tweeting, “some ‘friendly’ reading material being passed out,” Hoenig displayed a flyer being distributed at the rally depicting the anti-Semitic canard of Jewish control. Beneath the crude caricature of a larger-than-life, hook-nosed figure controlling the world from behind the scenes, the German caption reads, “The Jew: The inciter of war, the prolonger of war.” The wording, writes Hoenig, is from 1943 or 1944, during the height of the Holocaust……
Chicago parents may not be too pleased to learn that their child’s teacher might have been part of the rally activities. With pictures to boot, the Fox News contributor tweeted “Plenty of union and commie groups here too,” and “Guess who is teaching at Chicago public schools?” Both posts reveal demonstrators wearing their red “Chicago Teachers Union” gear……
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