The effort to smear Occupy Wall Street is in full effect......

[marmar]

from truthdig:



NEW YORK—A right-wing, pro-Israel group called the Emergency Committee for Israel has released a commercial that portrays the ongoing protests against the cozy relationship between government and corporations as anti-Semitic.

The ad begins with a voice-over claiming that some political leaders are sympathetic to Occupy Wall Street, followed by sound bites in which Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, President Obama and commentator Eliot Spitzer make statements in support of protesters.

Viewers are then asked to consider what the protests are really about and shown clips in which supposed protesters connect Jews to the media and the financial industry and berate an elderly man wearing a yarmulke. Then the voice-over asks: “Why are our leaders turning a blind eye to anti-Semitic, anti-Israel attacks? Tell President Obama and ... Pelosi to stand up to the mob. Hate is not an American value.”

As the OWS movement becomes a threat to entrenched power, smear campaigns against it are sure to come from the political and media establishment. Fortunately, there are reporters at Liberty Plaza who can see through such efforts. As one of them, I can tell you that I have not witnessed any acts of anti-Semitism and that there is even a growing Jewish presence inside the park. .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/pro-israel_think_tank_smears_wall_street_protests_with_anti-semitism_201110/

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Well as Keith pointed out last night, after running add

All movements have fringe on edges and if you try you will finfpd the one. Of course the you kippur service belies the charge.

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[JuniperLea]

3. Sounds like someone jumped the shark...

Can anyone around here say they have actually seen any such thing even merely mentioned until this piece?

I haven't seen the OWS people berate anyone except banksters and Wall Streetsters... they even tell cops that they love them.

This is pretty strange alrighty.

[KansDem]

4. Ja! Ja! Sie sind die Juden!

...and shown clips in which supposed protesters connect Jews to the media and the financial industry and berate an elderly man wearing a yarmulke.

Die Juden sind die problem!

:eyes:
Do they really think this will fly...?

[Warpy]

5. There was a sudden silence about OWS starting Sunday night

so I figured the disinformation campaign was in the works and orders from corporate HQ had come down to stop reporting on it until the admen told them what to say.

I also knew that LaRouche nut out on the fringes would be the centerpiece of the whole thing. Let's just hope people realize there's only a handful of those and that they're not welcome.

[Fuzz]

6. That in itself is anti-semetic don't you think? The jewish banker stereotype being reinforced by

those claiming to condemn it?

[Behind the Aegis]

8. It can be.

Though I think most will realize the OWS is not anti-Semitic, nor has any basis in anti-semitism. However, since it is anti-semitism, it will largely be ignored by the left and continued to be used by the right.

[Viking12]

7. Jewish groups dismiss anti-semitism charges leveld at OWS

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/the_rnc_jumps_on_the_occupy_wall_street_is_anti-se.php

[Matariki]

9. I guess the "spoiled white kids" meme didn't work

so they're moving on to another nonsensical slur to see if it sticks :eyes:

[DCKit]

10. They really went there? Wow. nt

[gateley]

11. Martin Bashir said he was there and he didn't see any of these people. We need

the others to speak out as loudly as the disinfo people.

[starroute]

12. Jesse LaGreca has been pushing back hard against this

He's the guy who destroyed a Fox News reporter in a widely circulated video.

He's been tweeting a lot against this smear and linking to various articles refuting it. Such as this one at Daily Kos: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/10/19/1028074/-Are-The-Occupy-Wall-Street-Protests-Inherently-Antisemitic-%28Hint:-No%29

http://twitter.com/#!/JesseLaGreca (These tweets are in reverse chronological order.)

JesseLaGreca Jesse LaGreca
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Thanks @bananonymous as someone of Jewish decent it makes my blood boil to watch these shills scream NAZI in an honest debate #ows
6 hours ago
Jesse LaGreca

JesseLaGreca Jesse LaGreca
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@SeanArther dude, godwin law, you lose. I'm incapable of the mental backflips required 2 have an honest debate w/ dishonest smears. #ows #p2
6 hours ago
Jesse LaGreca

JesseLaGreca Jesse LaGreca
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@MyAnonPage @seanarther yeah, not a lot of proof, and even if, I reject any Nazi endorsement, I wish Arizona Conservatives would do the same
6 hours ago
Jesse LaGreca

JesseLaGreca Jesse LaGreca
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@SeanArther you regurgitated lies linking Nazi's to #ows like 3 tweets ago, this is #JonStewart stuff. I'm a Jew, you're a schmuck #ows
6 hours ago
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JesseLaGreca Jesse LaGreca
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@SeanArther I know, instead of engaging in an honest intellectual dialogue about #ows lets scream NAZI NAZI NAZI DEATH PANEL WOLVERINES!
6 hours ago
Jesse LaGreca

JesseLaGreca Jesse LaGreca
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@SeanArther seriously, as a Jew, I am furious that you would hijack this honest debate by screaming NAZI! Are you Jewish? SHAME on you #ows
6 hours ago
Jesse LaGreca

JesseLaGreca Jesse LaGreca
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@SeanArther yes, nazis and antisemites and bears, oh my! Who needs honest convo with defenders of corporate greed? NAZI! HITLER! #ows
6 hours ago
Jesse LaGreca

JesseLaGreca Jesse LaGreca
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@SeanArther funny, when I see the many, many jewish people at #ows it makes me think, maybe the people shrieking NAZI are dishonest? Maybe
6 hours ago
Jesse LaGreca

JesseLaGreca Jesse LaGreca
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@SeanArther Dude, I'm a JEW, so take ur nazi linking BS and shove it. Instead of honest convo you pull this BS, pathetic #ows #slander #fail
6 hours ago
Jesse LaGreca

JesseLaGreca Jesse LaGreca
Funny how voices in the media linking #ows with Nazi's and Anti-semites have a long history saying unhinged nonsense in def of greed. #p2
6 hours ago
Jesse LaGreca

JesseLaGreca Jesse LaGreca
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@SeanArther There is no nazi's or antisemitism, the TV is rotting your brain. Just because Limbaugh said it doesn't make it true #ows #fail
6 hours ago

[Viking12]

13. Wolverines!???!1!

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[JI7]

15. Eliot Spitzer is anti Semitic ?

[AntiFascist]

16. They'll try anything to attempt to divide and conquer....

Hitler's Nazis spread propaganda against Jewish bankers stirring up fear that Jews were behind the spread of communism. If anyone would be on the side of Nazis it would be those attacking OWS. This is one of those cases of political projection, where Republicans take their worst quality and project it onto their enemies.