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Karl Radl · 2016-11-22T14:41:12Z

How to Detect Anti-Semitic Hate Crime Hoaxes As we’ve had a slew of hoaxes pretending to be ‘anti-Semitic hate crimes’; I thought I’d come up with a simple guide to detecting them for those less familiar with the jewish question than myself. I have written this in the form of eight things to look out for and question in the context of an alleged ‘anti-Semitic hate crime’ in order to ascertain for yourself whether it is likely to be genuine or not. What you need to consider when evaluating such an incident is as follows: 1) There are no obvious indicators that the individual targeted is actually jewish. So how did the attackers know they were? If it isn’t immediately obvious and the news reports state that ‘they have (or had) no known enemies’ then there is a good chance you are dealing with a hoax. 2) There is no obvious reason why the target was attacked. Why did the attackers target this specific location, individual and/or group? If it isn’t immediately obvious then there is a good chance you are dealing with a hoax. 3) The attack is extremely stereotypical and looks like a copy of photographs/video of anti-jewish attacks from the Third Reich era. Another common tell is the inability to draw a swastika correctly or spelling ‘Heil Hitler’ as ‘Hail Hitler’. Anti-Semitic language and symbols in modern times tend to be considerably different to common stereotypes. For example a real piece of anti-Semitic graffiti take the example on Mount Tom in Massachusetts, which read simply ‘Gas the Jews’ and was accompanied by another piece announcing ‘Trump 2016’. (1) Modern anti-Semites usually don’t bother with spray-painting swastikas on a local jew’s front door, because it doesn’t really make an impact. It just triggers mass kvetching without delivering much (if any) political punch. 4) The attackers show a detailed knowledge of the ritual habits of the local jewish community (like when Shabbos is to and from) and have timed their attack accordingly. This isn’t evidence in and of itself, but added to other oddities and inconsistencies in the case of an alleged ‘anti-Semitic hate crime’ it points to either a very informed aggressor or someone within the jewish community itself. 5) The attackers do not to damage jewish property, but are happy to do damage non-jewish property. 6) The attackers go out of their way to only damage jewish property that is in need of repair or of being replaced. 7) The jewish victims immediately launch a publicity campaign and mention unrelated causes of the ‘hate against them’ such as, for example, blaming Donald Trump for ‘causing an atmosphere of hate’ which therefore lead to said ‘anti-Semitic hate crime’ on social media. This isn’t evidence in and of itself, but added to other oddities and inconsistencies in the case of an alleged ‘anti-Semitic hate crime’ it points to the ‘victim’s’ potential motivation to fake such an attack. 8) The jewish ‘victim’ is in some kind of financial, personal or professional difficulty that publicity may be able to remedy. This isn’t evidence in and of itself, but added to other oddities and inconsistencies in the case of an alleged ‘anti-Semitic hate crime’ it points to the ‘victim’s’ potential motivation to fake such an attack. Get analysing! References (1) http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/11/volunteers_remove_racist_anti-.html ---------------------------------------------- This was originally published at the following address: http://bit.ly/2f4rCof