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The Forward
January 10, 2018
By: Jeffrey Boxer
It has been nearly three months since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, and the islands recovery has been slow. The U.S. territory is struggling with shortages of food and medical supplies, and a full 45% of residents still dont have power.
San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz blames Washington for failing to devote adequate resources to Puerto Ricos recovery she recently dubbed President Trump the disaster-in-chief. But a journalist for El Nuevo Día, the newspaper with the largest circulation in Puerto Rico, has found a different culprit: the Jew.
Columnist Wilda Rodríguez wrote a piece on Monday, titled What Does The Jew Want From The Colony? According to Rodríguez, it is Wall Street types, not politicians, that dictate U.S. policy. And, who are the power brokers on Wall Street?
In the end, Congress will do what the Jew wants, as the vulgar prototype of true power is called, she wrote.
Rodríguez added a disclaimer: No offense to people of that religion. She even argued that the term is a source of pride for Israeli Jews.
More than 20 years ago, the Israeli paper Maariv had an article in Hebrew that explained how the Jews control Washington, she wrote. For Israelis, recognizing Jewish power over Washington is not an offensive statement. It is the victory of the Diaspora.
What does the Jew want? Rodriguez believes that Wall Street is punishing Puerto Ricans because of the islands $70 billion debt. That we could get away without paying would be fatal to Wall Street morale, she wrote. The punishment needs to make it clear to the debtor world that Wall Street cannot be manipulated.
El Nuevo Día has since added an editorial note to the top of the article that apologizes to the islands Jewish community, adding, we do not promote content that can be interpreted as anti-Semitic.
Read more: https://forward.com/fast-forward/391837/puerto-ricos-biggest-newspaper-the-us-hasnt-helped-us-because-of-the-jew/
AJT
(5,240 posts)janterry
(4,429 posts)this is just so offensive
(and sorry, Ms. Rodriguez, offense taken)
Freethinker65
(10,048 posts)Phoenix61
(17,019 posts)MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)To remind people that antisemitism is rampant on both the Left and the Right --- blaming the Joooos has been the go-to excuse for incompetent leaders for thousands of years, regardless of political leanings.
Highly ironically, the Right tends to police its crapheads marginally better than we do. We need to do better.
enough
(13,262 posts)the newspaper or the author of the article. Is there a reason to consider them to be of the "Left?"
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)Is an avowed "progressive" and "socialist."
Now, this reflects little or none with progressiveness or socialism, except to note that such economic ideals should not insulate them for being called out as antisemitic clowns because they are on "our" side.
We tend to reflexively circle the wagons and protect our own, which is good. (Except when it is bad, as in this instance.)
Linda Sarsour would be another example of the antisemites we need to expunge from our movement.
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)"Puertorriqueña,socialista,solidaria ,chavista, latina y revolucionaria"
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)"EXPLANATORY NOTE FROM COLUMNIST WILDA RODRÍGUEZ: I deeply regret that my writing is interpreted as anti-Semitic. My path is clear. Prejudice and racial or religious hostility have never been part of it. I can understand the psychic reaction of some to the mere use of the Jewish word. But the intention is not to provoke offense, but to contribute to public discussion. With that clear, I apologize to those who in good faith have felt hurt by my political allusion. I do not have and will never intend to aggravate them."
https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/quequiereeljudioconlacolonia-columna-2387715/
Please note column is in Spanish and translated by Google.
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)But she can't unring the bell.
Behind the Aegis
(53,987 posts)That "apology" is shit. She places blame on those who "interpreted" her writing as anti-Semitic. She doesn't admit to using anti-Semitic rhetoric. She further blames the reader by claiming the visceral (as opposed to psychic) reaction to the "mere mention of the word Jew". Barf! She is not apologizing for her use of anti-Semitism, she clearly doesn't think she wrote anything anti-Semitic, she is apologizing because "people are too stupid and sensitive to understand she is just speaking "truthtopower" about the Jews!"
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)Reminds me of some of the rambling excuses Nazis gave at Nuremberg.
Sociopaths have no ability to take personal responsibility.
EllieBC
(3,041 posts)"I am sorry YOU interpreted this way" is not an apology. She can fuck off.
rpannier
(24,338 posts)Keep digging
There aren't enough smilies for her mind baffling piece of racist idiocy.
We need an icon for racist and one for moran and anti-semite
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)cloudbase
(5,525 posts)but you're an asshole.
Behind the Aegis
(53,987 posts)Did you see my post from earlier this morning about Russia? Basically along the came lines of "blame the Jews" is making a roaring comeback there; though I doubt it was ever far from the surface.