While the shooter ultimately bears responsibility, for the loss of life, there are so many people who are guilty of creating an environment where hostility to American Jews flourished. In my mind, they are the shooter’s helpers.
I want them to sit Shiva, and sit still in their discomfort and shame.
There are Americans who will sit with White Supremacy for political gain. We see you and you are not free from guilt.
Those of you who sat beside white supremacy for political wins and for raw power have blood on your hands.
Sit with it a moment.
The far right has blood on its hands, but the left is not innocent. The social justice movement has failed us repeatedly over the past two years.
Those on the forefront of fighting hate did not see the gravity of the threat to Jewish Americans.
We were spoken over and ignored.
We were pushed out of movements, asked to leave marches, and told that White Supremacy was not a problem for Jews.
We were told that hate crimes against us are meaningless. We were told that Charlottesville had nothing to do with anti-Semitism.
We were told over and over and over to stop centering ourselves.
It’s cold comfort to see many on the left speak out against anti-Semitism and tie it to white supremacy for the first time.
You may not have blood on your hands, but you are not innocent. To those who spent the last two years telling us to be quiet, that we weren’t affected by white supremacy, that we were selfish, that we didn’t belong in Justice work, today should wake you up.
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