So, I read Darryl Cooper's latest blog post. To paraphrase: He first talks about how he's used to the Internet, where people say crazy things, but a lot of it is joking/trolling. However, now a lot of people saying these things aren't joking anymore.. especially when it comes to antisemitism. He gets why some people turn to Jew-hatred and thinks they have some legitimate points (*eyeroll*), but that committed antisemites let it consume them, and that level of hate is bad for you (True!). He doesn't want to go down that path, so he wants to talk less about those subjects, but he also won't denounce or stop being friends with antisemites (I will let people judge this part for themselves). A few thoughts: 1) I think it's good that he recognizes how that level of hate does self-harm. Whether he actually moves away from it is left to be seen, but I encourage more people to recognize that hate is bad not only for the targets but also for those consumed by it. 2) This is inadvertently an admission that his critics were right: He knew the audience he was cultivating and what he was appealing to. It makes defenders who claimed he was being misrepresented look silly.
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