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January 7, 2024

The internet has gone insane.  Divergent opinions concerning the war on Gaza have resulted not only in outrageous opinions being vented, but in questionable actions being taken.

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Let’s face it: the internet has become the public’s id.  The most vile and repugnant ideas are happily expressed, sometimes openly and proudly.  One has to wonder: just what are these people thinking? Intelligence and education are not barriers.

Organizations like Stopantisemitism,org have been set up to fight an exponential increase on online antisemitism.  Some of their work is commendable.  They do expose dangerous examples of recent antisemitism.

However, some of their work is sloppy.  On this page, one can see a report on Robert Sterkeson, only to see an image of the inflammatory Baptist preacher Stephen Anderson, with an SS cap Photoshopped on his head.

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Now some members of the Jewish community are upset with Pastor Anderson — for various reasons — but Anderson is not Robert Sterkeson, and he never served in the SS.

And then there is the case of Rick Steves.  Rick Steves may be hyper-liberal, but he is not antisemitic.  Stopantisemitism.org, in my opinion, twisted Steve’s comments.

Stopantisemitism.org on X (Twitter) also gathers information from social media and asks people to identify the culprits so they can be fired…and then gloats about it.

Some of the comments were vile.  But some did not merit being fired.  In one case, a young woman is exposed for merely wearing a pro-Palestinian sweatshirt, and her identity is given out.  Was that last status necessary?  The girl was not on X.  She was merely walking around with a political sweatshirt.  Was it dumb?  Yes!  Did it need to be exposed internationally?  No!

A lot of Stopantisemitism.org’s actions can be justified.  Yet I fear it may backfire.  What if someone doxxed those who work at Stopantisemitism.org?

Indeed, one Jewish man may have been counter-“doxxed,” and it is not pretty.