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Neo-Nazi group hangs Vax the Jews banner in Austin, Texas just a few blocks from JCC and synagoguesMembers of a neo-Nazi group hung a banner from a bridge in Austin, Texas Sunday with the message Vax the Jews.
The banner was put up by members of the Goyim Defense League, a group the Anti-Defamation League calls a loose network of individuals connected by their virulent antisemitism. The groups name itself is a parody of the Anti-Defamation League using the Yiddish word goyim, which means non-Jews and can have an insulting connotation. Photos on social media showed members of the group standing behind the banner making the Nazi salute.
Austin Mayor Steve Adler, who is Jewish, condemned the incident in a tweet. I am heartbroken to see antisemitic hatred in Austin, a welcoming and respectful place. Hatred of any kind has no place in our city, he wrote, linking to the ADLs website form for reporting incidents of bias or antisemitism.
The banner was hung over the MoPac Expressway on the citys west side, just a few blocks away from the Shalom Austin Jewish Community Center and several synagogues. The banner incident came just a few days after racist and antisemitic graffiti was discovered at Anderson High School, about a mile and a half away from the JCC.
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From what I have seen, more people are disturbed by the other things and have completely glossed over, if they even bother to mention, the anti-Semitism of the entire event. Once again, showing, anti-Semitism is a fucking afterthought, if a thought at all to many!
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(Jewish Group) Neo-Nazi group hangs 'Vax the Jews' banner in Austin, Texas... (Original Post)
Behind the Aegis
Oct 2021
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Walleye
(35,686 posts)1. I guess if you're too stupid to get vaccinated, you're a goyim
So the vaccinated people will replace you when you die
marble falls
(62,079 posts)2. Very disheartening. Austin is becoming more Texas by the day.
JudyM
(29,517 posts)3. This ought to be in General Discussion, too, for more eyes.
Behind the Aegis
(54,860 posts)4. It was posted there, just not in this form.
It was all about the "fist-bumping" cop. The whole banner ordeal didn't even really get a mention. Anti-Semitism is uninteresting to most. Kinda sad, especially today, of all days. Three years.
JudyM
(29,517 posts)5. This one might hit a chord in a different way.
I would repost it but I only have a phone to work from today and tomorrow and Im already bleary eyed.
Behind the Aegis
(54,860 posts)6. Always the optimist, aren't you?