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Behind the Aegis

(54,860 posts)
Mon Oct 25, 2021, 03:21 PM Oct 2021

(Jewish Group) Neo-Nazi group hangs 'Vax the Jews' banner in Austin, Texas...

Neo-Nazi group hangs ‘Vax the Jews’ banner in Austin, Texas just a few blocks from JCC and synagogues

Members 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 group’s 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 ADL’s website form for reporting incidents of bias or antisemitism.

The banner was hung over the MoPac Expressway on the city’s 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 OP
I guess if you're too stupid to get vaccinated, you're a goyim Walleye Oct 2021 #1
Very disheartening. Austin is becoming more Texas by the day. marble falls Oct 2021 #2
This ought to be in General Discussion, too, for more eyes. JudyM Oct 2021 #3
It was posted there, just not in this form. Behind the Aegis Oct 2021 #4
This one might hit a chord in a different way. JudyM Oct 2021 #5
Always the optimist, aren't you? Behind the Aegis Oct 2021 #6

Walleye

(35,686 posts)
1. I guess if you're too stupid to get vaccinated, you're a goyim
Mon Oct 25, 2021, 03:23 PM
Oct 2021

So the vaccinated people will replace you when you die

Behind the Aegis

(54,860 posts)
4. It was posted there, just not in this form.
Wed Oct 27, 2021, 01:39 PM
Oct 2021

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.
Wed Oct 27, 2021, 01:49 PM
Oct 2021

I would repost it but I only have a phone to work from today and tomorrow and I’m already bleary eyed.

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