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Please leave a comment and let me know what you think. If you could also give this a like and a share that would be incredibly helpful as it allows more people to read it!

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Dec 26, 2023Liked by Max Klinger

Kudos to you for capturing video of the antisemite Jew haters ripping down posters of Israelis and others kidnapped and later killed by hamas. These hypocrites cannot abide by the truth and so they try to hide the truth by removing the posters and compound their hypocrisy by falsely alleging genocide, knowing full well it is they who wish genocide and death to Jews.

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Yes, well put. And thanks. Seeing ripped up posters every day as I walk around the city is seriously quite sickening, I was pleased to be able to confront them. Insane to be accused of genocide for trying to stop THEM from defacing images of Jews who have been kidnapped, but to be expected I suppose (because they're idiots)

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For some reason, when I clicked on the video nothing happens. Just some kind of virus alert. Can you tell me how to find it on youtube? Thanks.

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Yes sure, here’s the link: https://x.com/maxe2review/status/1725215231750598688?s=46

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Just watched it. Unbelievable!

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Let me know if it doesn’t work - it’s a tweet

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Dec 27, 2023Liked by Max Klinger

IMO, there are few real liberals left. Most have morphed into unctuous progressives. Progressives allow no disagreement or debate when it comes to their agenda.

Progressives reserve the right to violence for themselves. When people defend themselves against progressive attacks, the leftists quickly frame themselves as victims. Just look at Hamas’ attack on Israeli civilians and the reaction to the IDF defending their nation.

Unfortunately, the answer may be a return of groups like the JDL, who were quick to defend Jews and give violent anti semites a taste of their own medicine.

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Yes I agree with most of that, well said.

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Dec 27, 2023Liked by Max Klinger

I grew up in the South Bronx and attended Yeshiva. For years, I was picked on by young anti semites. It wasn’t until my growth spurt, and an unwillingness to be a victim any longer, that the bullying ended.

Yes, I kicked a few asses to the point that some of the bullies crossed the street when they saw me coming.

As Mike Tyson once said, “everyone’s brave until they get punched in the mouth.”

BTW, my father escaped a German labor camp and eventually joined the Polish partisans. Beating Jew haters is in my DNA.

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Good man. People like Jews to be meek, they’re less happy about it when Jews fight back.

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Agreed. And I genuinely believe in my heart of hearts that people absolutely hate shows of Jewish strength, namely the IDF. Or otherwise, our refusal to lay down and or ‘take it’. I won’t.

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Well done that man !!

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Good man.

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Hi Max, great article/writing. I appreciate having an intimate perspective from your position. I must say, I don’t understand how the Brits are otherwise allowing such shows of antisemitism to go on virtually unimpeded by terror supporters, which are essentially unabashed shows of support for terror. It truly flies in the face of how the IRA was managed- not saying it was effective or not, just that the response to it was better than these seemingly tepid reactions. Makes no sense to me. The British, I have to believe, know and fully understand the danger of Islamist extremism/radicalism whether on their soil or that which will eventually lead to affect their interests- why do you think they, at least, appear not to be as disturbed as they should be? They must know that supporting Israel is safer than the alternative, no? Or am I totally naive?

Genuinely asking, no sarcasm intended 😊

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Thank you very much Jenny! Good question. I’ve actually been writing and discussing this for a long time. I think there are various reasons but chief among them is that Islamic extremism doesn’t fit into the dumb, reductive worldview favoured by most British ‘liberals’, and for a long time they dominated the discussion. Such people have tended to be far more obsessed and outraged by eg, islamophobia than they are with terror attacks carried out in the name of Islam. Anyone who dissents from this view gets called a racist. If you’re interested, my most recent post prior to this one looks at precisely this issue - it’s called ‘terror and it’s apologists’. I’ve also recorded a few podcasts looking specifically at this issue - let me know if you’d like me to send a link.

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Ah, the gaslighting is real across the pond too then, I see; can’t discuss issues like adults dealing with reality or you’re a racist. How disheartening. Same here. That’s too bad. I’ve recently subscribed to your Substack so I’ll be sure to check that and your other pieces as well. Thanks Max.

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Great, thanks for the sub

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Dec 27, 2023Liked by Max Klinger

You might want to try to read a book published in the 1990’s called Terror and Consent by Phillip Bobbit. It was apparently read by people in government too, but I don’t know if they learned anything from it.

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Apr 22Liked by Max Klinger

Max,

How much importance do you place on the racism against whites in the past several years to the feckless reactions of police against the aggressive and imo intimidating mob mentality of the constant Palestinian protests?

The demoralizing of white men and police and the over use of the term toxic masculinity seems to be a perfect storm that has demoralized western men. A good time to overwhelm a country.

Add in the antisemitism and oppressor/oppressed social justice cult theme, the activist mentality taught in schools and it feels like a powder keg ready to blow.

I only see clips from here in the US but the London police seem completely feckless and emasculated?

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Not sure I totally understand the question but I do think that the constant ideological attempts to demonise ‘white men’, ‘white people’, ‘straight white mean’, ‘the west’ etc fuels significant resentment. Just as it would if you did it about any group, which I would also take issue with. Made especially irritating as if you oppose this or question the logic being used to justify it, you end up getting labelled racist by the very people who are actually relying upon racist thinking and things like an ‘oppressor/oppressed’ binary to demonise others on the basis of their immutable characteristics

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*men, not mean

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I don't understand it either. It doesn't seem in character for the British, and it reflects incredibly poorly on them. They are not even putting up a hint of a fight. They are allowing themselves to be taken over by these uncivilized hordes, without the slightest resistance. It's pathetic.

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Agreed. Pretty scary. I mean I know the history of antisemitism in Europe, but like America, pre October 7th, I always would have put the UK in the normal camp. Strange.

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It's truly shocking what's been happening in the U.K. I moved to Hungary several years ago and have no intention of ever returning to England. I used to be very left/liberal, but no longer recognise the Labour party in the U.K. Here in Hungary, which the MSM paint as a racist hellhole, Jews are safer than anywhere in Europe. Thank you for your excellent articles, Max! Just recently discovered your work.

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Thanks Nicky that is very much appreciated! Yes you make a good point - one of the most annoying phenomena over the past 10 years or so has been liberals claiming or implying that it’s the ‘far right’ that’s behind the huge uptick in antisemitism. Yes, in some cases that’s true, but overall the rise is due to Muslim antisemitism, and conspiratorial leftism. If you raise those issues, however, the left call you ‘islamophobic’, ‘far right’ and so on. It’s so cynical.

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Groupthink yes, but is it truly liberal? Liberalism to me means the maturity to consider issues without a prior agenda and hence arrive at nuanced views. The kind of perma-outraged people you describe are the antithesis of this ideal. I would argue that true liberalism is what we need in order to navigate the ongoing crisis for both Jews and Muslims alike. Should it not be possible to stand against the actions of the Israeli government, whilst also condemning violence and terrorism against Jews, whether it be in the U.K., or in Israel at the hands of Hamas?

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Good question. I sometimes use terms like ‘woke’ instead of ‘liberal’, but to be honest I don’t think that captures what I’m trying to describe. A lot of self-described ‘liberals’ say they’re against ‘wokeness’, but nevertheless subscribe to a deeply partisan set of beliefs and biases. To some extent I find such people even more annoying than fanatical ‘progressives.’

You say ‘Liberalism to me means the maturity to consider issues without a prior agenda and hence arrive at nuanced views’ - that might be what it means to you, and what some people claim it ‘actually means’, but in practice I see minimal evidence that this is the case or that leading ‘liberal’ figures are accurately described by it. I am also sceptical that it ever was the case.

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Dec 27, 2023Liked by Max Klinger

Some have introduced the term neo-liberalism, but I’m not sure I understand its definition yet. FYI

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Yeah it’s thrown around to refer to the type of open borders open economy system of government that we had in place in the 90s and 2000s. Lefties still often use it lazily and somewhat inaccurately to characterise the current state of play.

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Dec 28, 2023Liked by Max Klinger

your last sentence is the trillion dollar question to be answered with only one word: antisemitism.

who said (not verbatim), “it’s not that hitler came around, but that so many followed.” ?

scary times indeed.

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Yes. I'm convinced that a lot of these people could be persuaded to go along with almost anything, if it was somehow packaged as 'social justice'.

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License, not hatred, is the mother of genocide.

Critical Theory is a spiritual anesthetic which deadens the restraints of horror, fear and conscience, and stultifies the intellect. Islam also does this, which is why the far left and Islam have made common cause without friction.

These people are just waiting for someone to open the floodgates of their worst natures. They don't care enough to hate - they just want permission! When they chant together in mobs, they are working themselves up to overcome their inhibitions

Their rage is the rage of a child whose impulses and whims are frustrated by parental constraints. When unleashed, they engage in orgiastic extremes of cruelty against targets whose very innocence inflames them.

The sleep of reason breeds monsters.

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Dec 29, 2023Liked by Max Klinger

Agree. There is nothing liberal about these people. I prefer to call them leftists as that is their agenda.

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True to some extent. However a lot of people who claim to disagree with parts of the left nevertheless go along with the same ideological groupthink on a lot of issues. So it’s a confusing one

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I judge by the positions they actually take not what they claim to disagree with.

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My wife said to me today, its like there are kristalnacht everywhere.

Once again the silence is deafening.

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The spread of Islamic antisemitism, accompanied by leftwing dogma, does now pose a significant problem to Jews across the west.

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To the World

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Yes I should make that clear - islamism, Islamic supremacism and jihadist terrorism are threats to all civilised people not only Jews

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Jan 17Liked by Max Klinger

Agreed

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First, they came for the Jews...

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Dec 27, 2023Liked by Max Klinger

Hi Max, new sub here. I wonder what you think of the phenomenon of pro-Palestine Jews who reject the notion that Jews should have any allegiance to, or even sympathy for, Israel? Thinking specifically of Glenn Greenwald and Dave Smith, who have very different political vews in other ways, though of course there are others. As a non-Jewish Israel sympathizer, I find this truly baffling.

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Hey, that’s a good question. I generally don’t think that any person should be expected to side with any given state or movement just because they happen to be from a particular religious background or a member of a given ethnic group. However more broadly I think that they have essentially just judged the situation quite badly - in other words, they downplay or do not appreciate the threat posed to Jews and everyone else by Islamic extremism, and over-emphasise the role that Israel has played in causing the current conflict. I think it’s legitimate to be critical of Israel in some instances, and don’t think Jews should just blindly support it no matter what - but I think their criticism goes beyond that. Rather I think their judgment is quite poor on this issue overall.

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I agree so long as that criticism isn’t borne of double standards and or demonizes Israel for issues that are ubiquitous in and or part and parcel of all western democracies.

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Yes true. I will write something more specifically focussed on this issue in the future as it's too hard to capture correctly in comments. But in short while I agree that criticism of Israel is not proof of antisemitism (obviously), the reality imo is that a very large % of the Islamic world hate Israel with such fury because they either hate Jews, hate Israel existing, or both. And it is that which has largely driven the conflict since it began. Leftists hate Israel for slightly different reasons, in part because they view Muslims as 'victims' as Jews/the west/white people as 'oppressors', partly because they have essentially bought into the Arab/islamist narrative.

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I feel that most criticism is biased and is overwhelmingly evident by the media’s obsession with Israel, the UN’s incessant censure against it along with its clear bias, and the ridiculously antisemitic reactions globally on October 8th. I mean no other such modern, Western democracy receives as much attention as does the Jewish state. I wrote a little about that. Israel is by no means perfect, I’m more than aware, but it’s equally not deserving of the negative attention and condemnation for things that even the UK and the U.S. do. That aside, I so appreciate being able to have this and other such similar spaces where Jews like us and genuine allies ( I don’t usually use that word but couldn’t think of another right now 🙃) can come together and debate, share, discuss. I’ve never had that, outside of Israel, and it’s so important. So thanks for creating one.

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I agree with all of that and you put it very well.

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Also: thanks for the sub!

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Everything you wrote resonates with me. So much of what you said applies Equally to the U.S. To quote some Vietnam War themed song, "War, what is it good for?"

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Yes, these trends are not specific to the UK by any means! Actually a lot of it stems from the US imo - the liberal groupthink in particular.

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Dec 27, 2023Liked by Max Klinger

Yeah sorry about that. It appears to be from certain baby boomers who thought this stuff and Marxism were great ideas to march through institutions for the next 30-50 years and here we are. 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️

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Yep!

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Dec 26, 2023Liked by Max Klinger

Agree with every word. Thank you.

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Thanks very much!

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Jan 16Liked by Max Klinger

The merger of the marxist left with antisemitic islamism will drive many secular Jews to re-evaluate their political polarities. Many Jews cannot join a political movement which calls for the genocide of the Jewish people.This is a huge problem for the Left: either it repudiates Islamic Jihad or it loses a lot of Jewish (and Christian) acolytes. This is ripping the Labour and Democratic parties in half. You can see Biden drifting away from his ironclad zionism toward pacifist compromise. If he drifts too far, he loses a lot of Jews in his party.

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True, if that doesn’t drive the re-evaluate I’m honestly not sure what will! I think they should have noticed this earlier in fairness

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*them

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Anybody taking bets that the "news" media will sweep the arson attack on the MP under the rug?

Perhaps they already have. I read the Telegraph online and listen to BBC World Service, and this post is the first time I've heard of the arson attack.

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Yes exactly. Imagine how much coverage it would have been given if it were, eg, a black MP who’d been attacked by a suspected white nationalist.

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I hadn't seen coverage of the attack on Mike Freer's office anywhere. Not on the BBC, in the papers, anywhere, until he announced he was stepping down. Extreme dereliction of duty by journalists. I think it was Ed West who wrote about how mass migration has essentially imported an existential threat to Jews into the UK. It's enabled by weak politicians, a pathetic police force, and Liberal left who share the same hatred. Looking forward to your followups on this.

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Great comment - I’m not sure I’d even say it’s a dereliction of duty by the media - it’s actually deliberate ideological bias. Yes some follow ups coming soon, hopefully this weekend if I can

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I'm praying every day for my Jewish brothers and Sisters. This is evil. 🙏🙏🙏

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Thanks

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Dec 27, 2023Liked by Max Klinger

I couldn’t quite hear or understand what exactly the two women were saying- it might help to raise their voices a little and/or when you tape such acts ask them what they are doing and why and wait (if you can suppress anger) for their response. Not a criticism, just a suggestion

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They said ‘these have been debunked’ and ‘these are all lies’ about the posters. Then they said that I was supporting genocide by asking them to stop ripping them up. Will do my best on the volume next time - in my defence I wasn’t expecting it, I was just on my home from work haha

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Dec 27, 2023Liked by Max Klinger

Totally understand. ❤️👍

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One of the salutary effects of the left’s response to Oct. 7 was clarity. We learned, for example, that by “decolonization,” they don’t really mean simply honoring and acknowledging conquered cultures. We learned that they mean for us to die.

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