Anti-semitism as people often say is a canary
in the coal mine, and when people become anti-semitic
or a political movement or society as a whole
becomes anti-semitic that's a problem in itself
but it's also an indicator of deeper problems
within that society. Anti-semitism is basically
a conspiracy theory about Jews with supernatural
power and it is a symptom of the conspiracist's
thinking generally. Now, it is important to
oppose anti-semitism but at the same time
it's important to work out why it is people
have fallen into that conspiracist way of
thinking about the world and to challenge
that as well.
