Dozens of cars, homes tagged with anti-Semitic graffiti in San Antonio Jewish community

[TexasTowelie]

Source: San Antonio Express-News

SAN ANTONIO — A Jewish community on the North Side woke to widespread anti-Semitic vandalism Wednesday morning that included spray-painted swastikas, “KKK” lettering and other hateful slurs.

“(We are) saddened and outraged,” said Howard Feinberg, a board member of the Rodfei Sholom Congregation, located near Northwest Military Drive and Huebner Road. “When we were finishing our morning prayers around 7 a.m., we became aware that in the neighborhood around our synagogue, there was a lot of graffiti of the anti-Semitic and racial nature.”

More than 30 cars and homes were tagged with hateful graffiti sometime overnight, according to the San Antonio Police Department.

An anti-Semitic crime has not been reported in San Antonio in the past two years, according to the Anti-Defamation League, a national group that tracks such incidents.

Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Anti-semitic-graffiti-vandalism-hit-Northwest-6439851.php

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The hateful slurs also included the N-word. The pictures are available at the link.

[Ed Suspicious]

1. This anti-Jew thing is really bubbling up again recently. Why would that be?

[restorefreedom]

3. it is a mystery. i am completely gobsmacked. nt

[herding cats]

5. Yeah, it's been on the rise for the past few years.

The linked article above said there was 21% increase just from 2013-2014 in reported anti-Semitic incidents.

The ADL reported a total of 912 anti-Semitic incidents in the United States in 2014, marking a 21 percent increase from 2013, according to the organization’s 2014 Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents.

I've read it's related to the rise of the white supremacist in the US.

[leftynyc]

19. It never stopped

Hatred and bigotry never sleeps. Why do YOU think that is?

[Behind the Aegis]

28. No, it hasn't.

But it does seem more and more people are "waking up" to it now. Makes one wonder.

[leftynyc]

35. I'm still waiting for that poster

to stand behind what he/she posted and tell us why he/she thinks it is bubbling up now. I wont hold my breath for them to show some courage.

[LanternWaste]

27. What leads you to believe it's been "bubbled down" prior to this?

What leads you to believe it's been "bubbled down" prior to this?

[BillZBubb]

33. From the article, at least in San Antonio it has been quiet until now.

Two years without any incident is pretty good for a big city.

It will be interesting to see who was behind this criminal action. I hope they are caught and prosecuted.

[AuntPatsy]

2. Strange things are happening, somewhere someone had an agenda and looks like whomever

it is will not have to dirty his or her hands to ensure all goes as planned...

We are being systematically divided it appears, seems to be slowly taking shape ...

[haikugal]

30. Good eyes Aunt Patsy... nt

[Mnemosyne]

4. When that war criminal GW Bush was in office, a poster here was telling me that many older members

of the Jewish community, including her uncle who is a Holocaust survivor, were seriously considering a move from the US due to similarities they were noticing here.

It's only gotten worse...



Hope all is well!

[Munificence]

29. ....under Obama

[BillZBubb]

31. Bullshit!

Take your right wing talking points and run along.

[Munificence]

38. Well logically the

above post that I originally replied to pulled "Bush" into it and then said that it is worse now, so that is indeed "under Obama".

Logic is a mother fucker.

Edit to add:

Do you deny that it is under Obama? Why not attack the poster that I responded to, they obviously thought it was a "presidential" problem, so have they changed their tune now that it's not a presidential problem?

How in the fuck does me saying "under Obama" have anything to do with a right wing talking point....you're knee jerking your ass off.

"Under Obama" - yeah that's a fucking right wing talking point.

[Behind the Aegis]

6. Lots of popping ears tonight.

It is discouraging, but it is what is. I am sure someone will be along shortly to remind us of the history of symbols.

[herding cats]

7. Too many people think their bigoted/racist hate is now acceptable.

It's as if we're going backward in time and the bigots and racists are all coming out of the closets again. It scares me for our future.

[C Moon]

8. Yup. And Trump is making it worse.

[herding cats]

9. Yes, he is.

He's more a symptom of the real problem, but he's certainly exacerbating the the rise in raw hate we've been experiencing.

[SoapBox]

10. Agreed.

His crass and crazy rantings are really bad for America.

[Skittles]

12. Reagan made greed and idiocy fashionable

Trump is upping the ante by adding racism and misogyny

[MosheFeingold]

25. Trump is many things

But anti-Semite is not one. His daughter converted to Orthodox Judaism and is married to a Jewish man.

Trump's grandchildren are Jewish.

But, as to other groups, yes, you are correct.

[C Moon]

32. I meant he's making it hip/funny for folks to be brazen about their nutty racist views.

[MosheFeingold]

36. Makes much more sense!

That said, this damage reeks of a teenager pissed off at life that decided to lash out for no particular reason.

If was really the KKK or whomever, there would be fire or dead people.

[C Moon]

37. I agree.

[Ed Suspicious]

11. We need to shout that shit down right away.

[mikehiggins]

13. It never ends. Don't these jerks know Christ was a Jew?

2000 years. When will the hatred stop?

[BillZBubb]

34. I doubt the people who did this know much of anything.

[Hekate]

14. Dammit. The frosting on the cake at DU is a newbie posting "ISIS and Zionism links exposed" tonight

The damn OP was finally locked and the message hidden, but he's busy busy busy.

[Behind the Aegis]

17. I think that was a misunderstanding.

I have seen other posts from that poster and I think the OP was more of "look at this bullshit" not "truthtopower", which quite frankly, wouldn't surprise me either.

[TexasTowelie]

18. FWIW, an alert was received in the forum hosts folder

at 8:58 p.m. CDT. I posted the alert in the forum hosts folder at 9:02 p.m. and a jury hid the post at 9:46 p.m. so the OP only survived for 64 minutes. It probably required a few minutes for people to review the link in that OP.

I was distracted for a short time and when I arrived to check the votes I saw that the author received a jury hide, which has longer term consequences than a lock. The system may not have worked perfectly, but it did work.

[Hekate]

24. I appreciate that. I notice his little pal got PPR'd entirely. Just so not subtle. nt

[Behind the Aegis]

26. You misread it entirely.

The irony is the one you are calling "his little friend" WAS promoting something very similar to what the other poster was trying to expose, but did a very poor job of explaining it. She explains it better here.

[Hekate]

40. Okay. I know what I originally read. Let this be a testament to clarifying one's thoughts...

...before posting.

[V0ltairesGh0st]

15. And yet.....

They spew hatred for jews out one side of their face, and yet so many these same people, if asked, will declare they are pro-Israel, pro-Netanyahu, and defend anything they do, and that the US must back them and sell them weapons.

The hypocrisy and stupid runs deep.

[Behind the Aegis]

16. Not always the same group.

The right-wingers who support Israel are anti-Semitic on a different level. The people who did this are likely the ones who would love to see Israel nuked. The former group are similar to the ones who pretend to be against anti-Semitism but have no problem utilizing it when it suits their needs.

[marble falls]

21. Absolutely right: pro-Israel and antiSemite at the same time.

[brer cat]

20. This is so outrageous.

The bigotry and racism has always been among us, but I do blame the republicans for both fanning the flames and making it more "acceptable" to openly display hate.

[angrychair]

22. See Michelle Bachmann's recent rant

She is for the Iran deal. Becasuse it will result in the destruction of Israel and the coming of the end of the world and she can go be with jeebus.

[brer cat]

23. Whoever coined batshit crazy

had to have someone in mind, and Bachmann would be my first guess.

[BillZBubb]

39. If she is in such a hurry to join Jesus, there are faster ways.

But I guess annihilation of millions is a much more pleasant thought for her.