Let's talk about what just happened with Mark Ruffalo.
This week, Mark went after David Ellison and his father Larry Ellison over the Paramount–Warner Bros. merger, and in doing so reached for age-old antisemitic tropes.
He responded by saying he has Jewish friends. That he's not antisemitic. But no one called him an antisemite. They said he was promoting antisemitic tropes, and the fact that he can't tell the difference is the problem.
Sometimes antisemitism is like water to a fish. These are subconscious biases against Jews. The belief that Jews are just too powerful, that they have mythological superpowers. Controlling the media, manipulating governments, starting wars, wielding endless money.
One side of Jew hatred dehumanizes us as beneath society. The other demonizes us as secretly running it. Both are antisemitism.
Mark, if you have a criticism of the merger, then criticize the merger. Just don't reach for 2,000-year-old conspiracy theories to make your case.
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