Everyone is a Nazi except the antisemites
In some circles, the only way to *not* be called a Nazi is to promote hatred against Jews.
Pictou County Nazis. I hate Pictou County Nazis.
Mind you, Luke Alexander MacDonnell would surely bristle at any suggestion he's a Nazi.
He instead LARPs as a Communist, which is nothing like being a Nazi, because Nazis tried to carry out mass genocide against the Jews, whereas Communists oh hey guess what:
The Nova Scotia man is accused of stating online that “I want all Israelis murdered,” and that he wanted to “see all Zios killed.”
“In a chilling message to his followers, MacDonnell also called on anyone who was armed to ‘go out and kill, injure, take prisoners and bomb,’” B’nai Brith stated.
The New Glasgow Regional Police stated that it charged MacDonnell “in relation to a hate crime that occurred in New Glasgow.”
Police received a report of a hate crime on June 5, and the following day, “responded to a report of postings of online hate speech that occurred from a New Glasgow residence.” Police investigators “learned that the man allegedly posted several hateful messages targeting Jewish communities,” the department stated.
At about 3:35 p.m. on June 6, officers arrested MacDonnell and charged him with three offenses: advocating and promoting genocide, public incitement of hatred and willful promotion of hatred. (The police press release spelled the name “McDonnell.”)
(Don’t feel bad, New Glasgow Police Department. I always get “Mc” and “Mac” confused, too.)
Yeah, like most most people who get in trouble for "criticism of Israel," said criticism turns out to include promoting the mass murder of Jews-sorry, Zionists, which isn't the same thing and how dare you suggest I am antisemitic why some of my best friends are Jews and they hate Zionism and in fact Arabs are semites so really it's Israel that's antisemitic blah blah Greater Israel blah blah Hannibal Directive blah blah AIPAC blah blah when you think about it did the Germans really have enough time and resources to kill six million hey I'm just asking questions so shut up.
I'm exaggerating the response in the r/NovaScotia subreddit, where “punch Nazis” is usually a popular catchphrase whenever extreme right-wingers emerge from their basements, but just slightly. The Venn Diagram for those who say "punch Nazis," and those who will run interference for people promoting the mass murder of Jews like Apu jumping in front of James Woods, has a lot of overlap.
Plot twist: that last one is 98 years old and was at Dachau with the Hitlerjugend.
To be fair, some Redditors condemn MacDonnell…because he makes the cause look bad:
Others say threatening to murder all “Zios” is bad, because Zionism should be eradicated through education and stuff:
That’s awfully big of her. Hopefully the chunks of meat in the re-education camp’s watery soup isn’t too rancid.
More and more I find myself coming around to the idea that, in certain lefty circles, the one way to definitively refute accusations of being a Nazi is to promote the mass murder of Jews.
Use the wrong pronouns? Nazi. Question tearing down statues of historical figures? Nazi. Vote for the Conservatives? Nazi. Express any political belief to the right of Niki Ashton? Nazi, Nazi, Nazi.
Attack Jews? It’s just criticism of Israel. Spread blatantly antisemitic conspiracy theories? Hey, I’m just asking questions.
That's the world we're in now.
Hopefully MacDonnell is all talk and no action (and honestly, from the looks of him, I wouldn’t worry about meeting him face to face as long as he’s unarmed). Maybe he’s just a nobody.
And yet…he must have some clout if he can raise this much money. Either that or the New Glasgow Police Department might want to have their money laundering unit look into it.
