PSOL's rhetoric is a atrocious and disgusting. The twisting of history to fit his own political biases should be rejected by sane people in the mainstream.
I don't agree with DavidB's views much (outside of Jewish issues, and a lot, but not all, of his Israel positions), but some of assertions in this thread are laughable.
If my political biases include wanting my Jewish friends safe from harm, then condemn me.
Exactly what am I twisting? What have I said wrong? That far-right populists don’t demonize ethnic minorities? That politicians putting us into a atmosphere of fear leads to violence against those already marginalized? Look at right now, with Brietbart and Trump just blowing a whistle away, with the consistent rise of antisemetic attacks.
Both DavidB and I are Jewish. ParrotGuy is also Jewish and gets along w/ both of us. I appreciate your concern about right-wing antisemitism and bigotry - I am also concerned about it. I am also concerned about left-wing antisemitism and Islamic antisemitism. It is possible to oppose all forms of antisemitism at once and still maintain objectivity about which threats are larger or smaller at certain periods of time.
However, the rhetoric you are using is not helpful, imo. As I said, I don't agree w/ DavidB views on nationalism and on certain political parties but you are labeling everything under one basket.
Not every populist party is the same. Also, more problematic, for me at least, is the insinuation that DavidB doesn't know or care about the threats facing the Jewish community.