To hear some of our more astute public intellectuals tell the story, the problem is the rise of anti-Semitism on the right, the equally frightening doppelganger of the anti-Jewish hate we’ve seen erupting this past year on progressive college campuses nationwide. The theory goes that, just like the woke left, the woke right sees the Jews as a uniquely malevolent and all-powerful force that must be crushed if we’re to make America virtuous again.
This explanation is partly right but mostly wrong. Tate, Carroll, Cooper, Owens, and their ilk may dislike Jews, but anti-Semitism isn’t the real issue. Nor, for that matter, is their deep distaste for America. Instead, what we’re looking at here is a rapidly escalating spiritual crisis.
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