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Woke leaders posing as ‘moral superiors’ exposed as ‘real lowlifes’
2024-01-02 (255)
Spiked Online chief political reporter Brendan O’Neill warns there has been a “complete collapse” of moral authority in the West from the “woke left” since the Hamas attack on October 7.
Actor and broadcaster Stephen Fry came under fire on social media for calling out the surge in anti-Semitism in the United Kingdom in his heartfelt Christmas message.
“What is my message this Christmas? Simple truth that we are all brothers and sisters. It's naive, but it's as good a message as any other,” Fry said.
Mr O’Neill condemned people who took offence to the actor’s message and pointed out the rise of anti-Semitism since Hamas’ attack on October 7.
“The kind of people who posed as our moral superiors for the past few decades have been exposed as real lowlifes, I think, who don't actually care about racism, don't care about equality, certainly don't care about Jewish people, and are only interested in using so-called anti-racism as a way of fortifying their own cultural power over society,” he told Sky News host James Macpherson.
“They really stand exposed and I think the fallout from the Fry video really demonstrates that even further.”
Video Transcription:
well while King Charles was giving his
Christmas message on the BBC Steven fry
was invited to give the alternate
Christmas message on channel four the
much loved British actor explained that
he had Jewish Heritage and asked his
fellow Brits to exercise tolerance for
each other no matter their race or
religion have a
listen but whatever our opinions on what
is happening there can be no excuse for
the behavior of some of our
citizens since October the 7th there
have been 50 separate reported incidents
of anti-Semitism every single day in
London alone an increase of
1,350 according to the Metropolitan
Police so what is my message this
Christmas the simple truth that we're
all brothers and sisters it's naive but
it's as good a message as any
other let's bring in spiked Chief
political writer Brendan o Neil Brendan
I would have thought that was all pretty
good stuff and yet as a result of that
rather benign Christmas message Steven
fry has received the most vile abuse
what on Earth is going on in
England yeah you think no one could take
offense at a message like that you know
Steven fry is famously a National
Treasure here he's very Gentile he's
he's quite Posh he's loved widely across
the country and then he does this
alternative Christmas message on the
scourge of anti-semitism
and the woke mob went absolutely bananas
they went crazy they went on the
internet they called him every name
under the sun words I could never repeat
on a show like this uh they called him a
narcissist they said he's a genocide
apologist in reference to Israel's war
with herass they really went for the
jugular with Steven fry and these are
the kind of people who pose as
anti-racists who think everything is
racist if you ask ask someone where are
you from apparently that's a racial
microaggression if you say anything
critical about Islam apparently that's
islamophobia these people see racism
everywhere except when it's staring them
in the face and there has been a severe
rise in anti-Semitism in Britain over
the past 10 weeks and these people just
don't want to know they say they care
about racism but when it comes to
anti-jewish racism they either turn away
or they actually justify it as a form of
opposition to Israel yeah well it seems
like the only form of racism that is
permitted and racism is terrible but
when it comes to to anti-Semitism
somehow everybody just shrugs their
shoulders and lets that go but how is it
that he can just simply warn people that
anti-Semitism is not a great thing and
yet for his reward receive abuse doesn't
that prove his point that anti-Semitism
is rife you can't even warn against it
yeah it's so interesting isn't it you
know I think since Hams's pogram of the
7th of October we've witnessed something
really striking in the west I think
which is the complete collapse of the
moral authority of the woke left and the
woke Elites you know these are the kind
of people who for years have posed as
caring and loving and wonderful people
who just want equality and just want
everyone to be treated fairly and nicely
we now know uh courtesy of the barbarism
of 7th of October what a myth that was
because they have made excuses for the
pogram of the 7th of October they've
said it was a form of resistance there's
one journalist here in Britain who it a
day of Celebration uh and since then
they have turned a blind eye to Soaring
an levels of anti-Semitism in Britain
and other countries in Europe as well
here in the UK there have been 50
anti-semitic attacks a day in London
alone that is Crisis level racism and
they've turned a blind eye to that as
well and then when Steven Fry tried to
raise the alarm Bells about it they made
fun of him on the internet and they
denounced him so the kind of people
who've posed as our moral superiors for
the past few decades have been exposed
as real low lives I think who don't
actually care about racism don't care
about equality certainly don't care
about Jewish people and are only
interested in using so-called
anti-racism as a way of fortifying their
own cultural power over Society so they
really stand exposed and I think the fry
uh The Fallout from the fry video really
demonstrates that even further just
before we move on I want to ask you one
more question on this topic you wrote
regarding the Steven fry Fiasco that
confronting islamists and woke
anti-semites is the pressing issue of
our time now I agree with you but can
you talk to me about this Nexus between
islamists and the woke left because they
would seem to have nothing at all in
common and yet they obviously do how
does that
work yeah they do you know in France
they refer to it as the Islam left you
know in France uh there are some still
still some intellectuals and politicians
who are willing to confront this strange
Nexus as you describe it and I think the
Islam left is is a woke left that has
become very sympathetic to radical Islam
and as you say it's very strange but I
do think they share some things in
common both sides are very hostile to
Western civilization we know that lots
of young people in the west are now
educated to turn their backs on Western
Civilization to reject the dead white
men of of enlightenment and to reject uh
uh White authors and so on and so forth
they're encouraged to see Western
Civilization as a racist construct
essentially and of course radical
islamists hate Western Civilization as
well um they both also think that
islamophobia is a crime that should be
punishable anyone who criticizes Islam
uh should be punished that the work left
calls it islamophobia and the islamists
call it blasphemy but this it's the same
thing they want to silence their critics
and I think they both have a problem
with Jews you know uh radical islamists
are upfront about their anti-Semitism
including Hamas they're vant
anti-semitic whereas the woke left
prefers to attack the Jewish State and
to focus its hatred on Israel but both
of them have a problem with Jewish
people so there are these weird
commonalities between the woke left and
radical Islam giving rise to what is
called Islam leftism and it is something
that I think is very worrying and has a
destructive impact on our societies
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