{"id":1191173,"date":"2022-01-05T15:20:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T20:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1191173"},"modified":"2022-01-05T15:20:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T20:20:08","slug":"jon-stewart-trashes-harry-potter-as-anti-semitic-claims-goblins-represent-jews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jon-stewart-trashes-harry-potter-as-anti-semitic-claims-goblins-represent-jews\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Stewart Trashes &#039;Harry Potter&#039; as &#039;Anti-Semitic,&#039; Claims Goblins Represent Jews"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjon-stewart-trashes-harry-potter-as-anti-semitic-claims-goblins-represent-jews%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1191173&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/jonstewartharrypotter1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Jon Stewart launched a broadside against the Harry Potter novels and movies, claiming in a recent episode of his podcast that they are \u201canti-semitic\u201d because the goblin characters who run the fictional Gringotts Wizarding Bank are actually caricatures of Jews.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart also accused author J.K. Rowling of embracing anti-semitic stereotypes. But his accusations met immediate pushback from those who said the comparisons are unfounded and that Stewart, who recently kicked off his new Apple TV+ series, is looking for easy publicity.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSometimes a goblin is just a goblin,\u201d said Dave Rich, a frequent writer and commentator on anti-semitism on the political left.<\/p>\n<p>Jon Stewart made his accusations against <em>Harry Potter<\/em> and J.K. Rowling in an episode of \u201cThe Problem with Jon Stewart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s how you know Jews are still where they are,\u201d said Stewart, brandishing a copy of the anti-semitic book <em>The Protocols of the Elders of Zion<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI just want to show you a caricature. And they\u2019re like, \u2018Oh, look at that, that\u2019s from <em>Harry Potter<\/em>!\u2019 And you\u2019re like, \u2018No, that\u2019s a caricature of a Jew from an anti-semitic piece of literature.\u2019 J.K. Rowling was like, \u2018Can we get these guys to run our bank?\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonstewart?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jonstewart<\/a> recently broke Hollywood&#8217;s complete silence on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jk_rowling<\/a> unapologetically maintaining antisemitic folklore through Harry Potter. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ezWrxpzryB\">pic.twitter.com\/ezWrxpzryB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 raf (@rafaelshimunov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rafaelshimunov\/status\/1477808811473838081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the podcast, Stewart argued the <em>Harry Potter<\/em> world features fantastical creatures but when it came to \u201cwho should run the bank? Jews.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was one of those things where I saw it on the screen and I was expecting the crowd to be like, \u2018Holy shit, she [Rowling] did not, in a wizarding world, just throw Jews in there to run the fucking underground bank,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cAnd everybody was just like, \u2018Wizards!\u2019 It was so weird.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The scene in question appears in the first movie,&nbsp;<em>Harry Potter and the Sorceror\u2019s Stone <\/em>(2001).<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n[embedded content]\n<p>Stewart\u2019s accusations prompted swift pushback from those who disputed the claims of anti-semitism, including some, who like Stewart, are Jewish.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What people should be thinking is why does Jon Stewart automatically believes Jews run the banks?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Brookstein (@stevebrookstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stevebrookstein\/status\/1478711554145239041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just don&#8217;t see this.<br \/>Might it be that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jk_rowling<\/a> isn&#8217;t remotely antisemitic, and that her banker goblins are not &#8220;clearly based&#8221; on Jewish caricatures at all?<br \/>Is it more likely that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonstewart?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jonstewart<\/a> is intent on finding a parasitic self-aggrandising grievance under every cornflake? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SqKGmbYgLK\">https:\/\/t.co\/SqKGmbYgLK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adrian Hilton (@Adrian_Hilton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Adrian_Hilton\/status\/1478477762864328708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sometimes a goblin is just a goblin.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dave Rich (@daverich1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daverich1\/status\/1478717660351377421?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nah. It\u2019s not anti-Semitism. It\u2019s a distraction to beat on and cancel JK Rowling because she is saying compelling things about transgender individuals.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Eisen (@JoshEisen17) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshEisen17\/status\/1478614273647652864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He\u2019s desperate to be relevant again <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OGRTPJM9kA\">https:\/\/t.co\/OGRTPJM9kA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Gainor (@dangainor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dangainor\/status\/1478612015648321540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>Follow David Ng on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. Have a tip? Contact me at&nbsp;<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"mailto:dng@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dng@breitbart.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Stewart launched a broadside against the Harry Potter novels and movies, claiming in a recent episode of his podcast that they are \u201canti-semitic\u201d because the goblin characters who run &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1191173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1191173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1191173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1191173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1191173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1191173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1191173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}