{"id":291970,"date":"2021-03-23T14:16:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T18:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=291970"},"modified":"2021-03-23T14:16:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T18:16:35","slug":"just-like-anti-jewish-hatred-the-democrats-see-anti-asian-violence-as-a-marketing-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/just-like-anti-jewish-hatred-the-democrats-see-anti-asian-violence-as-a-marketing-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Like Anti-Jewish Hatred, The Democrats See Anti-Asian Violence As A Marketing Opportunity"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fjust-like-anti-jewish-hatred-the-democrats-see-anti-asian-violence-as-a-marketing-opportunity%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=291970&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\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2959.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>In recent weeks, fueled in large part by the terrible mass shooting attack in Atlanta that left eight people dead, there has been a surge in the political condemnation of so-called \u201canti-Asian\u201d hatred, despite scant evidence that this attack was motivated by race.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Setting this attack aside, available data appears to show a clear increase in the number of anti-Asian \u201chate crimes\u201d and violent incidents. According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csusb.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/FACT%20SHEET-%20Anti-Asian%20Hate%202020%203.2.21.pdf\"><span>Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism<\/span><\/a><span>, for example, the number of hate crimes perpetrated in American\u2019s largest cities rose by 149% in 2020, with 122 total incidents of anti-Asian bigotry compared to 49 in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Between March 19 and December 31, 2020, 66% of anti-Asian \u201chate crimes\u201d were instances of \u201cverbal harassment.\u201d 20% were \u201cshunning or avoidance,\u201d while 8% were \u201cphysical assault\u201d and 6% were \u201ccoughing\/spitting.\u201d We should note that spitting on someone <\/span><i><span>is<\/span><\/i><span> assault.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Making the good-faith assumption that this data is accurate, this is indeed a troubling analysis of the reality of life for many Asian Americans. 122 incidents of bigotry is 122 too many.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, it is possible to argue two positions at once. First, all forms of racism are deplorable, and should be widely condemned. Second, the condemnation of racism can be hijacked for political and cynical gain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In this case, both of these positions describe our current state of affairs. The apparent increase in anti-Asian bigotry \u2014 almost certainly related to COVID-19 \u2014 is despicable, <\/span><i><span>and<\/span><\/i><span> Democrats are trying to profit politically by presenting this fact as another symptom of the \u201cwhite supremacist\u201d disease of Trump\u2019s America, for which the only cure is increased and continued Democratic Party rule.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Of course, the Democrats don\u2019t care about pesky things like data. Because if they did, they would recognize that the largest proportion of violent attacks (27.5%) on Asians were perpetrated by black people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This is ignored for obvious reasons \u2014 it runs counter to the associations the Left are desperately trying to construct in front of our eyes, between hate and white supremacy, and white supremacy and conservatives. To make \u201cwhiteness\u201d uniquely synonymous with hate, non-white \u201chaters\u201d just aren\u2019t helpful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The same attitude is applied to anti-Semitism. The Left are all too happy to use Jews as a political tool when convenient, condemning the vastly disproportional rate of anti-Semitic hatred in the United States while clutching their pearls in anger at the white supremacy that is to blame. All while, of course, rallying alongside non-white anti-Semites in their shared cause.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Because, ultimately, it\u2019s not about combating hate. Otherwise, they would recognize that racism is an equal opportunity offender, and that white and non-white people alike can commit acts of bigotry. The Democrats are just trying to take advantage of certain incidents of hate \u2014 whether real or mischaracterized \u2014 to convince an entire racial group that they, the tolerant American Left, can provide salvation from hatred.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>All while, of course, ignoring examples of hatred that are ideologically inconvenient.<\/p>\n<p><i><span>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i><span>@ighaworth<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent weeks, fueled in large part by the terrible mass shooting attack in Atlanta that left eight people dead, there has been a surge in the political condemnation of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311004,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2959.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Just Like Anti-Jewish Hatred, The Democrats See Anti-Asian Violence As A Marketing Opportunity","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2959.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Just Like Anti-Jewish Hatred, The Democrats See Anti-Asian Violence As A Marketing Opportunity","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291970","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}