A Tale of Two European Remarks: De Gucht and Sarrazin, par Daniel Greenfield

"De Gucht a eu recours à la vieille tradition européenne d'accuser les Juifs."

"De Gucht a présenté des excuses qui étaient en fait une non-excuse et qui ne serviront qu'à prouver qu'il "a raison", c'est-à-dire que les Juifs contrôlent tout. Après tout on l'a poussé à présenter des excuses, n'est-ce pas ? Mais de quoi doit-il vraiment s'excuser ? De Gucht a dit ce qu'il pense. Il a dit ce qu'une grande partie de l'élite dirigeante européenne pense. Depuis qu'il a prononcé ses propos il n'a pas changé de point de vue. Il serait préférable que les responsables politiques européens parlent ouvertement de ce qu'ils croient, au lieu de se cacher derrière des euphémismes, et de ne dire vraiement que ce qu'ils pensent au cours de dîners privés."

A ce propos: Journal belge: De Gucht a dit sur les Juifs ce que tout le monde pense tout bas

Source: Solomonia (A Tale of Two European Remarks: De Gucht and Sarrazin)

In August, Thilo Sarrazin a member of the board of the German Central Bank, and a critic of Islamic immigration, mentioned that Jews and Basque and some other ethnic groups have a common gene. What followed was a storm of protests and accusations that Sarrazin was anti-Semitic. Sarrazin was dismissed from his position on the board, and newspaper articles explained that it was for remarks that he had made about Muslims and Jews.

Last week, Karel De Gucht, the European Commissioner for Trade, gave a radio show his considered opinion of Jews. Naturally De Gucht put on his best jackboots, and explained that there will be no peace because the Jews run America, that Jews believe they are always right, and that it's impossible to have a conversation with even a "moderate Jew". While a few Jewish groups have protested, the European Commission has shrugged, and the media has shrugged too. The odds that De Gucht will be forced out of his job, the way that Sarrazin was are minimal.

But the difference between Sarrazin and De Gucht, was that Sarrazin said something truly unacceptable about an untouchable group. Muslims. While De Gucht mainly expressed a popular view among European elites about the Jews. The ferocious charges of Anti-Semitism against Sarrazin hinged only on him stating a casual fact that Jews are genetically related to one another. It isn't Anti-Semitism, it's Science. Sarrazin was not charged with Anti-Semitism because of what he had said about Jews, but because of what he had said about Muslims.

The media did not bother to report that Sarrazin had said that he would prefer immigration “if it was by eastern European Jews with a 15-percent-higher IQ than the German population.” An odd remark for an "Anti-Semite" to make. It would indeed seem that Thilo Sarrazin has a more positive view of Jews, than Karel De Gucht does. But it's not really about the Jews. It's about Muslims.
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