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The Media Manufactures Cultural Pessimism

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Recently, Guardian writer Rafael Behr wrote a piece which, in a contrived manner, all but states that Jeremy Corbyn is the reason he had a heart attack. Also contained within the tiresome mire of his spiel is the accusation that Corbyn and his supporters wanted to enact a pogrom upon Jews.  “At least we are finding out who would have hidden us in their attic,” one Jewish friend said to me. We laughed because it wasn’t even a joke.  - Rafael Behr, The Guardian It is laden with outrageous, insulting statements and various insinuations, such as above, which is obscured by a thin veneer of respectability, the bits about his heart-attack, which literally bookend the article. Forgive me for being defensive and insulted by the notion that anyone on the left would want to violently eradicate anyone else, especially Jews. It's absolutely antithetical to socialism and our outrage toward Behr is entirely justified. Behr, of course, took offence to people rightfully defending themselves from h