For decades (centuries? Millennia?) Abe Foxman and the Anti-Defamation League have acted as if they are the sole stewards of one of Judaism’s most sacred and cherished traditions: Calling people Anti-semites.
And, let’s face it, they can be pretty awful at it. But, times are changing…
The just-launched antisemiticornot.com takes the power of decrying anti-semitism out of the hands of archaic institutions and puts it where it belongs – back in the hands of we, the people. Like hot-or-not (and its dirty cousin naked-or-not) before it, Anti-semitic-or-Not shows users an image, and lets them rank it on a Jew-hating scale of one to ten.
For those who crave a little competition with your stone-casting, the site also lets you vote between two images to determine which is more anti-Semitic.
We can tell you right now – You’re gonna have to pace yourself. Otherwise – we promise – you’ll find yourself awake at 3 am, clicking away to make sure the whole internet knows just what a deranged Jew-hater you think Mel Gibson is.
So, no matter if you gave Jimmy Carter a 2, or Ron Paul a 9, we’re just glad to see someone finally take “anti-semitism” away from a few well-paid professionals, and turn it over to the only forum that matters anymore – anonymous internet polls.
Cute idea, but badly executed. Why not include things they’ve said or done so people will not just idly speculate? You can bet this site will be quoted by people who have no idea what they are talking about.
Larry, who in g-d’s name would quote antisemeticornot.com?
And, more importantly, who would listen to them?