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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board

Editorial: The real-world consequences of online hate

Antisemitism, the world’s oldest bigotry, festers around the globe and at home, where it’s at its worst since incident records have been kept.

In recent days, a brawl attributed to insults broke out between soccer teams of Jewish and Catholic schools in Miami, a bicyclist was attacked and beaten in Broward County by someone who heard him speaking in Hebrew on a cell phone, and two Jewish worshippers were shot outside synagogues in Los Angeles. U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Parkland, reported receiving more than 200 hate-filled responses to a Twitter post.

The Anti-Defamation League reported a record 2,717 incidents in 2021, up 34% from the year before. A survey last year found more than three-fourths of Americans believe at least one common antisemitic trope and 20% hold to six or more of them.

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