When Progressives Embrace Hate<br />In the fall, she posted a photo in which she holds hands with Mr. Farrakhan, writing, “There are many times when I sit with elders or inspirational individuals where I think, ‘I just wish I could package this<br />and share this moment with others.’ ” She’s also promoted video of Mr. Farrakhan “dropping knowledge” and another in which he says he is “speaking truth to power.”<br />What is Mr. Farrakhan’s truth?<br />Five years later, he remained unreformed: “The Jews, a small handful, control the movement of this great nation, like a radar controls the movement of a great ship in the waters.” Or this metaphor, directed at Jews: “You have wrapped your tentacles around the U. S. government,<br />and you are deceiving and sending this nation to hell.” He called Hitler “a very great man” on national television.<br />“And it happened because four extraordinary women — Tamika Mallory, Bob Bland, Carmen Perez<br />and Linda Sarsour — had the courage to take on something big, important and urgent, and never gave up.”<br />The image of this fearsome foursome, echoed in more than a few flattering profiles, was as seductive as a Benetton ad.<br />Judaism, he insists, is a “gutter religion.”
