Famous Actress And Comedian Discovers What Kind Of Bigots Hang Out On The Left

I have no delusions that Roseanne Barr is about to become a hardcore conservative – but I will take the fact that she’s figuring out how bigoted the left actually is. In some ways, that’s better.

According to this, Barr spoke at a conference in Jerusalem on how to combat leftist efforts to boycott Israel and how deluded many on the left – particularly in the entertainment industry – are either grossly misinformed or outright anti-Semetic in their hatred of Israel. As part of her remarks, she commented on how shocked she was when she realized how deep the bigotry ran in many of her leftist associates –

“Everything I’d ever believed about the left was severely shaken, and the scales began to fall from my eyes in many ways.”

“I had to admit that many of those I considered comrades were naked bigots who had absolutely no interest in peace between Israel and Palestinians Arabs at all as I did,” said Barr, who has become an outspoken advocate of Israel on social media.

“It was shocking to realize that what I considered criticism of Israel many, many times gave way to the garden variety anti-Semitism that I’d heard all of my life, which is basically the code-word ‘Rothschild’” Barr said, referring to the well-known banking family of Jewish origin often used in anti-Semitic memes.

She didn’t stop there. Rather than bemoan the fact that people she’d considered friends were actually kind of terrible people, Barr continues to be an outspoken ally of Israel and condemned the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against the Jewish state –

“BDS [members] do not want peace, nor do they want peace negotiations,” she said.

She described American universities as “BDS factories” that are “anti-truth,” and blasted the common occurrence on U.S. campuses where pro-Palestinian activists try to shout down and silence speakers whose opinions they don’t like.

“The truth is they work very hard to silence their opponents’ points rather than to engage in civil communication and dialogue that leads to the actual redress and employment of solutions which might actually work for the everyday people at risk. But to absolute fascists, negotiation means losing,” she said.

Barr accused anti-Israel activists of working to isolate Jews “until all of Israel will be Jew-free.”

“You cannot possibly make this s**t up, folks,” she said.

Sounds like typical leftist tactics to me. They don’t like what you say or do, they want to shut you up. And they’ll use any means necessary.

If you like, you can watch her entire remarks at the conference here –

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As crazy as this sounds (and I never thought I’d say anything like this, EVER), I admire Roseanne Barr for taking a stand like this. Admittedly, she’s far enough in her career that she can stick up for Israel and not give a crap about what anyone says about it. But still – it’s better than the stupid hashtag activism that Hollywood usually engages in, thinking it’s actually going to do anything.

You go, Roseanne.