In the aftermath of the Tree of Life massacre and just in time for the midterm elections, the media has woken up to the fact that anti-Semitism has terrorized the nation for years. It long predates Trump, and it will persist long after Trump. But most importantly, only one minor faction of it has anything to do with Trump. On this last point, the media needs to get a clue.
The alt-right — no doubt inspired by the embrace of former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon and, by extension, the president — has certainly driven a surge of visible anti-Semitism on the Internet. Alt-right adherents tend to skew younger, thrive on the Internet, and value ethno-nationalism and sexism above any other political point (hence the continual attacks on “cuckservatives”).
