Adding Insult to Injury

On “Comment is Free” we are subjected to regular tirades that antisemitism is a figment of our imagination, that antisemitism is being exaggerated to serve political purposes or that as Jews we are asking for it for not appropriately denouncing Israel:

Here’s an example of the type of comment that one regularly encounters on CiF:

For those that make these sanctimonious comments blind to the realities of what is going on around us, the impact on the victim of racism is two-fold. First there is the racist attack itself and then there is unfounded accusation that the victim is making it all up adding insult to injury.

Here’s a comment (click to enlarge) from the same thread that the haikara comment appeared, providing an insight into such a victim of anti-Jewish racism:

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