Civil rights advocates and several politicians compared pro-Palestine protesters to the Klu Klux Klan Thursday at an Upper Manhattan press conference pushing for a ban on masked demonstrators.There’s no difference between a protester’s mask and a klansman’s white hood.
Civil rights advocates and several politicians compared pro-Palestine protesters to the Ku Klux Klan Thursday at an Upper Manhattan press conference pushing for a ban on masked demonstrators.“You know what the difference between the people who wrap those things around their heads leaving only room for their eyes and somebody wearing a white hood with just room for their eyes? The difference is there is no difference. They’re the same.” Dinowitz said. “They’re just as evil as each other.
Greenblatt charged that civil rights protesters of the past, such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., did not hide their identity when demonstrating. He believes that today’s protesters wear masks only to conceal themselves while performing criminal activity and acts of hatred. “We’re experiencing a tsunami of anti-Jewish hate so severe that it’s drawing attention from leaders at the highest levels,” Greenblatt said. PhotoOn the other side, Palestine supporters refute that claim — saying that they don masks to keep their identities safe, blocking potential doxxers from identifying them and harassing them online. Others wear mask as a precaution against the COVID-19 virus.