Defenders of Farrakhan vs Dr Abu Bilal Philips, Chelsea Clinton & Lamont Hill

Chelsea Clinton Said Comparing Jews to termites is anti-Semitic, wrong and dangerous. The responsive laughter makes my skin crawl. For everyone who rightly condemned President Trump’s rhetoric when he spoke about immigrants “infesting our country,” this rhetoric should be equally unacceptable to you. Apparently, saying Jews are termites isn’t offensive. At least, not offensive enough for Twitter to ban Louis Farrakhan for it. The Nation of Islam leader’s history of blatant anti-Semitism goes back decades. Twitter’s even tut-tutted him for it in the past: Back in July, it took away his verified status for tweeting about “the Satanic Jew and the Synagogue of Satan.” Yet Farrakhan finds the issue funny. He joked about it in a video clip he tweeted Wednesday, which shows him saying he’s not an anti-Semite but an “anti-termite.” Which Twitter says is acceptable — despite its recently announced rule banning people who use “dehumanizing” language. Huh? It specifically targets “language that treats others as less than human,” including “comparing groups to animals and viruses.” No, there’s no loophole for insects: Twitter says it hasn’t implemented the rule yet. On the other hand, it has been regularly suspending and banning some people for being too mean.