meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein

The Antisemitism Panic (with Matt Lieb)

A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein

Matt Bernstein

Society & Culture, News Commentary, News

4.92.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

“From the river to the sea” is antisemitic. “Free Palestine” is antisemitic. Children’s YouTuber Ms. Rachel raising money for child amputees is antisemitic. ICE is kidnapping college students for antisemitism. Trump is dismantling higher education because of antisemitism. As a Jew, I’m… confused. And uncomfortable. Today, we examine the validity of The Antisemitism Panic, the dark underbelly of it, and the people pulling the strings to make it happen. Hint: they aren’t Jewish. Listen to bonus episodes on Patreon! Thanks to today’s sponsors! Get an exclusive 60% on Incogni: https://incogni.com/fruity Start managing your money better and cancel unwanted expenses at https://www.rocketmoney.com/fruity.  Listen to Matt Lieb’s podcat, Bad Hasbara. Follow Matt Lieb on Twitter. Find me on Instagram. Find A Bit Fruity on Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

that they remain anonymous, which I totally understand.

0:03.9

This kind of stuff can be really hard to litigate, especially publicly, when there is so

0:10.6

much harassment for anyone, especially any Jewish person who chooses to speak out about it.

0:15.5

They have such unbelievable wisdom and knowledge about the subject at hand. So we're going to hear from them

0:21.5

a little later in the show. Matt and I, welcome to the show. With regard to this topic,

0:27.4

how are you guys feeling right now? I love this topic. It is all I've been talking about for the last

0:33.2

18 months. It's something I used to only talk about in much smaller, more niche circles. And it's

0:40.6

nice to have more and more people interested in this. So I'm feeling good about it. I would say

0:46.2

that been doing work against anti-Semitism for a long time. And starting around 2015, 2016, started to recognize the ways in which the distortion

0:59.5

of anti-Semitism and Jewish fear was being weaponized, and it has been increasing, and at this

1:07.6

moment it's on such hyperdrive that it's gone from this very niche topic to the front

1:14.1

page of any publication. But yeah, like you were saying, Matt, it's also that it's so rampant

1:21.1

that it's being exposed. And that is actually really helpful for people being able to counter it.

1:27.4

So the way that we're going to break up this episode is we are going to hear chiefly from

1:33.8

Matt and Matt, the two mats, in the first half as we go through some of the shadowy internet

1:40.2

figures who have been really pushing this distortion of anti-Semitism for incredibly

1:45.9

fascist means. And then in the second half, we are going to have explain to us kind of what's

1:52.5

going on beneath the surface here as it pertains to the Trump administration and how they are

1:58.8

weaponizing Jewish fear.

2:06.1

Matt, I want to start with a video that we are going to watch together.

2:10.3

And this video is from a one Lizzie Savetsky.

2:14.0

And if you don't know who Lizzie Savetsky is, you will in a minute.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Matt Bernstein, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Matt Bernstein and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.