(JEWISH GROUP) 'The Jews did something': US podcast under fire for antisemitic segment on Holocaust

[Beastly Boy]

The popular American podcast "Fresh and Fit," which boasts more than 1.5 million subscribers, has sparked outrage in recent days after airing a deeply antisemitic segment in which guests made inflammatory claims about the Holocaust—including the assertion that Jews "started it"—while the hosts laughed and agreed.

The controversial clip, which gained wide circulation on social media before being taken down, was recorded during an episode hosted by Myron Gaines, a former fitness and wellness influencer. It aired on the video platform Rumble. The panel featured influencers and young Americans who were asked: “What do you think of Hitler?”

The responses were shockingly disturbing, with several panelists attempting to justify the actions of the Nazi dictator. “They were up to something so the Germans wanted to take them out,” one said. “The Holocaust was the only way (Hitler could) take out a huge amount of Jews all in one setting. I already know what’s going on. I’m not dumb. The Jews did something there.” Others voiced agreement, with one saying, “I’m with you on that,” another adding, “They started it,” and a third calling Hitler "a man trying to save the world." The antisemitic rhetoric escalated further when one woman declared: “We need to take them out” and “We got to kill the mother***ers”—explicitly referring to Jews. Host Gaines did not challenge any of the remarks. Instead, he was seen smiling and laughing throughout the discussion

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) condemned the episode in a statement on the X platform, writing: "Myron Gaines, one of the hosts of the Fit and Fresh Podcast, is known for spreading vile antisemitism and misogyny to his more than 1.5 million subscribers. In one his latest episodes, he asked a group of young Americans for their thoughts on Hitler. Their answers and comments are beyond shocking. But what isn’t shocking is that Gaines did nothing to intervene. In fact, he reveled in it, egged it on, and often nodded in agreement. Platforming such extreme hatred and misinformation is irresponsible and disgusting – and it’s not ok."

https://www.ynetnews.com/jewish-world/article/b1114epxvlx

While some debate the fine points of anti-Zionism vs antisemitism, Jew hatred proliferates, and no one cares to debate THIS.

It will only get worse.

[madaboutharry]

1. It is getting hard to breathe.

It has become clear to me that the Jew hatred has always been there, lurking under the surface. It is now chic to be an antisemite!

[lostincalifornia]

4. without a doubt, and it is quite revealing, and I won't forget those involved.

[question everything]

2. It appears that for many years antisemitism was below the surface, present in fringe groups

and all of a sudden the Oct 7 attack brought it above. Before Israel fired the first shot there were many in Harvard, among leading feminists (Angela Davis) and others that justified the attack even when the barbaric atrocities were exposed.

Of course having a president talking about “both sides” helped.

[Behind the Aegis]

3. It is a reminder (daily now), that we are not American Jews or Jewish Americans...

...we are Jews who live in America!

It may seem like I have said the same thing three times; I have not. All the major anti-Semitic tropes have come out to play, never mind the CONSTANT braying of how non-Jews know more than we do ('splaining) and how their pets, the Court Jews, are the only "true" Jews. How Jews are expected to speak out on Israel for anything and everything. How anti-Semitism is "bad" but other things are worse. There is always a caveat, the big BUT always reveals itself. Want to mock Jews? COOL! Want to tell us to SHUT UP and SIT DOWN! Awesome, put us in our place! Want to defame Jews, use the Holocaust! Strip out the word "Jew" replace it with "Zionist" or "Israel" and instantly, something that is anti-Semitic is just "talking politics". Who cares if it is ahistorical, it is "truth to JEW power" so that magically makes it NOT anti-Semitic. Hell, the very use of the word "anti-Semitic" is bastardized, like SO many words, so as to NOT allow Jews any status among minorities.

[lostincalifornia]

5. yes, and they come out of the woodwork when given the opportunity.

It is "fashionable" to blame the Jews for all the worlds problems.

[Beastly Boy]

6. I don't know what is more alarming, the rising wave of antisemitism or the ease with which it is

being normalized in both liberal democratic societies and oppressive autocracies alike.

[EllieBC]

9. I'm hoping we remember this.

Because we have a bad habit of forgetting or forming alliances with people who will happily throw us under the bus if it suits their narrative.

[lapucelle]

7. Permission structures to express Jew-hate have been established pretty much everywhere.

Folks are very comfortable at this point.

[Beastly Boy]

8. Not just permission. Jew hatred is being rewarded.

[Mosby]

10. Myron Gaines coming out of the closet.

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