The left loves #visibility except when Jews were visible in Amsterdam

Nothing better reveals the violent absurdity of the post-Oct.7 era than the phrase “visibly Jewish.”  “Visible” Jews were hunted Thursday evening in Amsterdam following a soccer match between Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv and its Dutch rival Ajax.

Media briefs urgently reported about mobs of likely Arab and Muslim immigrants chasing Maccabi supporters who appeared “visibly Jewish” in the most outrageous example of mass anti-Semitism since the Hamas massacre in southern Israel 13 months ago. Visibility is a loaded term for minorities —be they racial or ethnic or religious or sexual.In the eyes of the far left, the culturally discounted and dispossessed are encouraged to boost their visibility in acts of public resistance and empowerment.

Visibility is a vehicle of social statement-making — we’re here, we’re queer, we will not disappear.  Visibility is good.Visibility means refusing to hide, refusing to feel shame, refusing to concede to the “fascism” and “extremism” we’re warned will inevitably accompany Donald Trump’s return to the White House come January. But in the case of Jews and Israel, being visible now means something else entirely.

Visibility is a vehicle for guilt and blame — for the incitement and impunity Jews have been subjected to since the first anti-Israel protests broke out while blood literally still flowed through small-town Israeli streets last Oct.7. Designating Jews as visible is nothing less than a license to injure — if not cause death.

Because killing is what the Muslim Amsterdam mobs would have done had the Dutch police not so feebly intervened this week.Kill is what their Gaza brethren did so wantonly when freed from the rules of law – or logic – 400 days ago.

And kill they would easily do so again if Europe ever became the Caliphate so many Islamists are clearing pining for. Adding “visible” to Jewish is an act of violence used to justify violence.It sets up a scenario where Jews wh...