Distinction without a difference

Watched most of the latest episode of Ezra Klein's podcast. This one was a discussion with writer John Ganz (When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists and the Origins of Trumpism) about the recent interview by Tucker Carlson of Nick Fuentes.

I've known of Nick Fuentes since the news that he had eaten Turkey dinner with Trump at his golf resort back in 2022 (Donald Trump dined with white nationalist, Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes). Rachel Maddow had an epsidoe about Fuentes, with some video clips of him raving ...



But anyway, in Ezra's podcast, while he recognizes the badness of right-wing Nick Fuentes' anti-Jewish bent, he totally misses the similar attitudes held by left-wing Zohran Mamdani. Ezra seems to be making a distinction between the far-right's anti-semitism against Jewish people and the far-left's anti-semitism against Israel. I think that's a distinction without a difference. But I will let Eylon Levy explain ...

Just listened to the latest @ezraklein episode with John Ganz, and I’m blown away by the total lack of self-awareness about antisemitism on the far-left… even as they diagnose the exact same patterns on the far-right with Fuentes and Carlson.

They accurately describe… pic.twitter.com/pzjyd1jT3B

— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) November 14, 2025