Antisemitism in Reader Comments: Analogies for Reckoning with the Past.

The article discusses the book "Antisemitism in Reader Comments: Analogies for Reckoning with the Past" by Matthias J. Becker. The book examines the use and abuse of historical analogies, particularly those related to Nazi crimes, in online reader comments about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The author analyzes 6,000 comments from German and British news media and explores the implicit hate speech and indirect speech acts present in these comments. The book also discusses the role of media moderation in shaping the nature of reader comments. The article highlights the book's focus on cognitive linguistics and its examination of the relationship between antisemitism, national identity, and historical memory. It notes that the book's analysis reveals patterns of antisemitic speech even in milieus that define themselves as anti-racist. The article recommends the book as valuable reading for understanding the role of historical memory in political discourses. [Extracted from the article]

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