Conservative activist group Turning Point USA (TUPSA) has severed ties with one of its ambassadors after a series of antisemitic posts.
On Thursday evening, influencer Morgan Ariel shared a screen shot of a message she received from TPUSA informing her the organization had removed her as an ambassador.
āI was just removed as an ambassador from for exercising my 1st amendment right and upholding biblical principals,ā she claimed.
The message did not specify what part of her commentary crossed a line. However, it came after she posted, āThe Zionist Jews controlling our planet are all pedophiIes who have no regard for the sanctity of human life and purity. Read the Talmud and it will all make more sense.ā
You could perhaps wail about cancel culture in this incident.
However, those who think the decision was wrong should wonder if Turning Point really wanted to be associated with someone who wasnāt just saying fringe things, but actively pushing a blanket animosity toward Jewish people.
On Friday morning, Ariel shared a meme of a cartoon figure ā clearly supposed to be Jewish ā angrily crying asking, āYou think weāre the synagogue of Satan?ā
Meanwhile, a figure meant to be Jesus Christ responds, āYes.ā
This post, and others in the past, about Jews go far beyond simply taking issue with Zionism ā a belief in a Jewish state ā and have targetedJewish people and their faith regardless of their stance on Israel.
Meanwhile, Ariel labels herself a ālioness for Jesusā and a āChristian activistā while seemingly ignoring the commandment to love your enemies.
Loving your enemies does not mean accepting and approving their beliefs or their actions. But it also doesnāt mean launching angry, conspiracy theory-filled tirades against them.
And, letās be clear, spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories and expressing blanket disgust for Jews is not standing up for biblical principles, or being a bold truth-teller, or a ālioness for Jesus.ā
Itās shameful behavior that brings a stain on Christianity when you so boldly label yourself a warrior for the faith and then attack people. You unleash a stream of antisemitic invective to your thousands of followers online.
And the First Amendment protects you from government censorship. It doesnāt force companies to associate with people sharing vile comments.
That TPUSA continued to associate with her despite this behavior ā which really started going viral after the Oct. 7 massacre ā for as long as it did should raise questions about the organizationās leadership. But it does deserve at least a tiny bit of credit for deciding that labeling all Jew pedophiles who are part of a global cabal running the world was just a bridge too far.