*Candace Owens’s former boss, Jeremy Boreing, the CEO of The Daily Wire, is speaking out about why the company parted ways with Owens after she used the phrase “Christ is King.”
According to Boreing, who is Jewish, that phrase is anti-Semitic.
The precise reasons behind Owens’ exit remain uncertain. However, her departure follows online harassment by two attention-seeking rabbis who falsely accused the media personality of harboring anti-Semitic sentiments.
As Mediaite reports, The Daily Wire accused Owens of “quoting Scripture like Satan does in the Bible.”
“The rumors are true— I am finally free,” Owens wrote Friday on X after Boreing confirmed her departure. “There will be many announcements in the weeks to come,” she added.
How is saying “Christ is King” antisemitic?
The same way anything becomes antisemitic – when it is used for the purpose of expressing antisemitism. It’s like asking “how does a shovel become a murder weapon?” When it is used to murder someone. This isn’t hard. A shovel is not… https://t.co/CzmWaZIovL
— Jeremy Boreing (@JeremyDBoreing) March 25, 2024
Sports commentator/podcaster Jason Whitlock appears just as puzzled about the “Christ is King” phrase, so when he asked how saying it is a form of anti-Semitism — Boreing responded with a lengthy post on X (formally Twitter), Mediaite reports.
“I’m asking this sincerely. I’m a student of life. I’m not that smart. There are many things I do not know,” Whitlock wrote on social media. “This is a sincere question without snark or sarcasm or trolling. How is saying ‘Christ is King’ anti-semitic? When did this become true? Is it true?”
Boreing answered, “How is saying ‘Christ is King’ antisemitic? The same way anything becomes antisemitic – when it is used for the purpose of expressing antisemitism. It’s like asking ‘how does a shovel become a murder weapon?’ When it is used to murder someone. This isn’t hard. A shovel is not innately a murder weapon. Saying ‘Christ is King’ is not innately antisemitic. It’s all about how a thing is used.”
He continued: “Saying ‘Eat some cornbread’ is not racist if I say it to my three-year-old when she is refusing her dinner. If I start saying it as a response to X posts by black commentators I don’t like, it has taken on a meaning beyond what is innate. In other words, it is connotatively racist, not denotatively racist. So too ‘Christ is King’ may be antisemitic in connotation while not in denotation when it is being used to express antisemitism,” he explained.
“When did this become so?” Boreing added. “It has always been so. Is it so? Yes. Innately. Additionally, saying ‘Christ is King’ for an evil purpose – like using it as a weapon to express your hatred or disdain for the Jews – is a grave sin. It plainly violates the Third Commandment “Thou shall not carry forth the Name of the Lord thy God in vain.”
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