For decades, the choirmasters of the Hasbara Symphony Orchestra have had a foolproof formula:
1. Spew lies, fabrications, hatred, and dehumanization about Palestinians and Arabs (and more recently, Muslims) like it’s going out of style;
2. When called out for concocting falsehoods and promoting bigotry, play the aggrieved victim, and accuse those who reveal their fabrications of anti-Semitism and support for terrorism;
3. Intimidate adversaries by reporting them to the authorities, their employers, and others with the power to punish them.
Someone should inform Elon Musk’s pet demagogue those days are long gone, and never coming back.