Meyerson, whose father is Jewish, shot back at Hayes’s comment, saying that she “doesn’t discriminate against hassidic folk” and pointed out that the man may be from the Satmar Hassidic sect, which is anti-Zionist.@collier perfect time to start a good, frank BDS convo.
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) August 31, 2016
His post garnered dozens of responses, most of the them perturbed by his connection between the actions of the Jewish man on the flight and a boycott of Israel. Several commentators said that making the link was anti-Semitic.Hayes answered the accusations by saying that he was “happy to delete the tweet since outside the context of our back & forth I understand why people found it offensive.”When asked if he supported BDS, Hayes responded, “I don’t. Or at least my views are muddy. The subject of this joke was my friend’s views on the issue.”@chrislhayes hey man I don't discriminate against Hasidic folk, they could be satmar, a sect who are actually anti-zionist !
— collier meyerson (@collier) August 31, 2016