The “Terminator” actor Arnold Schwarzenegger has chosen to speak out concerning the incessant anti-semitic comments that have been ongoing both online and offline.
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He took the same method he used to address the Russians when they invaded Ukraine to address the antisemites.
According to the American Jewish Committee that carried out a recent survey on the number of Jews that are victims of antisemitism, 69% of American Jewish adults shared their experiences on how they either witnessed or were targeted by antisemitism online, mostly on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook.
The “Kindergarten Cop” took it upon himself to speak to those people who chose to toe in that way of life.
Arnold Schwarzenegger — Arnold Says He Didn’t Come To “Preach To The Choir”
In the 12-minute video made by the 75-year-old, he revealed that his message is for those who found themselves on the “wrong path” of life.
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He began with, “Today, I want to talk to the people out there who might have already stumbled into the wrong direction, into the wrong path. I want to talk to you if you’ve heard some conspiracies about Jewish people or people of any race, gender or orientation and thought, ‘That makes sense to me.'”
“I want to talk to you if you’ve found yourself thinking anyone is inferior or out to get you because of their religion or the color of their skin or their gender, If you find yourself wondering if the path of hate might make sense to you for one reason or the other, or even wrapping yourself in the flag of hate, I want you to know where that path ends,” continued the actor.
He added, “I don’t know the road that has brought you here, but I’ve seen enough people throw away their futures for hateful beliefs, so I want to speak to you before you find your regrets at the end of that path.”
To drive home his message, the former California governor used his own father who was a member of the Nazi party as a point of reference. He revealed that from what he saw while growing up, his dad and his fellow German soldiers turned to alcohol to drown away their sorrows.
He said they did that because “They were all broken. They fell for a horrible, loser ideology. They were lied to and misled into a path that ended in misery. They bought into the idea that the only way to make their lives better was to make other lives worse. …. It breaks you … it is the path of the weak … there has never been a successful movement based on hate.”
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Arnold Schwarzenegger — Arnold Tells The Antisemites “I Care About You”
The star of “Commando” went on to tell the Antisemites that his friends were against him talking/advising them but, he cares about them enough to want to advise them.
He said, “Despite all the things we might disagree about, my friends might say, ‘Arnold, don’t talk to those people, it’s not worth it,’ I don’t care what they say. I care about you. I think you’re worth it. I know that nobody’s perfect. I understand how people can fall into the trap of prejudice and hate.”
“Nobody who has chosen the easy path of hate has gotten to the end of the road and said, ‘What a life.’ No. They die as miserably as they lived. It’s easier to hate than it is to learn, it’s easier when somebody challenges you to get hurt feelings and to go find some echo chamber that will tell you you’re right and they’re wrong.”
The “Jingle All The Way” actor went on to tell them, “No matter how far you’ve gone, you still have a chance to choose a life of strength … You have to fight the war against yourself … The other path is easier – you don’t have to change anything, everything in your life that you aren’t happy about can be somebody else’s fault … You will end up broken. I don’t want you to go through all that.”
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