One of the countless quotable moments brought to us by "The Simpsons" is when Bart Simpson becomes famous for his catchphrase, "I didn't do it."

"Say the line, Bart," his friend Milhouse demands, as Bart, exhausted by having to repeat this line over and over and over, is surrounded by his expectant classmates.

"I didn't do it," Bart capitulates, as the class erupts with celebration.

Like so much of "The Simpsons," this scene has become a meme, often applied to the mob's demand for linguistic compliance by satisfying their thirst for box-ticking words.

Today, there is no better example than secular left-wing Jews — often people who have rediscovered some tenuous connection to cultural Jewishness in order to bolster their political views "as a Jew" — and the demand that these Jews prove their allegiance to progressivism by agreeing that Israel has committed a genocide in Gaza.

Unfortunately, there is a never-ending supply of spineless faux-Jews willing to comply. In the world of Hollywood and entertainment, the latest example is Adam Brody, currently famous for playing a rabbi on television, who announced, "Put me down as thinking it's a genocide."

Cue the applause!

But notice that after this cultural tax is paid to the hordes of keffiyeh-wearing Islamo-Fascists who yearn for nothing except the eradication of the only scrap of land in the Middle East where Muslims are not the majority, it is only the Jews who say "it's a genocide" who are safe ... for now, praised for their courage and bravery.

Except there is absolutely nothing brave about lying, let alone lying to keep yourself temporarily safe from the Jew-hunting lynch mob at your door.

What happened in Gaza was not a genocide. It was terrible, of course, and the loss of life is something each one of us should mourn out of respect for the sanctity of every individual human, whether they are Israeli or Palestinian. But to cite civilian deaths and the destruction of property as evidence for genocide not only ignores the reality of all wars in human history, but also ignores the defensive nature of this war that only happened because Hamas invaded on Oct. 7 and committed the deadliest pogrom against Jews since the Holocaust.

To describe this defensive war against an Islamic terrorist entity whose sole and expressed purpose is the destruction of Israel and its Jewish inhabitants as a "genocide" — all while describing Hamas's actual genocidal ambitions as "resistance" — is to abuse language beyond any meaning whatsoever.

That's not to mention Israel's hyperfocused targeting of combatants — with efforts to prevent civilian casualties going beyond that of any other military in the history of warfare, often at great costs to Israeli military personnel — or Israel's delivery of food, water, medical supplies, electricity and internet to the same population they're supposedly trying to wipe out Holocaust-style.

After all, Auschwitz was hardly famous for its cancer screenings, buffet service or free WiFi.

No, there is nothing brave about engaging in the modern blood libel of "genocide" — especially to prove to a bloodthirsty mob that you're a "good Jew" — because lying has never been brave.

Lying is easy. Telling the truth is hard.

Consider the experience of two not-so-hypothetical Jews in America today. One says, "it's a genocide!" The other says, "it's not a genocide."

Which of these two Jews faces violence?

Only one of these Jews — the Jew that tells the truth — is in any danger. Only one of these Jews — the Jew that tells the truth — is brave.

Ian Haworth is a syndicated columnist. You can find his work on Substack and follow him on X (@ighaworth). To find out more about Ian Haworth and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.

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