This week in Whoppers: Mamdani on myth of tax flight; Jewish celebs defend Mark Ruffalos antisemitism, and more

“Whenever I talk about raising taxes on the wealthiest, people will respond with what is generally a myth of capital flight.” — Mayor Zohran Mamdani, MondayWe say: It’s no “myth” that high-earning New Yorkers are voting with their feet and heading to low or no-tax states like Florida and Texas.Only in Mamdani La-La Land do the rich stand and smile while getting their pockets picked.“Pointing out the crucial connections between what is happening in Gaza and what is happening in Hollywood is the exact opposite of antisemitism.”  — Open letter from Jewish “celebrities” in defense of actor Mark Ruffalo, TuesdayWe say: Actually, thrusting an unrelated Hollywood studio merger into the Israel-Hamas conflict sounds exactly like antisemitism.Israel-haters need to stop using “Zionism” as a stand in for “anything they don’t like.”“The people that bore the brunt of the Holocaust were the Palestinians.” — Journalist Emma Vigeland, Wednesday Subscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter! Please provide a valid email.

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We say: That’s weird, we could have sworn that European Jewry — you know, the people actually killed — bore the brunt of the Nazi genocide.But those suffering from Palestine Derangement Syndrome apparently have their own demented view of history.“[The] Supreme Court ..

.[wants to] take this country back, I say, to those rulings .

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that said no black man has any rights that a white man must respect.” — Rep.Jim Clyburn (D-SC), Sunday We say: What recent high-court cases strip away the rights of black people or empower whites to push them off the sidewalk? To the contrary, this Supreme Court has worked to strengthen the principle of color blindness, insisting on total equality before the law.— Compiled by The Post Editorial Board...