NFL wide receiver DeSean Jackson is not the only athlete who has recently come under fire for antisemitic postings on social media.
On July 3rd, UFC lightweight Spike Carlyle shared antisemitic propaganda on his Instagram Story, with one in particular indicating that the Jewish peoples were the “real invisible enemy” and not the coronavirus.
After significant backlash, Carlyle eventually removed that particular image and provided this statement to Bloody Elbow’s Alex Scaffidi.
“I’m Anti-Zionist, Freemasonry, and Jesuitism,” Carlyle said. “I didn’t read the ‘[F—k] Israel’ hashtags. I’m not an anti-Semite and have Jewish blood in me.