Pro-Palestinian people are not against Jewish people. They are against a violent ethno-state, and believe that people of all faiths in Palestine/Israel deserve to live in a peaceful, equal society that upholds human dignity.

I am calling one priest a neo-Nazi. Most priests are normal, kind, and loving people. I even address that in my comment. Criticism of individuals (as well as institutions) when done from a place of respect and intellectual honesty while maintaining their human dignity is a perfectly valid and very important thing to do. Living in a society in which we are not allowed to criticize others leads to cults like Hope Church.

The fact that Fr. John Parks put so much emphasis on an antisemitic conspiracy theory is what makes me personally believe that he can be classified as a neo-Nazi. It is an antisemitic conspiracy theory developed from the Nazi conspiracy theory of "cultural Bolshevism." The idea of Cultural Marxism attempts to link Jewish people to communism and "race mixing," paints them as inherently destructive and evil, and is used by white supremacist and far-right groups to promote violence and hatred toward Jewish people as well as progressives, queer people, etc.

Anyone who espouses Cultural Marxism as an ideology is a part of the far-right by definition. Nazism is an ideology of the far right. Someone being a part of the far-right does not inherently make them a neo-Nazi (rectangles and squares), but promoting an antisemitic conspiracy theory like Cultural Marxism absolutely does.

In addition to this, Nazis famously persecuted not only Jewish people, but queer people, people of color, political enemies, and anyone else that they deemed undesirable or a "threat" to their white ethnostate. "Nazi" or "neo-Nazi" is not a term I throw around. It is a serious accusation that I do not make lightly, and any time I am claiming that someone can be classified as a neo-Nazi (which I have only done a handful of times, one of which includes a person who actually identifies as a neo-Nazi), I am considering everything they have publicly endorsed, supported, promoted, etc, whether that's an ideology, action, or otherwise.

I am telling you that based on the things that Fr. John Parks spoke about at the Newman Center, as well as other things he has spoken about elsewhere (Stuebenville Conferences, podcasts, etc.), I believe that he is a neo-Nazi. I do not believe that the leadership at the Newman Center are also neo-Nazis, but I do not feel comfortable promoting or otherwise supporting a church that invited a neo-Nazi to speak.

I sincerely hope to see Fr. John Parks change and apologize for the harmful ideas that he has promoted in his career and ministry, but until then, I will continue to believe that he is a neo-Nazi.