Arnold Schwarzenegger calls antisemites ‘losers who will die miserably’

Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Hollywood actor, has spoken against the spate of anti-semitism in the United States.

The Austrian-born actor took to his YouTube page to admonish antisemites, racist, and discriminatory hate groups to stop spreading hate and choose a brighter path.

In the impassioned 12-minute clip, the ‘Commando’ star, who served as governor of California between 2003 and 2011, told viewers “there has never been a successful movement based on hate”.

The former bodybuilder also targeted antisemites who he described as “losers” who would “die miserably” if they don’t change for the better.

“Nazis? Losers. The Confederacy? Losers. The apartheid movement? Losers. I don’t want you to be a loser,” he said.

“I don’t want you to be weak … despite all my friends who 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 nobody is perfect … I can understand how people can fall into a trap of prejudice and hate.

“It’s easier to make excuses that the Jewish people conspired to hold you back than it is to admit that you just needed to work harder.

“It’s easier to hate than it is to learn … 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.

“No matter how far you’ve gone, I want you to know you still have a chance to choose a life of strength. You have to fight the war against yourself.

The [hate] 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 … [But] you will end up broken. I don’t want you to go through all that.”

The US Anti-Defamation League reports that the US has recently seen a rise in antisemitic incidents, with 2,717 incidents last year – the highest since it began tracking in 1979.