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

Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions

This argument

“Whenever I talk about raising taxes on the wealthiest, people will respond with what is generally a myth of capital flight.” — Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Monday

We 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.

This defense

“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, Tuesday

We 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.”

This claim

“The people that bore the brunt of the Holocaust were the Palestinians.” — Journalist Emma Vigeland, Wednesday

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.

This assertion

“[The] Supreme Court . . . [wants to] take this country back, I say, to those rulings . . . 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