iver ing ▁at ▁the ▁sight ▁of ▁a ▁sh irt " ▁ ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁F asc ist ▁Silver ▁Sh ir ts ▁( of ▁the ▁Silver ▁Leg ion ▁of ▁America ) ▁calling ▁them ▁" def enders ▁of ▁the ▁Constitution ." ▁In ▁his ▁book , ▁" The ▁Naz i ▁H yd ra ▁in ▁America : ▁Supp ress ed ▁History ▁of ▁a ▁Century ", ▁Glen ▁Y ead on ▁ ▁comp ares ▁R iley ' s ▁use ▁of ▁anti - J ew ish ▁imag ery ▁and ▁r het or ic ▁in ▁his ▁ser m ons ▁and ▁writ ings ▁to ▁Hitler ' s ▁propag anda . ▁ ▁Some ▁writers ▁think ▁that ▁R iley ▁moved ▁towards ▁anti ▁Sem it ism ▁after ▁the ▁failure ▁of ▁his ▁cr us ade ▁against ▁evolution , ▁bl aming ▁the ▁Jews ▁for ▁his ▁in ability ▁to ▁influence ▁School s ▁against ▁teaching ▁evolution . ▁ ▁T roll inger ▁also ▁arg ues ▁that ▁R iley ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁leading ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁anti - S emit ism ▁pre val ent ▁in ▁Min ne apolis . ▁There ▁were ▁also ▁parts ▁of ▁wider ▁fundamental ist ▁culture ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁adopt ing ▁anti - S emit ic ▁consp i racy ▁theories . ▁ ▁R iley ▁denied ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁an ▁anti - Sem ite . ▁He ▁argued ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁merely ▁comment ing ▁on ▁social ▁conditions ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁the olog ically ▁and ▁personally ▁supported ▁the ▁Jews . ▁So on ▁after ▁the ▁British ▁Army ▁entered ▁Jerusalem ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 7