Former MLB player Curt Schilling talks with a reporter at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, in Los Angeles, California, June 9, 2011. Photo: REUTERS/David McNew

Retired Major League Baseball (MLB) player Curt Schilling rejected claims that he is antisemitic after sharing a post on X/Twitter that addressed the “Jewish Question” on the same day that Jews celebrated Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism.

The former Boston Red Sox pitcher re-posted on Monday a tweet by known antisemite Angelo John Gage, who goes by the name Lucas Gage on X, that talks about “Jews in leading roles” in society. In the post, Gage denounces Jews for having “influential positions” in “dominating important sectors of a nation.” He also writes: “How dare this group, that considers themselves separate from all humanity because they’re supposedly chosen by God, believe they have the right to not only dictate to the majority of that nation, but also demand censorship of anyone who resists their dictates?” A previous version of Gage’s post claims Jews were chosen by God “to rule over all humanity.”

Gage begins his post by discussing the “Jewish Question” — a term infamously used by the Nazis, whose “Final Solution” to the “question” was to decimate the Jewish population in the Holocaust during World War II.

Schilling, who hosts the sports analysis video podcast The Curt Schilling Baseball Show, shared Gage’s post without adding a comment. He was soon lambasted by X users for what they described as “Jew hatred” and promoting bigotry.

On Monday night, Schilling took to X once again, this time saying he doesn’t “possess an ounce of antisemitism, never have.” He also admitted that he shared Gage’s remarks “with way way too much apathy” and said he erred in not “elaborating” with any of his own added comments.

“In talking to one of my boys it is clear I shouldn’t have done so, with such a nonchalant attitude,” wrote the former MLB player, whose career included three World Series titles and a World Series MVP. “Opinions like the one posted elicit conversations and in rational adults they elicit deep conversations. I always like those conversations and enjoy getting into them.”

Schilling added: “Anyone who took this repost as some sort of endorsement of antisemitism, you were wrong. I could have done a far better job of elaborating, given I didn’t elaborate even a little, and that’s on me, and I apologize to anyone who is a rational adult who thought I might have been endorsing some sort of antisemitic opinion. Anyone who actually knows me knows for a fact nothing could be farther from the truth. That being said I am not going to caveat social media posts on a weekly basis to placate people who hate by nature and who enter this discussion with their pre-conditioned opinions. Shalom!”

Schilling has a history of making inflammatory comments on social media. Also on Monday, he compared Democrats to the Ku Klux Klan in a post on X and accused the political party of “instituting early 1930s Nazi policies regarding free speech and hate speech.” In August 2015, he shared a meme on X that featured an image of Adolf Hitler comparing Nazis to Islamic extremists. The post, which he deleted almost immediately, resulted in ESPN pulling him from its Little League World Series coverage.

The head of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) told The Algemeiner last month that major social media platforms, including X, “normalize antisemitic ideas and hate among billions of people” and profit from such engagement because it keeps users on their platforms for longer. The CCDH — which is currently being sued by X Corp for its public criticism of X — released a poll last month revealing that 49 percent of Americans agree with at least four statements that promote common conspiracy theories, including those related to white supremacy and antisemitism. The number was even higher — 69 percent — among teenagers who heavily use social media.