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In reply to the discussion: "Anti-semitic tropes" [View all]Blue_true
(31,261 posts)5. I think she first used the term "Jewish lobby". That was wrong.
She came back in her apology to use more precise examples. I think that AIPAC and the JDL have a number of negative aspects to them that lean toward extremism, but the ADL has long fought a good fight against societal anti-semitism.
When you say "is it about time we had an adult conversation", well, that can be said about a lot of serious race, ethnic or sex identity based problems in society. I honestly think that people are slowly working through the issues, in my county, which had rigid racial seperation at one time, people of different races make up neighborhoods now, use the same public pools, ect. I see a lot of transracial friendships today.
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I care what Duke thinks. I care what Trump thinks. I care what Steve King thinks.
pampango
Feb 2019
#58
I have never and would never make sweeping generalizations about any group.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2019
#41
The JDL was a domestic terrorist organization. Are they even a thing anymore?
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2019
#6
You make a valid point, I used a term that I got from an article that I read earlier today.
Blue_true
Feb 2019
#13
Ms. Omar also said Israel "hyptonized the world" and called on Allah to expose them.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2019
#15
AIPAC is a lobbying group not unlike the Arab Lobby. It is not a PAC, and does not make
still_one
Feb 2019
#53
That one specific tweet was in response to a tweet from Glenn Greenwald talking about...
George II
Feb 2019
#34
Well Feinstein doesn't support it, nor do a lot of other Democrats, and while the ACLU takes no
still_one
Feb 2019
#54
That will go to the courts, and like the flag burning was ruled as constitutionally-protected free
still_one
Feb 2019
#55
You do realize AIPAC is not a pac, it is a lobbying group, and there is a difference
still_one
Feb 2019
#59
AIPAC as an organization does not. Individuals who belong to AIPAC do, as do individuals from the
still_one
Feb 2019
#64
I don't particularly want to get involved in a discussion of Israel, the Palestinians, or the middle
still_one
Feb 2019
#67
If narrow parameters mean not invoking anti-semitic tropes the answer is yes
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2019
#74
Criticizing Israeli policies and eschewing anti-semitic tropes are not mutually exclusive.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2019
#76
When Trump told a group of wealthy Jewish Republicans donor he didn't need their money
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2019
#82