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In reply to the discussion: "Anti-semitic tropes" [View all]DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)74. If narrow parameters mean not invoking anti-semitic tropes the answer is yes
So any criticism has to be defined within some narrow parameters and BTW Bari Weiss is a well known conservative writer who supported Brett Kavanaugh and admits to being an "unhinged Zionist". Not a good source to prove your point.
Ecological fallacy. Let's revisit what she wrote and I cited:
The conspiracy theory of the Jew as the hypnotic conspirator, the duplicitous manipulator, the sinister puppeteer is one with ancient roots and a bloody history. In the New Testament, it is a small band of Jews who get Rome then the greatest power in the world to do their bidding by killing Christ. Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, speaks to the Jews about Jesus in the book of John: Take him yourselves and judge him according to your own law. But the Jews punt the decision back to Pilate: We are not permitted to put anyone to death. And so Pilate does the deed on their behalf. In the book of Matthew, the implications of this manipulation are spelled out: His blood is on us and our children, the Jews say a line that has been so historically destructive that even Mel Gibson cut it from his Passion of the Christ.
What is ahistorical about Ms. Weiss' observation?
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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