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In reply to the discussion: Criticizing AIPAC is not anti-Semitic and it's absurd that this even needs to be said. [View all]ExciteBike66
(2,319 posts)52. The point is that it is the same thing
If the NRA sent out a letter to its members asking them to donate the some Republican PAC, we would consider that an attempt by the NRA to influence (i.e. "buy", in the parlance of our times) a politician.
AIPAC is no different in that regard. One can easily criticize AIPAC for trying to influence politicians, because...that is AIPAC's job.
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Criticizing AIPAC is not anti-Semitic and it's absurd that this even needs to be said. [View all]
jodymarie aimee
Feb 2019
OP
My aunt visited Israel twice. I have never met a Jew with dual citizenship.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2019
#76
They might as well be foreign. They lobby for the interest of one and only one country.
Blue_true
Feb 2019
#85
Interesting that one of the most powerful lobbying groups in the U.S. is many times igored
still_one
Feb 2019
#102
All sorts of folks "knowledgeable" about dual citizenship, "foreign" influence,
lapucelle
Feb 2019
#71
AIPAC functions as a lobbying group with the interests of one foreign country front and center. nt
Blue_true
Feb 2019
#84
Of course it is, it's a lobbying group. Several states have made it a termination offense
onit2day
Feb 2019
#59
Where's the part of the statute governing the contract that prohibits criticizing Israel?
lapucelle
Feb 2019
#110
It was not a teacher; it was a speech pathologist who worked as a private contractor.
lapucelle
Feb 2019
#92
The principle of punishing Americans for voicing opposition to the actions of a foreign government
Blue_true
Feb 2019
#107
I'm quite clear on what the statute says and exactly what comprises a boycott.
lapucelle
Feb 2019
#108
Who told you that you can't criticize the PAC in question? Do you have a quote or a link? N/T
lapucelle
Feb 2019
#64
You mean PACS like Democracy for America, Justice Democrats, and Democratic Socialists of America?
lapucelle
Feb 2019
#118
I'm not Jewish, but grew up in a Jewish culture (one of very few non-Jews in our neighborhood)....
George II
Feb 2019
#72
I'm also pissed that the Democratic party isn't supporting any Israeli left-wing opposition parties.
Crowman2009
Feb 2019
#45
We should kick lobbyists out of washington, no exceptions, and not allow corporation
Chickensoup
Feb 2019
#47
Wow. DU sure has changed. Ten years ago this thread would have been locked.
McCamy Taylor
Feb 2019
#82
Indeed. But if one only criticized a Jewish lobby while ignoring other richer, more corrosive
pampango
Feb 2019
#116
I don't believe anybody has suggested criticizing AIPAC or Israel is inherently anti-semitic.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2019
#119
That is silly. I am very critical of the current Israeli government.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2019
#123