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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]lapucelle
(18,187 posts)66. Why not ask your Aunt? N/T
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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