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Showing Original Post only (View all)Schumer Condemns Antisemitism, Warning the Left Against Abetting It [View all]
Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader, on Wednesday warned that some liberals and young people were unknowingly aiding and abetting antisemitism in the name of social justice, fueling a dangerous rise in bigotry against Jews amid Israels war against Hamas.
In a deeply personal speech from the Senate floor aimed largely at members of his own party, Mr. Schumer, the countrys highest-ranking Jewish elected official, issued a more than 40-minute explanation and condemnation of antisemitism in America that has flared since Israel began retaliating against Hamas for its Oct. 7 terrorist attack against defenseless Israeli civilians.
In the wake of the attack, he said, many Americans had skipped over any expression of sympathy for the victims and instead attacked the past actions of the Israeli government against the Palestinians.
Can anybody imagine a horrific terrorist attack in another country receiving such a reception? he asked, noting that the long arc of history had taught Jews a painful lesson: ultimately, that we are alone.
In a deeply personal speech from the Senate floor aimed largely at members of his own party, Mr. Schumer, the countrys highest-ranking Jewish elected official, issued a more than 40-minute explanation and condemnation of antisemitism in America that has flared since Israel began retaliating against Hamas for its Oct. 7 terrorist attack against defenseless Israeli civilians.
In the wake of the attack, he said, many Americans had skipped over any expression of sympathy for the victims and instead attacked the past actions of the Israeli government against the Palestinians.
Can anybody imagine a horrific terrorist attack in another country receiving such a reception? he asked, noting that the long arc of history had taught Jews a painful lesson: ultimately, that we are alone.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/us/politics/schumer-antisemitism-israel-hamas.html
Thank you for always speaking truth and standing against hate, Senator Schumer!
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Schumer Condemns Antisemitism, Warning the Left Against Abetting It [View all]
tritsofme
Nov 2023
OP
It was hard to miss, & still bubbles up like acid. I've spent much of the past 2 months sick at heart
Hekate
Nov 2023
#19
I'll help. Though he did respond directly to you, it's possible there was a glitch...
Hekate
Nov 2023
#34
I still hope you read in my post what he said, because that is the unfortunate truth about Hamas...
Hekate
Nov 2023
#40
Oh I understand what you meant all right -- I just gave you the benefit of the doubt
Hekate
Nov 2023
#43
"By the way, Hamas is a terrible terrorist group, but they are NOT the same as Hitler and the Nazis."
lapucelle
Nov 2023
#45
I'll Put It Clear And Slow Like I Were Talking To A Police Officer, Ma'am
The Magistrate
Nov 2023
#8
I believe former President George W. Bush put it best when he said a little over twenty years ago.
Uncle Joe
Nov 2023
#15
Humans are the product of our DNA and environment or culture, those are the equivalent
Uncle Joe
Nov 2023
#38
Yes because that was among the very first embedded memories in order for the human species to survive, but
Uncle Joe
Nov 2023
#72
It Would Be Unkind, Sir, To Exert Myself Further Against Your Faith In Human Progress
The Magistrate
Nov 2023
#76
That doesn't remove from us our free will, nor the consequences of our behavior.
Hekate
Nov 2023
#46
It changes the parameters of our free will, people living a bubble may believe
Uncle Joe
Nov 2023
#54
And yet they are still held responsible for their behavior by the law, regardless of their opinion
Hekate
Nov 2023
#60
But that isn't how this question is being framed in the real world . . .
markpkessinger
Nov 2023
#61
convenient memories. The former co-chairs of the Women's march. Remember Tamika Mallory?
JohnSJ
Nov 2023
#79
Back when BushCheney were ginning up their war I was in a lot of local marches. Then went to DC...
Hekate
Nov 2023
#12
Thank you for posting the transcript. It's too easy to miss things in a speech.
Hermit-The-Prog
Nov 2023
#68
Another thank you for posting the full transcript, I've only seen excerpts. It is an important speech
emulatorloo
Nov 2023
#109
That's the thing about conspiracies...when ya look back at them everyone says "who coulda known?"
CincyDem
Nov 2023
#36
The title of the OP is "Schumer Condemns Antisemitism, Warning the Left Against Abetting It"
lapucelle
Nov 2023
#92
No, you're not reading it wrong. Democratic Senate Majority Leader/ New Yorker Chuck Schumer
lapucelle
Nov 2023
#70
It has become really clear that many on the left have fallen into the wave of extreme Israel hate,
madaboutharry
Nov 2023
#81
Sums it up for me, especially given some of the comments in this thread
Behind the Aegis
Nov 2023
#110