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In reply to the discussion: Shapiro seeks to downplay his time as IDF volunteer after college op-ed resurfaces [View all]
pat_k
(10,883 posts)56. That doesn't concern me. His 2021 statement "BDS is rooted in antisemitism" does.
I don't know many people who had fully evolved ideas when they were 20.
The problem is his record opposing legitimate protest against Israel's policies now.
I do have a problem with his support for the anti-BDS law against Ben & Jerry’s after the ice cream maker refused to license its product for sale in Israeli settlements. In a 2021 statement, he stated “BDS is rooted in antisemitism.”
He also voiced support for laws that would withhold funding from any public university that opted to engage in BDS.
Calls to Boycott, Divest, and Sanction are intended to create conditions under which Israel may be pressured to cease it's systematic efforts to displace Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza through illegal settlements and inhumane treatment of Palestinians. It is a nonviolent human rights movement modeled on the anti-apartheid movement.
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Shapiro seeks to downplay his time as IDF volunteer after college op-ed resurfaces [View all]
onandup
Aug 2024
OP
You mean same age as those student protesters he seems not to think highly of?
BeyondGeography
Aug 2024
#6
DU is a discussion site. Why is it "amplifying" to bring up a discussable topic?
LAS14
Aug 2024
#119
Without some threads on DU, I wouldn't have heard the LIE that Shapiro joined the IDF as a youth.
Think. Again.
Aug 2024
#120
A rightwing lie would not have been a discussion in the other outlets I attend.
Think. Again.
Aug 2024
#123
Shapiro is calling for an immediate two state solution and has harshly criticized Netanyahu
emulatorloo
Aug 2024
#2
Let me just frame it for you. SHAPIRO WAS NOT IN THE FUCKING IDF and DID NOT "swear allegiance"
emulatorloo
Aug 2024
#60
There's nothing complex or nuanced about it. He was on a highschool volunteer trip, on a farm, a fishery,
emulatorloo
Aug 2024
#85
If you click on the link in the tweet below you will see the full newspaper page and can read the whole thing
Nanjeanne
Aug 2024
#100
Citing one instance consisting of one sentence from something written 30 years ago
lapucelle
Aug 2024
#106
I never said 30 years. I cited what he said. So he said he served. You always want more but i
Nanjeanne
Aug 2024
#115
You responded to me in a subthread. I was responding to to the ridiculous claim
lapucelle
Aug 2024
#116
Whatever you say. I can't read your reply. Too many words. I'm sure you are 100% right. Enjoy!
Nanjeanne
Aug 2024
#117
That's OK. I couldn't read some of the stuff on the twitter account you linked to. I don't read Arabic.
lapucelle
Aug 2024
#118
People are pushing back on misinformation before it evolves into DISINFORMATION.
lapucelle
Aug 2024
#80
Mahalo, lapucelle! "Who benefits from misinformation repeated to the point that it becomes disinformation?"
Cha
Aug 2024
#104
Are you backing away from your posts stating your obvious preference for Shapiro as the veep pick?
brush
Aug 2024
#59
Harris can lose MI and still win the election if she wins PA. She cannot lose PA and win the election.
jg10003
Aug 2024
#73
We won't. This is a serious minority who would never vote for us anyway...For example Nina Turner is
Demsrule86
Aug 2024
#88
A lot of us did things when we were young which is not who we are now having matured.
elocs
Aug 2024
#5
Read the damn quote from the OP's article and stop spreading disinformation.
emulatorloo
Aug 2024
#57
Once again read the actual quote in the OP article. You are completely misinterpreting the NYT'S one
emulatorloo
Aug 2024
#67
I can not make it any plainer. You completely misunderstand. You claim he was a member of the IDF, he was not.
emulatorloo
Aug 2024
#72
it's saturday night, the article is there for anyone to read....have a good one
questionseverything
Aug 2024
#75
Yes, I know what Shapiro wrote in the essay. I was refuting the claim by the poster (via the NYT)
lapucelle
Aug 2024
#112
Remember how ridiculous it was to blame Bernie for an essay he wrote in college?
yardwork
Aug 2024
#17
"I don't see the same people pearl clutching over Americans fighting in Ukraine right now."
WhiskeyGrinder
Aug 2024
#33
"Just because someone may be VP doesn't necessarily mean they want to be the future president."
WhiskeyGrinder
Aug 2024
#45
That doesn't concern me. His 2021 statement "BDS is rooted in antisemitism" does.
pat_k
Aug 2024
#56
It is a death to Israel scam significantly perpetrated by antisemitic and racist assholes
TheKentuckian
Aug 2024
#89
You know JFK was asked if he be loyal to the US or to the Vatican...he was Catholic...bigoty a curse we continue
Demsrule86
Aug 2024
#101
Oh my stars...bring me my smelling salts and some pearls to clutch...30 years ago he volunteered for the IDF or on
Demsrule86
Aug 2024
#86
He's going to be asked about it because with the ME being a powder keg right now there's no way it wouldn't
ms liberty
Aug 2024
#95
You might want to reread what I wrote, because I didn't say he or what he said was wrong
ms liberty
Aug 2024
#130