DisgruntledDiggit t1_jdhgbdz wrote on March 24, 2023 at 12:52 PM

Reply to comment by dfeld1989 in 'We cannot remain complacent.' ADL reports antisemitic incidents in Connecticut doubled in 2022 by jaydecay123

What did Talib and Omar say or do that was antisemitic? I know they publicly decried the state of Israel, but am not aware of. Anything explicitly anti-Jewish from them.

Jackers83 t1_jdhiy0g wrote on March 24, 2023 at 1:13 PM

Nothing. That commenter is misinformed.

FFPatrick t1_jdhjff5 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 1:17 PM

Omar: https://www.politico.com/amp/story/2019/03/01/ilhan-omar-anti-semitic-slur-1199495 or just google Ilhan Omar antisemitism. Her own party has called her out multiple times

Talib: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3654510-house-democrat-slams-tlaib-for-antisemitic-remarks-on-israel/amp/ again, called out by democrats

DisgruntledDiggit t1_jdhl18o wrote on March 24, 2023 at 1:29 PM

So Talib was called an antisemitic for calling Israel an apartheid state. I’d have to agree with her, and I am Jewish. Again, criticizing Israel is NOT criticizing Jews.

And Omar was called antisemitic for saying that US politicians pushing for pro-Israeli policy at the expense of the United States was showing allegiance to a foreign state. Again, I’d agree.

You k ow what’s antisemitic? Conflating Israel with all Jews.

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dfeld1989 t1_jdhj7rn wrote on March 24, 2023 at 1:15 PM

Google it... ("it's all about the benjamins" "getting a calming feeling about the holocaust"..) and I'm sure you've heard about jewish space lasers at the other end of the political aisle. The point is can we for once not politicize something? This isn't a party politics issue.

DisgruntledDiggit t1_jdhkfut wrote on March 24, 2023 at 1:25 PM

No, I won’t google it. You made a claim, you back it up with a source.

If you turned in a paper and the bibliography was just “google it”, you’d fail that class.

[deleted] t1_jdhlko5 wrote on March 24, 2023 at 1:33 PM

I did b/c I didn't believe a good faith argument was incoming. One was way out of context and the other was commentary on politicians and lobbying groups that blindly support the state of Israel.

I will capitulate, though, that the holocaust comment was clumsily said and Talib probably should have though a bit more before speaking.

[deleted] t1_jdhkbpd wrote on March 24, 2023 at 1:24 PM

>"getting a calming feeling about the holocaust"
>
>"it's all about the benjamins"

The first is being taken out of context, although clumsily said. The second has nothing to do with Jews and all about the people who blindly support state of Israel.