Pretty lady should keep her mouth shut is a pretty fucking sexist comment. That guy should apologize.
For Lectro, statements like that border on radical feminism.
Pretty lady should keep her mouth shut is a pretty fucking sexist comment. That guy should apologize.
Wrong
I don't think pointing out the influence of AIPAC is anti-Semitic.
I also don't think the intent of the Benjamins tweet was anti-Semitic.
However, to boil down the exchange, the original tweet was basically:
"Why do American politicians spend so much time defending Israel?"
and her response was simply:
"Money"
Given the historical trope of Jews controlling world governments through their control/hoarding of wealth, I can see how this statement would be harmful to the Jewish community. I think if she had said: "because AIPAC has undue influence in American politics," it would have been less pithy, but also received differently. I don't think she intended to play upon this trope in this exact tweet, but as I stated before Impact > intent. While I don't know motives - this is similar to the President of Lipscomb decorating the table with cotton bolls when having Black students over to talk. It may be because it is trendy in Southern Living Magazine, etc. to decorate this way without malicious intent, but the impact on the students was harmful, making it racist.
eta: Similar in showing difference in intent v. impact, not in scale/order/obliviousness, etc. But also to show that being oblivious (intentionally or otherwise) to harmful history or stereotypes does not absolve one from having racist ideas or actions.
Sorry, but I don't buy this. As other posters have pointed out, part and parcel of the Israeli/AIPAC agenda is paint all opposition to Israel as anti-Semitic. It's much like how Republicans paint all attempts to regulate the economy or support poor people as "Socialism" - and in both cases, it's been a very effective political device. I understand the historical conspiracy theory/lie/slander of the Jews as secretly bankrolling the world, but that history can't be used as a weapon to take legitimate political discourse off the table.
And again, politicians acting as directed by political donors is an absolutely valid political issue. If it's OK to point out that NRA money influences politicians to oppose gun control measures supported by 75% of Americans, or OK to point out that fossil fuel donations lead politicians to oppose climate science, then it is also OK to point out that AIPAC spending influences politicians to support actions by Israel that they would condemn if committed by other nations.
I didn’t realize only jews were allowed to have an opinion on anti-semetism. I’ll keep that in mind next time you post on whether something is prejudicial toward black people.
I didn’t realize only jews were allowed to have an opinion on anti-semetism. I’ll keep that in mind next time you post on whether something is prejudicial toward black people.
I didn’t realize only jews were allowed to have an opinion on anti-semetism. I’ll keep that in mind next time you post on whether something is prejudicial toward black people.
So you agree with me that invoking Allah wasn’t anti-Semitic but you posted to point out that I didn’t have the right to post that, despite the fact dozens of other posters posted that the comments weren’t anti-Semitic.
WTF is wrong with you? It would do you, and a lot of other posters, good to try to pay less attention who posts what and more attention to what is actually posted. Trying to attack almost every post I make because I’m a conservative leads you to post some really stupid shit.
Dems falling into the right wing fake outrage PC machine (or just doing AIPAC's bidding). Not a good look.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sorry-democrats-your-nra-is-spelled-aipac_us_59d62c62e4b0666ad0c3cb12
The latest evidence of that slavishness {to AIPAC] comes in the form of growing support among Democrats in both Houses for legislation sponsored by Sen. Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) and co-sponsored by Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer that would make it a felony for Americans to support the international boycott against Israel, commonly known as BDS. Anyone guilty of violating the prohibitions will face a minimum civil penalty of $250,000 and a maximum criminal penalty of $1 million and 20 years in prison.
According to the ACLU, the Cardin legislation would “bar U.S. persons from supporting boycotts against Israel, including its settlements in the Palestinian Occupied Territories (emphasis mine) conducted by international governmental organizations, such as the United Nations and the European Union. It would also... include penalties for simply requesting information about such boycotts. Violations would be subject to a minimum civil penalty of $250,000 and a maximum criminal penalty of $1 million and 20 years in prison....This bill would impose civil and criminal punishment on individuals solely because of their political beliefs about Israel and its policies.”
That is pretty amazing. The Cardin bill would essentially blow a giant hole in the First Amendment. Americans would continue to be allowed to hold any belief they want, about pretty much anything, with the exception of Israel. Although I, myself, do not support the boycott Israel movement (BDS), I also know that it was the Montgomery Bus Boycott that launched the civil rights movement. It was international boycotts of South Africa that brought down apartheid. Americans even used boycotts to kill North Carolina’s hateful “bathroom” law designed to punish transgender people. (Apparently, Cardin would permit Americans to boycott a U.S, state, just not the State of Israel.)
The Cardin bill is frightening and, if applied in any other context but the Israeli one, would be inconceivable. But all rules are suspended when it comes to the country about which former Vice President Joe Biden said “there must be no daylight, no daylight” between its policies and those of the United States. Yes, he actually said “no daylight” twice and, no, it is inconceivable that any American leader would say that about any other country, including Canada!
TITCR. I appreciate IAT’s perspective on this, but it’s just not the case. There is a lot of anti-semitism in Washington. This tweet ain’t it.
Dems falling into the right wing fake outrage PC machine (or just doing AIPAC's bidding). Not a good look.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sorry-democrats-your-nra-is-spelled-aipac_us_59d62c62e4b0666ad0c3cb12
The latest evidence of that slavishness {to AIPAC] comes in the form of growing support among Democrats in both Houses for legislation sponsored by Sen. Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) and co-sponsored by Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer that would make it a felony for Americans to support the international boycott against Israel, commonly known as BDS. Anyone guilty of violating the prohibitions will face a minimum civil penalty of $250,000 and a maximum criminal penalty of $1 million and 20 years in prison.
According to the ACLU, the Cardin legislation would “bar U.S. persons from supporting boycotts against Israel, including its settlements in the Palestinian Occupied Territories (emphasis mine) conducted by international governmental organizations, such as the United Nations and the European Union. It would also... include penalties for simply requesting information about such boycotts. Violations would be subject to a minimum civil penalty of $250,000 and a maximum criminal penalty of $1 million and 20 years in prison....This bill would impose civil and criminal punishment on individuals solely because of their political beliefs about Israel and its policies.”
That is pretty amazing. The Cardin bill would essentially blow a giant hole in the First Amendment. Americans would continue to be allowed to hold any belief they want, about pretty much anything, with the exception of Israel. Although I, myself, do not support the boycott Israel movement (BDS), I also know that it was the Montgomery Bus Boycott that launched the civil rights movement. It was international boycotts of South Africa that brought down apartheid. Americans even used boycotts to kill North Carolina’s hateful “bathroom” law designed to punish transgender people. (Apparently, Cardin would permit Americans to boycott a U.S, state, just not the State of Israel.)
The Cardin bill is frightening and, if applied in any other context but the Israeli one, would be inconceivable. But all rules are suspended when it comes to the country about which former Vice President Joe Biden said “there must be no daylight, no daylight” between its policies and those of the United States. Yes, he actually said “no daylight” twice and, no, it is inconceivable that any American leader would say that about any other country, including Canada!
Cuckoldry knows no creed.It seems like the only think that Ilhan has left out of her tweets about Jews is a mention of horns coming out of their heads.
Cuckoldry knows no creed.
Idiotic. Our collective political obsession with Israel is creepy and dumb.