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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis is what mourners keeping vigil chanted in Squirrel Hill tonight: Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote.
This is what mourners keeping vigil chanted in Squirrel Hill tonight: Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote.Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote.
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This is what mourners keeping vigil chanted in Squirrel Hill tonight: Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. (Original Post)
jodymarie aimee
Oct 2018
OP
Anti-Semitism doesn't bother Netanyahu if it comes from what they consider their political allies.
still_one
Oct 2018
#15
Well, it's a start. But no matter who wins November 6, the struggle will continue.
WhiskeyGrinder
Oct 2018
#14
I read that Squirrel Hill was Mr Roger's original neighborhood. What a juxtaposition. n/t
libdem4life
Oct 2018
#17
LAS14
(15,455 posts)1. I so hope ALL of the MSM carry this at the top of the hour!!!! nt
Funtatlaguy
(11,872 posts)4. Fix News will say a GOP chant broke out in honor of Trump.
LAS14
(15,455 posts)6. Let 'em. I think the truth will out on this one. nt
Demovictory9
(37,113 posts)2. this is the election of our lifetime
malaise
(292,408 posts)3. The young people who organized last night's vigil started it
They chanted it last night as well.
BigmanPigman
(54,539 posts)5. Thanks for the info.
malaise
(292,408 posts)7. Here's a link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/the-latest-trump-monitoring-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting/2018/10/27/f1ddc554-da01-11e8-8384-bcc5492fef49_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e9206b21c3a6
7:40 p.m.
Thousands of people jammed an intersection amid a light rain for a vigil Saturday evening for the victims of a shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue earlier in the day. The gathering included prayers and singing in memory of those killed and wounded.
A vote, vote, vote chant broke out during the emotional gathering where some derided the nations political climate.
7:40 p.m.
Thousands of people jammed an intersection amid a light rain for a vigil Saturday evening for the victims of a shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue earlier in the day. The gathering included prayers and singing in memory of those killed and wounded.
A vote, vote, vote chant broke out during the emotional gathering where some derided the nations political climate.
BigmanPigman
(54,539 posts)8. I heard the US ambassador to Isreal on both CNN and MSNBC
praising tRump and defending him. I did a double take and then remembered that the far right Israelis like him and Bibi. He said that anti-Semitism is all over the world and the pseudo pres isn't as bad as other leaders and the attacks in the US are nothing compared to attackers around the world and this same level of anti-Semitism has been higher in the US many times in our past history.
malaise
(292,408 posts)9. This planet has way too many sick leaders
There are no words for these people.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)10. The US ambassador to Israel was appointed by Trump
He is a longtime crony of his.
BigmanPigman
(54,539 posts)11. Well, tRump picked the right loser for that job.
FSogol
(47,519 posts)13. Don't make excuses for RW trash.
still_one
(98,883 posts)15. Anti-Semitism doesn't bother Netanyahu if it comes from what they consider their political allies.
Netanyahu has no problem with leaders such as Trump, Putin, or Viktor Orban of Hungary, regardless of whether they are anti-Semitic. He has never criticized trump for ignoring or encouraging white supremacy in the U.S., and endorsed Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, despite the fact that Kurz's coalition includes the "Freedom Party", which is a neo-Nazi party.
Over 80% of American Jews do NOT support trump, his ideology, and are loyal Democrats. That is a fact. I happen to be part of that 80% of American Jews.
It should be noted that in the same way that the Trump is the President, Netanyahu is the prime minister, they both preside over a divided populous, that do not represent a plurality in the respective countries.
The problem is once one starts down the road where you close your eye to racism and bigotry of your "friends", you end up becoming the racists and bigots you profess to abhor
SunSeeker
(57,470 posts)12. K & R
WhiskeyGrinder
(26,217 posts)14. Well, it's a start. But no matter who wins November 6, the struggle will continue.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)16. Wow....no words, just respect...
💔💪🏾
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)17. I read that Squirrel Hill was Mr Roger's original neighborhood. What a juxtaposition. n/t