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Irish_Dem

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30. It is a Putin talking point.

Sun Oct 30, 2022, 09:38 AM

Oct 2022

Putin is using antisemitism to crush opposition to the Ukraine war.

https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/2022-03-24/ty-article-opinion/.premium/putin-revives-soviet-era-antisemitism-to-crush-opposition-to-his-war-on-ukraine/00000180-5bb3-d615-a9bf-dff3f6d70000

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Opinion: American Jews start to think the unthinkable [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 OP

This is frightening............ secondwind Oct 2022 #1

think 1933 Germany llashram Oct 2022 #11

Next on the Agenda...Anyone NOT White Anglo Saxon Protestant and MALE... ProudMNDemocrat Oct 2022 #2

Not only' WASPs 3auld6phart Oct 2022 #23

This is frightening indeed. niyad Oct 2022 #3

They are right to be afraid. They are threatened and Trump contributes. twodogsbarking Oct 2022 #4

Obviously mentally-disordered "ye" is the "far left"?? Justice matters. Oct 2022 #5

Frightening and heartbreaking karin_sj Oct 2022 #6

Well a lot of the richest of the rich Jews supported Trump and the GOP Farmer-Rick Oct 2022 #7

This. mtngirl47 Oct 2022 #10

Adelson figured by the time any bad shit happened he'd be dead Zambero Oct 2022 #17

His wife continues to give millions to the GOP CanonRay Oct 2022 #36

That's more to do with economic class than ethnicity or religion. paleotn Oct 2022 #18

Let me get this absolutely clear: antisemitism has nothing to do with class or religion. Beastly Boy Oct 2022 #38

So, you are saying Farmer-Rick Oct 2022 #40

These are pretty complicated questions, so my response will by definition be incomplete Beastly Boy Oct 2022 #46

I see what you mean Farmer-Rick Oct 2022 #48

What I heard is, "Antisemitism" is hatred of Jews. The rest is justification, distraction... TigressDem Oct 2022 #55

"The rich Jews" have brought this on themselves, they are at fault here? Not a trope? JudyM Oct 2022 #45

No they have not brought it on themselves Farmer-Rick Oct 2022 #47

The GOP is going after Jews, women, LGBT, POC, Dem leaders, election workers, teachers, doctors. Irish_Dem Oct 2022 #8

But yet..... Farmer-Rick Oct 2022 #12

American oligarchs want what Russian oligarchs have in Russia. Irish_Dem Oct 2022 #14

and at llashram Oct 2022 #13

Yes it looks like a sizable chunk of the American electorate will vote out democracy. Irish_Dem Oct 2022 #15

I don't Rebl2 Oct 2022 #27

It is a Putin talking point. Irish_Dem Oct 2022 #30

I'm Christian and I ask the same question RainCaster Oct 2022 #9

I too am Christian and fear for our Jewish friends and minorities nightwing1240 Oct 2022 #22

If I were in my 30s, I would be searching for another country. Lonestarblue Oct 2022 #16

Even if you're not in your 30's, a plan B is always a useful thing to have. paleotn Oct 2022 #19

It's a lot more difficult Susan Calvin Oct 2022 #25

Atheist, but live in FL--and packing to move to West Coast if/when DeSatan wins another term. Timeflyer Oct 2022 #20

Yup, Florida is gone. Jon King Oct 2022 #24

Florida's a radical red state with an aging population... Mister Ed Oct 2022 #44

Come to New England.... paleotn Oct 2022 #28

I am not Jewish, but the collapsing of laws and essentially a hostile takekover Texin Oct 2022 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Rebl2 Oct 2022 #32

This isn't fundamentally about religion. It's about white power. Texin Oct 2022 #37

We need to understand it in context, but also squash it before it becomes a bigger problem.... paleotn Oct 2022 #26

Antisemitism is at an all time low????? 303squadron Oct 2022 #33

Reading comprehension is your friend. Cultivate it. paleotn Oct 2022 #41

Oh I get it now 303squadron Oct 2022 #42

You're arguing with the Anti Defamation League's opinion. You do know that. Right? Right? paleotn Oct 2022 #43

Yes, but here is the problem. 303squadron Oct 2022 #56

You are conflating two things. Behind the Aegis Oct 2022 #49

I know. That's my thought behind this sentence..... paleotn Oct 2022 #50

On this, we agree. Behind the Aegis Oct 2022 #51

Exactly. That's where social media is a real problem.... paleotn Oct 2022 #53

It cost tens of millions of lives to remove the shitstain of the Nazis from the face of the earth Chainfire Oct 2022 #29

I'm not Jewish, but find myself aaking the same question judesedit Oct 2022 #31

I remember once accidentally getting caught in a KKK demonstration at a major Woodstock, GA hlthe2b Oct 2022 #34

Good question to ask Murdoch. Pepsidog Oct 2022 #35

What the Trump years made me realized was... nycbos Oct 2022 #39

K&R Solly Mack Oct 2022 #52

Yet, oddly, a lot of vociferous right-wingers are of Jewish ethnicity Mr.Mystery Oct 2022 #54