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In reply to the discussion: Israel is not a race or a religion [View all]IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)40. Christian lobbyists influencing Christian Republicans is anti-Semitic
if one does logical somersaults
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Claiming lobbyist groups putting money into congresses pockets is now anti Semitic tropes
lancelyons
Feb 2019
#103
If you trashed Bibi and the entire reason Israel is in place after 1948 that is not antisemitism.
lancelyons
Feb 2019
#34
I can certainly talk about what Israel has done bad without being anti semitic.
lancelyons
Feb 2019
#63
I don't believe that ANY country has a "right to exist", including my own.
Crunchy Frog
Feb 2019
#111
Do you have a link? For whatever reason, the text is showing as characters rather than letters. N/T
lapucelle
Feb 2019
#28
I found it and was able to read the entire piece for additional context. Thanks. N/T
lapucelle
Feb 2019
#42
She spoke specifically about a political action committee, not a religion or ethnicity
Dennis Donovan
Feb 2019
#19
Yes they are because they Lobby for pro Israel policy. Hard not to have associations there.
lancelyons
Feb 2019
#35
Who are you to suggest that I'm taking things "at face value" and have not dug deeply enough?
Nonhlanhla
Feb 2019
#106
It is possible to criticize Israel without invoking antediluvian anti-semitic tropes, yes?
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2019
#41
They don't say "all", they simply say it individually about every single example
Recursion
Feb 2019
#98
AIPAC's mission is to attribute all criticism of Israel to anti-semitism?
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2019
#100
Similarly, if you disagree with Fat Donnie's policies, it does not make you a Trump-hater,
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Feb 2019
#48
True. But at the same time, the criticism must use a scalpel, not a kitchen knife.
Honeycombe8
Feb 2019
#49
Europeans came to the "New World" and took the land from the indigenous people.
Cold War Spook
Feb 2019
#66