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fujiyamasan

(1,656 posts)
7. So please tell us what you are trying to imply...
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 01:07 AM
Yesterday

I don’t hear anyone calling for boycotting “Jewish owned” businesses (unless it was some idiots trying to boycott the local deli a year or two ago). Besides I don’t know what “Jewish money” even means in an American context. For that matter, if you said something about white, black, Latino, Christian, Muslim or Hindu money, I’d also be confused.

If this is about AIPAC well, yeah I think we all ought to know how an organization representing foreign interests is spending their money. That’s the whole point of campaign finance laws — providing transparency to the public. A lot of the politicians getting AIPAC money aren’t even Jewish. They’re Christian, and right wing Christians at that.

If this were about rising antisemitism, I think there’s a valid discussion to be had (yes, incidents such as the attack a week or two ago in Michigan are very disturbing and are part of a series of attacks over the years on Jewish cultural and religious centers and Jews in general — they should be strongly condemned by everyone), but any thinly veiled attempts to tie AIPAC or criticism to Israel to antisemitism fall flat and make a mockery of the seriousness of both US foreign policy in the Middle East, and real antisemitism globally.

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So, we should ignore who AIPAC donates to, and why? Fiendish Thingy Monday #1
Is there something that has happened about someone tracking what Jews do with their money? (nt) muriel_volestrangler Monday #2
No! This is Psyop shit maxrandb Yesterday #8
I want to know where my electeds get their $ leftstreet Monday #3
If a group of people are going to spend a lot of money to buy a politician I want to know who they are Autumn Monday #4
Five years after the "tracking" of Jews and their money began in Nazi Germany came the "registry" of their wealth... PeaceWave Yesterday #5
That's very historically interesting. I'm wondering if it has any relevance to anything happening in this country now. Crunchy Frog Yesterday #10
Why do you link this to the "No Kings" protest? (nt) muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #14
Please explain what you mean by tracking how Jews spend their money karynnj Yesterday #6
"... they tended to only follow the right wing LIKUD positions." harumph Yesterday #13
So please tell us what you are trying to imply... fujiyamasan Yesterday #7
I agree. Billionaire political donors and major lobbying organizations on the other hand, should absolutely be tracked Crunchy Frog Yesterday #9
Obama regarding AIPAC....tracking. Passages Yesterday #11
What do you make of this and its relevance in the here and now? Torchlight Yesterday #12
Context, please? n/t Ms. Toad Yesterday #15
This thread appears to have grown from here: muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #18
Jewphobia is epidemic in the fool community gulliver Yesterday #16
Every Time I See This Story Title It Makes My Skin Crawl. -NT- ruet Yesterday #17
K&R UTUSN Yesterday #19
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