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From what I see, this basically means if active antisemites use a word, a phrase or a line or argumentation in their smears, then anyone else who utilizes those elements in specifically criticizing Israel, even if its unwittingly and outside the context of the entire Jewish population, they will be guilty of antisemitism by association.
And since antisemites use any argument they can get their hands on to criticize Jews and Israel, that means honest critics of Israel, like Ilhan Omar, are pretty much boxed in, isn't that right?
Is it possible to have an adult conversation about Israeli conduct anymore?
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I care what Duke thinks. I care what Trump thinks. I care what Steve King thinks.
pampango
Feb 2019
#58
I have never and would never make sweeping generalizations about any group.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2019
#41
The JDL was a domestic terrorist organization. Are they even a thing anymore?
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2019
#6
You make a valid point, I used a term that I got from an article that I read earlier today.
Blue_true
Feb 2019
#13
Ms. Omar also said Israel "hyptonized the world" and called on Allah to expose them.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2019
#15
AIPAC is a lobbying group not unlike the Arab Lobby. It is not a PAC, and does not make
still_one
Feb 2019
#53
That one specific tweet was in response to a tweet from Glenn Greenwald talking about...
George II
Feb 2019
#34
Well Feinstein doesn't support it, nor do a lot of other Democrats, and while the ACLU takes no
still_one
Feb 2019
#54
That will go to the courts, and like the flag burning was ruled as constitutionally-protected free
still_one
Feb 2019
#55
You do realize AIPAC is not a pac, it is a lobbying group, and there is a difference
still_one
Feb 2019
#59
AIPAC as an organization does not. Individuals who belong to AIPAC do, as do individuals from the
still_one
Feb 2019
#64
I don't particularly want to get involved in a discussion of Israel, the Palestinians, or the middle
still_one
Feb 2019
#67
If narrow parameters mean not invoking anti-semitic tropes the answer is yes
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2019
#74
Criticizing Israeli policies and eschewing anti-semitic tropes are not mutually exclusive.
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2019
#76
When Trump told a group of wealthy Jewish Republicans donor he didn't need their money
DemocratSinceBirth
Feb 2019
#82