I don’t know. I don’t know anything about it.
There seems to be scant details in my brief click of it. Is there something in there that makes it seem like it might not be anti-semitic to you?
Start here: Our Approach to Zionism - JVP
There’s no doubt in my mind that it is.
Just wanted to get you to say it.
Unsurprising that you dodged it.
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I stopped reading here. “Zionism is a nineteenth-century political ideology”. The is is blatantly false. Zion is Jerusalem. Judaism dates back thousands of years.
JVP is a pro-Palestinian, BDS supporting, anti-Israel far left organization that ignores history and has less than zero credibility.
Try harder.
I saw this on social media.
It explains everything pretty well.
I feel like the world needs a basic primer on this:
Criticizing Netanyahu and the current government of Israel isn’t antisemitic.
Holding Jews everywhere responsible for the actions of the Israeli government and calling them N@zis is.
Supporting Palestinian rights isn’t antisemitic.
Saying Jews don’t deserve self-determination anywhere and that Israel has no right to exist is.
Advocating for peace, equality, and dignity for both peoples isn’t antisemitic.
Celebrating the murder, kidnapping, or r@pe of Jews is.
Being horrified by the suffering in Gaza isn’t antisemitic.
Denying or minimizing the suffering of Israelis on October 7 is.
Opposing specific Israeli policies isn’t antisemitic.
Using classic antisemitic tropes about Jewish power, money, blood, or control is.
Wanting an end to the war isn’t antisemitic.
Calling for the elimination of Israel while demanding no other nation on earth disappear is.
Criticizing Netanyahu isn’t antisemitic.
Saying “the Jews are Nazis” is.
Supporting Palestinian nationalism isn’t antisemitic.
Erasing Jewish indigeneity and history in the land is.
Calling out extremism in Israel — including the army — isn’t antisemitic.
Applying a moral standard to Israel that you apply to literally no other country is.
Wanting accountability for all sides isn’t antisemitic.
Attacking random Jews, synagogues, or Jewish businesses around the world is.
Feeling grief for Palestinian children isn’t antisemitic.
Mocking or dismissing or even celebrating dead Israeli children is.
Defending free speech on Israel-Palestine isn’t antisemitic.
Harassing Jewish students and making campuses unsafe for visibly Jewish people is.
Saying Palestinians deserve freedom isn’t antisemitic.
Saying Jews are “colonizers” is.
Calling for coexistence isn’t antisemitic.
Calling for intifada “from the river to the sea” without acknowledging what that means
is.
You can oppose war without opposing the existence of a people.
You can advocate for Palestinians without dehumanizing Jews.
You can love Israelis and Palestinians enough to believe neither should have to bury their children.
Do better.
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You’re finally getting it
Speaking of antisemitism, LIFE IN PRISON for THIS Anti-Semitic turd.
As it turns out, the guy was also here illegally.
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I didn’t dodge it. It was a brief thing that didn’t have much evidence one way or the other. It was basically just an accusation and I don’t know why I should defend it or speak against it just because you want me to.
I mean I get it. you want to think that I’m some anti-Semitic a hole. I’m not.
I’m just not going to put up with murder and land stealing from Israel too. There’s a reason why this has gone on for 80 plus years and it isn’t only because Muslims are evil which seems to be a side theme to this thread, including backing a historical right for Israel to murder and steal that you seem to cherish. I disagree.
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Fundamental question pertaining to this thread. I’ll ask again and I could care less if he is from the right, left, center, independent. Why is someone with a nazi tatoo be able to represent anyone? Again he had the choice to get his nazi tatoo removed but he did not. He got it covered which is in my book even worse. We are not talking about a someone living in poverty. He comes from a wealthy background.
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You’ll have to ask him. I doubt anyone here is gonna take up the cause that Maine voters are contemplating.
Here’s someone else who has problematic tattoos. Guess who? And yes, WHATABOUT!
- [“Deus Vult”] (God wills it): Tattooed in Gothic script on his arm, this phrase was a battle cry during the Crusades and has been adopted by some modern white supremacist groups.
- [“Kafir”] (Arabic: كافر): Tattooed on his arm, this term means “infidel” or “non-believer” in Islam. Critics, including the Council on American-Islamic Relations, consider it Islamophobic.
- [Jerusalem Cross]: A large tattoo on his chest, which is a historical Christian symbol but has also been used by extremist groups.
- [Cross with a Sword]: Located on his arm, this is an allusion to a Bible verse (Matthew 10:34) and is seen by some as representing violent religious imagery
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It makes no sense Jason any ways you slice it. It is an insult to everyone. Don’t even try to compare him with Hegseth tattoos. This is more than disingenuous on your part. Again, my post has nothing to do with THAT angle. This guy should have never been considered in the first place. That is the point.
Point has been made more than once. No reason to keep it going. The tattoo was clearly problematic and no one is trying to take up for it.
We don’t need to try to score anymore political points off it. Not here anyway.
Why is it so hard to condemn this guy?
I just did. I wouldn’t vote for him if I could.
Others can do as they choose but no reason to keep this going other than to score political points or be combative.
Seems like he is “consuming a disproportionately large amount of your time” I hear that’s frowned upon around here.
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More reports of antisemitism.
Smokescreen, they consume what they want to consume
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