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On the other side of town where I live, billboards appeared with slogans like "Be pro-Semitic." This happened almost immediately after the latest conflict invo

On the other side of town where I live, billboards appeared with slogans like "Be pro-Semitic." This happened almost immediately after the latest conflict involving Israel began. So I can't just be against anti-Semites, but I have to be pro Jewish ethnicity? Interesting. There was also one stating that anti-zionism is anti-Semitic; I guess my Jewish friends and family who are not Zionists didn't get the memo. I can't prove that these are somehow connected to funding from Israel, but it seemed like these billboards were ready to go at a moment's notice. As far as why we deem foreign propaganda as acceptable, I like to think that we play dumb about it in part so we can strategically point it out when it is in the favor of politicians and/or elites. Remember how Russian propaganda supposedly got Trump elected even though it was going on during prior years when the establishment insisted on the integrity of the elections? On the other hand, maybe we are just dumb.

nerdjon 2y ago
> I can't prove that these are somehow connected to funding from Israel, but it seemed like these billboards were ready to go at a moment's notice. Right, that is what we got in Boston. The timing is just too convenient. Whether or not it is from Israel themselves or funding here for Israel is kinda a moot point when both have the same purpose: Propaganda for a foreign government.
- pvg 2y ago
  Whether or not it is from Israel themselves or funding here for Israel is kinda a moot point It's not at all a moot point and you're coming pretty close to a generic 'dual loyalties' trope.
  - jedimind 2y ago
    If there is overwhelming evidence for a claim, it's absurd to smear it as "trope". So when Nancy Pelosi says: "If the capital crumbles to the ground,one thing that will remain is our commitment to Israel"[0] that's because she has in fact dual loyalty, to dismiss that as "trope" is to dismiss & deny reality. Some of "our" politicians work overtime for israel's interests and neglect their actual job and obligations towards America. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53x_zrkJwDs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53x_zrkJwDs
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nerdjon 2y ago

> I can't prove that these are somehow connected to funding from Israel, but it seemed like these billboards were ready to go at a moment's notice. Right, that is what we got in Boston. The timing is just too convenient. Whether or not it is from Israel themselves or funding here for Israel is kinda a moot point when both have the same purpose: Propaganda for a foreign government.

pvg 2y ago
Whether or not it is from Israel themselves or funding here for Israel is kinda a moot point It's not at all a moot point and you're coming pretty close to a generic 'dual loyalties' trope.
- jedimind 2y ago
  If there is overwhelming evidence for a claim, it's absurd to smear it as "trope". So when Nancy Pelosi says: "If the capital crumbles to the ground,one thing that will remain is our commitment to Israel"[0] that's because she has in fact dual loyalty, to dismiss that as "trope" is to dismiss & deny reality. Some of "our" politicians work overtime for israel's interests and neglect their actual job and obligations towards America. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53x_zrkJwDs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53x_zrkJwDs
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