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I mean, Joe Kent resigning in protest over the war with Iran is admirable, but Joe Kent is also a vocal anti-Semite who was upset that US policy was being direc

I mean, Joe Kent resigning in protest over the war with Iran is admirable, but Joe Kent is also a vocal anti-Semite who was upset that US policy was being directed by Israel. And I don't mean that Joe Kent dislikes the Israeli government or its actions specifically, I mean he engages in anti-Jewish conspiracy theories and associates with anti-Semites like Nick Fuentes.

pydry 7mo ago
These days conflating criticism of israel with anti semitism is a very clear, very obvious and very reliable racist calling card. Mitch McConnell (adherent of the great replacement theory) accusing Joe Kent of anti semitism gave the accusation the same gravitas it would have if Strom Thurmond or the Grand wizard of the KKK did it. i.e. it only serves to underscore the accuser's racism.
- brendoelfrendo 7mo ago
  Did I cite Mitch McConnell? No, I did not. I tried to be clear that I am not accusing Joe Kent of anti-Semitism because he is criticizing Israel, and Mitch engaging in that kind of rhetoric is only serving to make it harder for me to make my point. I am accusing Kent of anti-Semitism because he has a history of engaging in anti-Jewish conspiracy theories and consorting with neo-Nazis. My point is simple: we should not respect Joe Kent. His resignation is correct; his reasoning is flawed.
  - YZF 7mo ago
    "The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Joe Kent to a top counterterrorism role, overcoming opposition from Democrats who described the retired Army Green Beret as a conspiracy theorist who has associated with White nationalists and other far-right extremists. " - https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/politics/senate-confirmation-counterterrorism-joe-kent https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/politics/senate-confirmation-... Obviously a hero to the some on the far left today.
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  - pydry 7mo ago
    >Did I cite Mitch McConnell? No, I did not You didnt cite anything so i googled to see whom or what you might be talking about and thats all that popped up. It turns your vague accusation only matched the equally vague accusations of a rather nasty white supremacist zionist. I think that says that Joe Kent is being slandered mainly by some rather extreme genocide denying racists.
- JumpCrisscross 7mo ago
  > These days conflating criticism of israel with anti semitism is a very clear, very obvious and very reliable racist calling card No it isn't. There are lots of anti-Semites who just don't like Jews irrespective of Israel's foreign policy. There are also a lot of people criticising Israel who are idiots, alongside the–I believe–majority who have thought deeply about the issue and concluded dispassionately.
  - pydry 7mo ago
    Yes, anti semites exist but trumped up accusations of anti semitism against israel critics is still one of the most reliable indicators of a vehement islamophobe. And, they hate anti-racists almost as much as they hate muslims.
- YZF 7mo ago
  Those days people that hate Jews claiming they're "only anti-Zionists" are being white washed while synagogues are shot at and people displaying anything Jewish are attacked on the streets in western countries. Antisemitism is at all times high. And not the "critical of Israel" type of antisemitism. The "jews control the weather", "space lasers from mars" and "let's kill all of them" type of antisemitism is rampant. Comments like yours are the racist ones. Maybe you don't understand that but that's a whole problem on its own. People are completely uneducated on what antisemitism is, the traditional blood libels against the Jewish people, the history of the Jewish people, and how all that relates to what's going on today.
  - bandofthehawk 7mo ago
    > Antisemitism is at all times high. It's always high, or did you mean at an all time high? How does antisemitism in America today compare to Russia in the 1800s?
    - YZF 7mo ago
      Well it's hard to say. But I meant more or less since WW-II or modern times.
  - donkeybeer 7mo ago
    Yes and why do you think that is. Constant crying wolf means moderate persons are slowly feeling the word antisemite lose all meaning and therefore the real antisemites are gaining room to legitimise themselves.
    - YZF 7mo ago
      I don't think we're crying wolf. Part of the game played here by the people that hate Jews is to attack the meaning of this word and they are being successful at it. Distortion of words and language is part of the tool set used by the anti-Israel camp here. The anti-Israel camp, which is also (broadly) antisemitic, is intentionally fueling antisemitism while pushing the argument that it's not antisemitism because it's really anti-Zionism or anti-Israel. For countries like Iran and Qatar Israel should not exist because it's Jewish and Jews should not live in the Middle East because it's Muslim land. In their eyes there is no confusion that these are all the same thing. Only in those eyes of said "moderate" people.
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pydry 7mo ago

These days conflating criticism of israel with anti semitism is a very clear, very obvious and very reliable racist calling card. Mitch McConnell (adherent of the great replacement theory) accusing Joe Kent of anti semitism gave the accusation the same gravitas it would have if Strom Thurmond or the Grand wizard of the KKK did it. i.e. it only serves to underscore the accuser's racism.

brendoelfrendo 7mo ago
Did I cite Mitch McConnell? No, I did not. I tried to be clear that I am not accusing Joe Kent of anti-Semitism because he is criticizing Israel, and Mitch engaging in that kind of rhetoric is only serving to make it harder for me to make my point. I am accusing Kent of anti-Semitism because he has a history of engaging in anti-Jewish conspiracy theories and consorting with neo-Nazis. My point is simple: we should not respect Joe Kent. His resignation is correct; his reasoning is flawed.
- YZF 7mo ago
  "The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Joe Kent to a top counterterrorism role, overcoming opposition from Democrats who described the retired Army Green Beret as a conspiracy theorist who has associated with White nationalists and other far-right extremists. " - https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/politics/senate-confirmation-counterterrorism-joe-kent https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/politics/senate-confirmation-... Obviously a hero to the some on the far left today.
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- pydry 7mo ago
  >Did I cite Mitch McConnell? No, I did not You didnt cite anything so i googled to see whom or what you might be talking about and thats all that popped up. It turns your vague accusation only matched the equally vague accusations of a rather nasty white supremacist zionist. I think that says that Joe Kent is being slandered mainly by some rather extreme genocide denying racists.
JumpCrisscross 7mo ago
> These days conflating criticism of israel with anti semitism is a very clear, very obvious and very reliable racist calling card No it isn't. There are lots of anti-Semites who just don't like Jews irrespective of Israel's foreign policy. There are also a lot of people criticising Israel who are idiots, alongside the–I believe–majority who have thought deeply about the issue and concluded dispassionately.
- pydry 7mo ago
  Yes, anti semites exist but trumped up accusations of anti semitism against israel critics is still one of the most reliable indicators of a vehement islamophobe. And, they hate anti-racists almost as much as they hate muslims.
YZF 7mo ago
Those days people that hate Jews claiming they're "only anti-Zionists" are being white washed while synagogues are shot at and people displaying anything Jewish are attacked on the streets in western countries. Antisemitism is at all times high. And not the "critical of Israel" type of antisemitism. The "jews control the weather", "space lasers from mars" and "let's kill all of them" type of antisemitism is rampant. Comments like yours are the racist ones. Maybe you don't understand that but that's a whole problem on its own. People are completely uneducated on what antisemitism is, the traditional blood libels against the Jewish people, the history of the Jewish people, and how all that relates to what's going on today.
- bandofthehawk 7mo ago
  > Antisemitism is at all times high. It's always high, or did you mean at an all time high? How does antisemitism in America today compare to Russia in the 1800s?
  - YZF 7mo ago
    Well it's hard to say. But I meant more or less since WW-II or modern times.
- donkeybeer 7mo ago
  Yes and why do you think that is. Constant crying wolf means moderate persons are slowly feeling the word antisemite lose all meaning and therefore the real antisemites are gaining room to legitimise themselves.
  - YZF 7mo ago
    I don't think we're crying wolf. Part of the game played here by the people that hate Jews is to attack the meaning of this word and they are being successful at it. Distortion of words and language is part of the tool set used by the anti-Israel camp here. The anti-Israel camp, which is also (broadly) antisemitic, is intentionally fueling antisemitism while pushing the argument that it's not antisemitism because it's really anti-Zionism or anti-Israel. For countries like Iran and Qatar Israel should not exist because it's Jewish and Jews should not live in the Middle East because it's Muslim land. In their eyes there is no confusion that these are all the same thing. Only in those eyes of said "moderate" people.

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