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lostincalifornia

(4,222 posts)
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 08:40 PM Jul 31

Calling out Jews as complicit if they do nothing about Gaza is a dog whistle

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220526990



Why single out Jews?

Then wonder why Jewish businesses are vandalized or Jews are attacked, and play “Innocent”



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Calling out Jews as complicit if they do nothing about Gaza is a dog whistle (Original Post) lostincalifornia Jul 31 OP
I read the comments to the article. Beastly Boy Jul 31 #1
Jews should be able to live their lives as they choose. Do we expect every individual to do... what, exactly? question everything Jul 31 #2
I find it similar to those who call out Palestinians moniss Jul 31 #3
I agree. lostincalifornia Jul 31 #4
This is much worse. The discussion begins: "If Israelis and Jews Don't Act Now..." lapucelle Aug 1 #9
The people saying that JustAnotherGen Aug 1 #11
Someone pointed out this week that the ONE group with the power to UNILATERALLY end this war lapucelle Aug 1 #13
They do not want it to end. They must be destroyed instead... then it will end. Oopsie Daisy Aug 4 #20
Some NEVER miss an opportunity to blame Jews...all Jews. Behind the Aegis Aug 1 #5
and it doesn't matter how they identify themselves either, because they are providing an excuse for anti-Jewish lostincalifornia Aug 1 #6
ITA JustAnotherGen Aug 1 #7
I am not surprised that some are now playing the "label" card, because lostincalifornia Aug 1 #8
There are definite JustAnotherGen Aug 1 #10
Neither will I. lostincalifornia Aug 1 #18
Thank you for posting this LetMyPeopleVote Aug 1 #12
It is hurtful and unfair. lostincalifornia Aug 1 #19
I asked a question in post 10 i was hoping Mosby Aug 1 #14
I did not bother to read the post. Why legitimize it? question everything Aug 1 #15
Just posting on DU legitimized the place. Mosby Aug 1 #16
I think the problem Mosby is that there are some who have such antagonism toward Israel and Jews lostincalifornia Aug 1 #17
 

Beastly Boy

(13,283 posts)
1. I read the comments to the article.
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 10:07 PM
Jul 31

It's an orgy of Jew hatred in every perverted form conceivable.

Mission accomplished.

question everything

(50,838 posts)
2. Jews should be able to live their lives as they choose. Do we expect every individual to do... what, exactly?
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 10:09 PM
Jul 31

moniss

(7,920 posts)
3. I find it similar to those who call out Palestinians
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 11:41 PM
Jul 31

for not "stopping" Hamas, Hezbollah etc. or any other armed group. Both are wrong.

lapucelle

(20,607 posts)
9. This is much worse. The discussion begins: "If Israelis and Jews Don't Act Now..."
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 10:00 AM
Aug 1

Not only are folks of a particular national group targeted and blamed, folks of a particular ethnicity and/or religion are targeted and blamed.



lapucelle

(20,607 posts)
13. Someone pointed out this week that the ONE group with the power to UNILATERALLY end this war
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 10:51 AM
Aug 1

is Hamas. And Hamas has held that power from day 1.

That particular point is one that needs to be repeated ad infinitum, yet we never hear it in the MSM. We should be hearing it every day from world leaders, humanitarian groups, and the feckless UN.

Hamas's disregard for the Gazan people and human life in general is "baked in", so for some reason Hamas gets a universal pass. It reminds me of how the media dismisses Trump's abuses with "That's just Trump being Trump".

"Brutal butchery and using the people of Gaza as human shields? Hiding underground and filling their bellies with stolen food while Gazans suffer?"

"Ho hum. That's just Hamas being Hamas."




Behind the Aegis

(55,608 posts)
5. Some NEVER miss an opportunity to blame Jews...all Jews.
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 12:56 AM
Aug 1

Just like the bigots who never miss an opportunity to blame Israel, directly or indirectly, for all the ills of the world....including a downturn in tourism to Las Vegas.

lostincalifornia

(4,222 posts)
6. and it doesn't matter how they identify themselves either, because they are providing an excuse for anti-Jewish
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 01:03 AM
Aug 1

bigotry.

lostincalifornia

(4,222 posts)
8. I am not surprised that some are now playing the "label" card, because
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 09:22 AM
Aug 1

He is a rabbi and a Jew, is justification for calling all Jews as “complicit” for what is happening in Gaza if they don’t do anything about it.

It doesn’t matter who he is, calling all Jews as complicit is bullshit

it doesn't matter how he identifies either, because he is providing an excuse for anti-Jewish bigotry.

No surprise that some would have no problem with this.

so what if if he is a rabbi, Meir Kahane was a rabbi and a racist piece of garbage, Norman finkelstein is a vile holocaust piece of garbage minimizer.

It is no different than those who were enthralled with Reverend Wright collectively blaming of all white people for the ills of the world.

Oh, he is a rabbi, oh he is a Jew, so it is OK to collectively blame ALL Jews for complicity if they don’t do something.

He is a jackass promoting anti-Jewish bigotry, and because he happens to be a rabbi, he is getting the attention he wants as a political activist.



JustAnotherGen

(36,722 posts)
10. There are definite
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 10:06 AM
Aug 1

Double, Triple, Quadruple . . . .

Standards at play. One day this war will end and the internet warriors will move onto the next outrage DuJour. To be clear - this is beyond DU. You see it on social media all of the time.

BLM and Defund the police is well behind them in their rearview mirrors.

In the meantime, they are embedding memories and pain that will not be forgotten.

I won't forget.

Mosby

(18,928 posts)
14. I asked a question in post 10 i was hoping
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 12:36 PM
Aug 1

Someone here would jump in and answer, then we could do the old tag team.

Mosby

(18,928 posts)
16. Just posting on DU legitimized the place.
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 01:02 PM
Aug 1

Trying to partition the bigotry is a fools errand. All of us are complicit in a way.

lostincalifornia

(4,222 posts)
17. I think the problem Mosby is that there are some who have such antagonism toward Israel and Jews
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 02:15 PM
Aug 1

long before October 7, that they feel it is futile to even try to engage. Some are suggesting in not so subtle ways that Israel has no right to exist with such phrases as "the complicity has been going on for more than half a century".

When asked about the hostages, the answer was it is futile, and says because Netanyahu doesn't care about world opinion. While that may have some validity, it ignores who actually controls the fate of the hostages, and that is Hamas. How easily it is to forget that small detail.

and not surprisingly some are so "agreeable" to "blaming all Jews for complicity" if they don't don't do anything about what is happening in Gaza, because a "rabbi and a Jew said it was ok". Gee isn't that special, a rabbi gave them permission to blame all Jews with complicity.

When asked why are just "Jews being called out", one of the comments replied "perhaps because "everybody" isn't genocidal". That is the perfect example of blaming the Jews. It's garbage.

It is one disgusting example after another loaded with soft bigotry, because of a "rabbi" said it was ok. and just look how many are willing to oblige.

There were quite a few on the far left spectrum agreeing with Reverend Wright blaming all whites for every ill in the world, from addicting people to drugs, aids, the middle east, etc., then adding the U.S. for all the worlds problems.

"“The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing ‘God Bless America’? No. No. No. Not ‘God Bless America,’ ‘God damn America.’ God damn America for killing innocent people.”

President Obama realized this crazy ass preacher was out of his f**king mind, and immediately disassociated himself with him, and it wasn't entirely because of politics, it was because Obama can think critically.

I recall a fair number of people on the left were quite upset with President Obama for disassociating himself from Wright, and that has echos of a cult like behavior, not unlike the Magas that infest certain areas of our society.

Just observing the links used from such hosts as Krystal Ball and Democracy Now, speaks volumes.

The interesting thing from Maga and Left wing outlets, is they seem to NEVER interview people with opposing points of view. While perhaps not "brainwashing", they do exert significant influence and engage in psychological manipulation that can reinforce existing beliefs and potentially shape opinions. Having an opposing point of view would defeat that purpose, and actually force people to critically think about things.



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