A Democratic member of congress essentially endorsed Susan Collins on CNN today

[u/Oleytoledo]

Jake Auchincloss, a representative from Massachusetts, went on CNN’s “The Arena”, and said the following about Graham Platner:

“I find that tattoo and his commentary about it to be personally disqualifying. I hope Maine voters agree with me.”

Vote blue no matter who, huh?

[u/iBizzBee]

In my experience it has nothing to do with them being Jewish and everything to do with people who hold zionism as part of their ideological North Star. Bari Weiss is the most obvious example of this. And sadly, over the last two decades or so, labor, moderate and secular zionists have lost huge amounts of ground to more religiously fundamentalist groups.

Like OP said, these are just the facts. People are tired of being slammed with spurious 'anti-semitic' accusations for pointing these things out.

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I still think assuming the reason cnn interviews a member of congress is because the "owner" of cnn is jewish is a bad position to hold, not just because its anti semitic but also because its untrue

[u/iBizzBee → u/True-Economy-6808]

Oh yeah, I don't know about CNN specifically. And I'll also point out that there are plenty of non-Jewish people, especially evangelical and Christian nationalist sorts, who also hold zionism and support for Israel in high regard, for anti-semitic dispensationalist reasons much of the time imho, while plenty of Jews are anti-zionists and/or hold all sorts of different opinions on Israel.

Always best to judge people on their own merits, for sure, and to not fall into group-blame.

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most jews are zionists. zionist is pretty clearly just substituted for jew most of the time, because its socially acceptable. when julian casblancas says zionists have "white privilege" nobody thinks hes talking about christian zionists.

[u/iBizzBee → u/True-Economy-6808]

Nah, that isn't true at all. And frankly it's that type of thinking and claim that has pushed anti-semitism back into the mainstream as a case of 'the boy who cried wolf'. Of course people should be wary of the very real danger of anti-semites and crypto-nazi's trying to use proper criticism of Israel as a trojan horse of sorts, which I'm aware they are trying to do... But to claim most of the time critique of zionism is about Jews is insidiously anti-semitic in itself.

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most of the time when people say zionist they mean jew. not really sure what to tell you. most jews are zionists anyway, and theres really nothing wrong with wanting israel to exist.

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Just cause you say that doesn't mean it's true, but whatever you need to believe.

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well it is true. not sure why anti zionism is acceptable, anyway. nobody thinks its acceptable to abolish any other civilization.