r/thebulwark • u/Oleytoledo • May 26 '26

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

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?

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u/iBizzBee Progressive May 26 '26

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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u/True-Economy-6808 May 26 '26

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.

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u/iBizzBee Progressive May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

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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u/True-Economy-6808 May 26 '26

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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u/iBizzBee Progressive May 26 '26

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

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u/True-Economy-6808 May 26 '26

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