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Buddyzbuddy

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14. He's free to leave the party for whatever reason he chooses but
Mon May 11, 2026, 08:42 PM
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his statement implies a lie as the reason.

“Nazi tattoos, jihadist chants, intimidation and attacks at synagogues, and other hateful anti-Jewish invective and actions are minimized, ignored, and even coddled,” he wrote.

He's welcome to his opinion just as we are welcome to infer by his statement singling out Democrats for these racist attacks, he might favor the Republican party. That assumption by DU members is not unreasonable. The defense of such a statement would make one suspicious of motive.

The Democratic party has been a friend and ally of the Israeli people and the Gov't. As for the Jewish people in America, it's true, they have been targets of discrimination and abuse predominately by Southern white America who now make up a large part of the MAGA population and white racist Republicans.
To ignore that fact and state otherwise is at the very least disingenuous and at worst is cover to hide the true intent.

The elephant in the room is Netanyahu. He is the single most reason for the change in relationship and tone from Democrats to Israel. He is an evil person that is responsible for a genocide.

It is not for us to decide what reaction is reasonable for the atrocities committed by Hamas on the Jewish people of Israel. But as a thinking, rational person and what I believe to have reasonable compassion, I and many others think Netanyahu has gone too far and as such, he deserves punishment not support. That feeling and thought does not extend to the Jewish population. It would behoove AIPAC to step back and not act as an arm of Netanyahu's strategy. It would also behoove Democrats who choose to accept support from AIPAC because Democrats are quite aware and becoming more so aware of AIPAC and sub-pacs of AIPAC and their agenda to reconsider accepting their support.

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Supreme court justices should not be partisans. Judges and justices should Maru Kitteh Monday #1
Criticism of Israel is forbidden I suppose. travelingthrulife Monday #2
oh haven't you heard? Skittles Monday #15
Wait till he finds out who's in the other Party! FakeNoose Monday #3
He never said he was becoming a Republican Jose Garcia Monday #9
i'm pretty sure most of the Nazi-affiliated groups are Trumpers... johnnyplankton Monday #4
Sounds like a Republican infiltrator. hadEnuf Monday #5
28 years as an elected Democrat is pretty long for a con Jose Garcia Monday #7
It makes about as much sense as switching hadEnuf Tuesday #22
He didn't switch to the Republican Party Jose Garcia Tuesday #25
Perhaps a bit more research before making silly accusations NoRethugFriends Monday #11
You're right, I didn't read the article. hadEnuf Tuesday #21
As someone who is of Semitic descent... Bluejeans Monday #6
I agree that there are very few liberal Dems who actually hate or discriminate against Jews FakeNoose Monday #8
I ask people to back up statements like "the Democratic Party has moved too far left BaronChocula Monday #12
There are Democrats who are spilling over into anti-Jewish speech. LeftInTX Tuesday #24
He didn't name Platner, but is there some other democrat that had a Nazi tattoo for decades? mathematic Tuesday #27
Uuuummmmmm... did anyone tell the judge he is confusing Democrats and Republicans?!!?? Multichromatic Monday #10
He has the parties correct, Shermanator1 Monday #16
Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #29
You'd think a judge could understand nuance. BlueTsunami2018 Monday #13
He's free to leave the party for whatever reason he chooses but Buddyzbuddy Monday #14
Oh, there are American Jews who are against the overreach Netanyahu has done in Gaza. electric_blue68 Yesterday #30
"hatred has grown on the left" Aussie105 Monday #17
Yeah, right. Icanthinkformyself Tuesday #18
This message was self-deleted by its author cayugafalls Tuesday #19
From my viewpoint, the people on the left who are critical of Israel, cayugafalls Tuesday #20
Shame on him. He's a liar mountain grammy Tuesday #23
This might be the beginning. RandySF Tuesday #26
I believe he will find far more anti-semitism on the right. I suspect he is calling protests against the Israeli Martin68 Tuesday #28
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