Democratic congressman compares Isreali territory settlers to termites

[LLR]

This is why people question why Jewish voters continue to support the Democratic Party with comments like this.

Because neo-Nazis and anti-Semites tend to be very Republican, and Democrats have a record of sticking up for oppressed groups. As a Jew, albeit not an avidly pro-Israel one, I can safely sayI trust the democratic party more to protect me from hate groups.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

Is no one capable of discussing this issue without feeling the overwhelming urge to say something offensive? Seriously, I don't get it.

It's called "letting the mask slip". Their hatred for Jews is so intense that they can't discuss the legit issue of the settlements without comparing us to literal insects to be exterminated.

Maybe he'll get primaried from the right like McKinney did and replaced by someone who thinks we're...I don't know, mammals of some kind at least?

[Helsinkian]

What is with communists' hard-on for Palestine

Well you see, part of being a communist is opposing all forms of racism and oppression.

Right, that's why no-one was oppressed in the Soviet Union, huh?

[SWE]

What is with communists' hard-on for Palestine

Well you see, part of being a communist is opposing all forms of racism and oppression.

Right, that's why no-one was oppressed in the Soviet Union, huh?

Capitalist dictatorships have a tendency to oppress people, yes. 

[Taco Truck 🚚]

Their hatred for Jews...

Why do people insist on treating Jews like a monolithic people?  Are Jews not entitled to be treated as a diverse group of people?  If I have one bad experience with someone who happens to be Jewish should I just assume all Jews behave that way?

None of the Jews I know are settlers who have stolen land.  I don't connect the two.  Jewish people around me have enough to deal with without being saddled by the grotesque behavior of people half way around the world.  Stop it with this JJJEEEWWWSSSS stuff.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

Their hatred for Jews...

Why do people insist on treating Jews like a monolithic people?  Are Jews not entitled to be treated as a diverse group of people?  If I have one bad experience with someone who happens to be Jewish should I just assume all Jews behave that way?

None of the Jews I know are settlers who have stolen land.  I don't connect the two.  Jewish people around me have enough to deal with without being saddled by the grotesque behavior of people half way around the world.  Stop it with this JJJEEEWWWSSSS stuff.

Spoken like someone who really doesn't understand how anti-semitism operates.

Anti-semites make very clear that every Jew is to pay the price for Israel's sins, or for the sins of individual Jews, or for things that Jews didn't actually do but they're blamed for (like the death of a Rabbi two thousand years ago, for example). In that context, every lie or obscene generalization doesn't just hurt the people it targets.

And Nazi-like comparisons of Jews to vermin inflame anti-Jewish sentiment worldwide. I really couldn't care less if pointing this out upsets people.

We don't have the luxury of being separated from the "bad Jews". Hell rains down on us anyway. Thus, the other side doesn't get the luxury of having their "critiques" separated from their impact on our community.

[Taco Truck 🚚]

Their hatred for Jews...

Why do people insist on treating Jews like a monolithic people?  Are Jews not entitled to be treated as a diverse group of people?  If I have one bad experience with someone who happens to be Jewish should I just assume all Jews behave that way?

None of the Jews I know are settlers who have stolen land.  I don't connect the two.  Jewish people around me have enough to deal with without being saddled by the grotesque behavior of people half way around the world.  Stop it with this JJJEEEWWWSSSS stuff.

Spoken like someone who really doesn't understand how anti-semitism operates.

Anti-semites make very clear that every Jew is to pay the price for Israel's

There you go again.  You just can't help yourself.  What about diversity do you not understand?  Criminal land grabbers do not speak for all Israeli people.  There are plenty of people in Israel who have enough problems without having to answer for every single criminal that breaks international law.  Why can you not treat Jews as a diverse group of people?  How many Jews have to tell you, I don't condone this behavior, before you do the decent thing and respect their opinion and grant them the dignity of being treated like individuals?

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

Their hatred for Jews...

Why do people insist on treating Jews like a monolithic people?  Are Jews not entitled to be treated as a diverse group of people?  If I have one bad experience with someone who happens to be Jewish should I just assume all Jews behave that way?

None of the Jews I know are settlers who have stolen land.  I don't connect the two.  Jewish people around me have enough to deal with without being saddled by the grotesque behavior of people half way around the world.  Stop it with this JJJEEEWWWSSSS stuff.

Spoken like someone who really doesn't understand how anti-semitism operates.

Anti-semites make very clear that every Jew is to pay the price for Israel's

There you go again.  You just can't help yourself.  What about diversity do you not understand?  Criminal land grabbers do not speak for all Israeli people.  There are plenty of people in Israel who have enough problems without having to answer for every single criminal that breaks international law.  Why can you not treat Jews as a diverse group of people?  How many Jews have to tell you, I don't condone this behavior, before you do the decent thing and respect their opinion and grant them the dignity of being treated like individuals?

And when SJP stops encircling Hillel Houses to intimidate diaspora Jews becuz Israel, we can have that discussion.

Until then, calling Israeli Jews vermin puts all Jews in danger. We can't separate the two out because anti-semites who violently target Jews won't let us.

[Taco Truck 🚚]

Their hatred for Jews...

Why do people insist on treating Jews like a monolithic people?  Are Jews not entitled to be treated as a diverse group of people?  If I have one bad experience with someone who happens to be Jewish should I just assume all Jews behave that way?

None of the Jews I know are settlers who have stolen land.  I don't connect the two.  Jewish people around me have enough to deal with without being saddled by the grotesque behavior of people half way around the world.  Stop it with this JJJEEEWWWSSSS stuff.

Spoken like someone who really doesn't understand how anti-semitism operates.

Anti-semites make very clear that every Jew is to pay the price for Israel's

There you go again.  You just can't help yourself.  What about diversity do you not understand?  Criminal land grabbers do not speak for all Israeli people.  There are plenty of people in Israel who have enough problems without having to answer for every single criminal that breaks international law.  Why can you not treat Jews as a diverse group of people?  How many Jews have to tell you, I don't condone this behavior, before you do the decent thing and respect their opinion and grant them the dignity of being treated like individuals?

And when SJP stops encircling Hillel Houses...

Sorry man.  I don't know what your word salad is even supposed to mean.  A US Congressman criticized criminals half way around the world some of who are murders.  You ranting about the JJJJEEEWWSSS has no place here.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

Their hatred for Jews...

Why do people insist on treating Jews like a monolithic people?  Are Jews not entitled to be treated as a diverse group of people?  If I have one bad experience with someone who happens to be Jewish should I just assume all Jews behave that way?

None of the Jews I know are settlers who have stolen land.  I don't connect the two.  Jewish people around me have enough to deal with without being saddled by the grotesque behavior of people half way around the world.  Stop it with this JJJEEEWWWSSSS stuff.

Spoken like someone who really doesn't understand how anti-semitism operates.

Anti-semites make very clear that every Jew is to pay the price for Israel's

There you go again.  You just can't help yourself.  What about diversity do you not understand?  Criminal land grabbers do not speak for all Israeli people.  There are plenty of people in Israel who have enough problems without having to answer for every single criminal that breaks international law.  Why can you not treat Jews as a diverse group of people?  How many Jews have to tell you, I don't condone this behavior, before you do the decent thing and respect their opinion and grant them the dignity of being treated like individuals?

And when SJP stops encircling Hillel Houses...

Sorry man.  I don't know what your word salad is even supposed to mean.  A US Congressman criticized criminals half way around the world some of who are murders.  You ranting about the JJJJEEEWWSSS has no place here.

If you don't get why comparing a group of Jewish people (regardless of what they are accused of, and your description is a gross oversimplification) to a destructive household pest that is frequently gassed by exterminators is inherently anti-semitic, you never will.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Very misleading title, he didn't do it at the DNC.

Not sure why this post was "modified for excessive hyperbole," but whatever.  Not sure how the mods modified it either, tbh   Weird.

[Figueira]

As a Jew, I'd like to ask people in this thread to stop speaking for me, and stop acting like all Jews are special snowflakes who can't be criticized for their actions.

[Kingpoleon]

Their hatred for Jews...

Why do people insist on treating Jews like a monolithic people?  Are Jews not entitled to be treated as a diverse group of people?  If I have one bad experience with someone who happens to be Jewish should I just assume all Jews behave that way?

None of the Jews I know are settlers who have stolen land.  I don't connect the two.  Jewish people around me have enough to deal with without being saddled by the grotesque behavior of people half way around the world.  Stop it with this JJJEEEWWWSSSS stuff.

Spoken like someone who really doesn't understand how anti-semitism operates.

Anti-semites make very clear that every Jew is to pay the price for Israel's

There you go again.  You just can't help yourself.  What about diversity do you not understand?  Criminal land grabbers do not speak for all Israeli people.  There are plenty of people in Israel who have enough problems without having to answer for every single criminal that breaks international law.  Why can you not treat Jews as a diverse group of people?  How many Jews have to tell you, I don't condone this behavior, before you do the decent thing and respect their opinion and grant them the dignity of being treated like individuals?

And when SJP stops encircling Hillel Houses...

Sorry man.  I don't know what your word salad is even supposed to mean.  A US Congressman criticized criminals half way around the world some of who are murders.  You ranting about the JJJJEEEWWSSS has no place here.

But some, you assume, are good people.

[LLR]

As a Jew, I'd like to ask people in this thread to stop speaking for me, and stop acting like all Jews are special snowflakes who can't be criticized for their actions.

[Californiadreaming]

What an idiot! Indeed, one can certainly criticize Jewish Israeli settlers without dehumanizing them.

[Figueira]

I can kind of see how comparing them to termites is a bit extreme, but I also have to say that if it were any other ethnicity/religion (particularly Muslims), people wouldn't be reacting nearly as strongly to this.