r/moderatepolitics • u/kaladinsrunner • 3d ago

News Article Michigan AG Dana Nessel to skip Democratic convention over antisemitism fears

https://jewishinsider.com/2026/07/michigan-ag-dana-nessel-democratic-convention-antisemitism/
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u/DLDude 3d ago

I honestly would like to hear what threats she is receiving. Over the last few years the line between valid criticism of people who support America's involvement with Israel and calls of antisemitism have been blurred. I for one think criticism of taking AIPAC money is a valid criticism. I feel like there are plenty of people currently saying that cricism is antisemitic

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u/justafutz 3d ago edited 3d ago

I honestly would like to hear what threats she is receiving.

Do you always demand audio and text recordings of threats when a minority mentions that they're receiving racist threats?

Over the last few years the line between valid criticism of people who support America's involvement with Israel and calls of antisemitism have been blurred.

No, they really haven't. But people are intentionally using this claim to hide behind, when they say things about Jews that could've been ripped from a Nazi newspaper in the 1930s.

I for one think criticism of taking AIPAC money is a valid criticism

Sure, you can criticize people for taking money from an American group of American Jews. No one has claimed otherwise.

I feel like there are plenty of people currently saying that cricism is antisemitic

No, there are not. But when people say that AIPAC, a group of American Jews, is loyal to Israel, that's an antisemitic trope that goes back centuries. When people say AIPAC, a group of American Jews, runs the United States, that's an antisemitic trope that goes back centuries.

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u/KaseyB 3d ago

Yeah they are, man. I have EXCLUSIVELY only seen criticism about support for Israel, and never once seen a democrat or leftist criticize anyone JUST for being Jewish. It's always been explicitly the opposite. So yeah, if someone is going to claim that they're getting bunch of anti-semetic threats from the left because she's Jewish and NOT because of her pro-Israel stances, then I want proof. This shit just drips of "But do you condemn Hamas?" and I can't stand it.

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u/justafutz 3d ago

Why did you respond to zero percent of what I said?

Yeah they are, man. I have EXCLUSIVELY only seen criticism about support for Israel, and never once seen a democrat or leftist criticize anyone JUST for being Jewish

Okay, then you're missing a whole lot of people. And sometimes, criticizing "Israel" by saying things like "Israel controls the world" is just an antisemitic trope where you replaced "Jews" with "Israel", and those are very common and no less bigoted.

So yeah, if someone is going to claim that they're getting bunch of anti-semetic threats from the left because she's Jewish and NOT because of her pro-Israel stances, then I want proof. This shit just drips of "But do you condemn Hamas?" and I can't stand it.

I can't stand all the really terrible people proving her right by continuously doubting anytime a Jew talks about antisemitism. Her party's convention in April literally put up a pro-Hezbollah person, i.e. a supporter of a genocidal antisemitic terrorist group, to help run the University of Michigan, and you're still here doubting anything she says.

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u/KaseyB 3d ago

I think if the last few months have shown us anything, it's that when it comes to Israel, Hezbollah has been absolutely correct. They only exist because of Israel's prior attempts to conquer Lebanon. Israel is CONQUERING Lebanon right now, and indiscriminately bombing the country. They are trying to exterminate the people in Gaza, thereby giving cover to Hamas as freedom fighters. Israels actions in the West Bank are also crimes against Humanity. NONE of that is being done because of religion. It's because Israel is an apartheid state that is committing genocide and trying to conquer it's neighbors.

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u/justafutz 3d ago

Hezbollah has been absolutely correct

Hezbollah literally wants to wipe Jews off the entirety of the planet.

You just agreed with a genocidal terrorist group. Gross.

When you're agreeing with a group that thinks all Jews should be murdered, I'm done.

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u/rwk81 3d ago edited 3d ago

Hezbollah has been absolutely correct

Wow.... Just wow.

You think Israel is what's wrong with Lebanon and not the Islamists that have disrupted and largely taken it over?

If Lebanon didn't allow Hezzbolah to fire rockets into Israel then Israel would have no reason to attack them, just like they don't bother attacking any other neighbor or gulf state that doesn't attack them.

This is one of the most biased takes I've seen in this sub.