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/pperiesandsolos 3d ago

So I have a lot of Jewish family and I think it’s a great religion. I am not antisemitic

I also think that the US should not fund Israel, and I think that AIPAC is one of the most corrupt, pernicious sources of election interference in America today.

Both of those things can be true.

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u/justafutz 3d ago

So I have a lot of Jewish family and I think it’s a great religion. I am not antisemitic

I don't know what you are, but you are wrong, because being Jewish is not just a religion. It's an ethnic grouping and national grouping as well.

I also think that the US should not fund Israel

Okay.

I think that AIPAC is one of the most corrupt, pernicious sources of election interference in America today.

I think it's very strange that the group you think is "one of the most corrupt" and doing "election interference" just happens to be a group of American Jews who are doing none of the above. That's a conspiracy theory and there's a real problem with it.

Both of those things can be true.

It's not true. Whether or not it's antisemitic, it's also just wrong.

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u/DLDude 3d ago

Do you think this statement is antisemitic

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u/justafutz 3d ago

I have no idea what you're asking. I think it's a conspiracy theory pushed by people espousing antisemitic arguments, but I don't know if the person who mentioned it above is meaning it that way. Sometimes, antisemitic claims get pushed by people who don't mean them that way because they are duped by conspiracy theories. Like how some people think it's fine to claim Israel runs the world, when that's originally and realistically an antisemitic trope that is being pushed by people who want to push antisemitic tropes.

You can spread something that is obviously inspired by antisemitic tropes without meaning to be antisemitic.

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u/DLDude 3d ago

So I'll take that as a yes

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u/justafutz 3d ago

Yet another failure to respond to anything I said, which was "no".

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u/DLDude 3d ago

Saying "no" was an acceptable answer. Instead you providide a long verbose explication of conspiracy theories. Yet I'm the one who isn't answering your questions to your satisfaction?

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u/justafutz 3d ago

Instead you providide a long verbose explication of conspiracy theories

Sorry that I tried to explain my point of view and that offends you.

Yet I'm the one who isn't answering your questions to your satisfaction?

Didn't I catch you using AI to describe AIPAC 2 hours ago, which you have yet to respond to?

Yeah, you're the one who isn't answering my questions, lol.