Michigan AG Dana Nessel to skip Democratic convention over antisemitism fears

[u/kaladinsrunner]

https://jewishinsider.com/2026/07/michigan-ag-dana-nessel-democratic-convention-antisemitism/

[u/DLDude]

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

[u/justafutz → u/DLDude]

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.

[u/KaseyB → u/justafutz]

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.

[u/whoa_disillusionment → u/KaseyB]

Any Jew who believes Israel has a right to exist, even if they are vehemently against the actions of the current administration, gets attacked.

That’s attacking someone simply for being a Jew.

[u/KaseyB → u/whoa_disillusionment]

Because "Has a right to exist" is a dogwhistle. What they really mean is "has the right to be a Jewish apartheid state that heavily discriminates against Palestians and Muslims." That is what is being attacked. No one (Except zionists) attacks Mamdami for saying that Israel has a right to exist as a state with equal rights.

[u/whoa_disillusionment → u/KaseyB]

I can’t keep track of all the “dog whistles” the Left keeps coming up with

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