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[–] 60 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Democratic incumbents now have to worry about being too pro-genocide

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  • [–] 54 points 3 months ago (12 children)

    Many in the crowd were alarmed by the surging popularity of Zohran Mamdani, but still skeptical that a staunchly anti-Israel lawmaker could be elected in the city with the world’s largest Jewish community outside of Israel.

    Here’s the rub, though; there’s an equal, or greater, number of Muslims in NYC compared to Jews. Furthermore, the NYC Jewish population isn’t the same as it was mid-twentieth century. The relatively secular Ashkenazi, Western European liberal/reform/conservative Jews (FYI, I’m using those terms in the context of Jewish sects, not the political ones) have been largely displaced by Eastern European orthodox and Hasidic Jews. They’re a bit mixed on Israel, but more importantly they tend to be insular and stick to their enclaves. Which means that unless the district in question contains said enclaves, the Jewish vote is unlikely to be super significant. Whereas the Muslim population is more disbursed across the city.

    So while the Zionist $$$ might still be big, when it comes to the actual voter base in NYC, the Zionists are making their assumptions off an outdated model.

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  • [–] 37 points 3 months ago (9 children)

    And also, turns out a lot of Jews are soured on the idea of ethnic cleansing period, and the fact it’s being done in their name actually makes them even more disgusted. Who’d a thunk?

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  • [–] 16 points 3 months ago*

    Keep in mind the US itself is still quite Zionist, and in line with this, so are a lot of Jewish Americans. I'm not sure what the latest stats are or if they are reliable, though.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago (7 children)
  • [–] 19 points 3 months ago* (4 children)

    There’s a whole subreddit called “r/JewsOfConscience” and when I was in college, the first people who opened my eyes about Israel’s genocide way back were Jews protesting Israel.

    Plus also, I acknowledge free will. I am white but I don’t think white supremacy is good. I can make a safe bet Jews have the free will to see the atrocities of Israel and object.

    Many Jews being against genocide, even Jewish supremacist genocide is axiomatic.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    i feel like you misread my comment as “no jews oppose genocide” when in reality i’m asking for actual data/numbers

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

    My understanding is that American Jews are actually quite divided on the subject. Evangelical Christians are more lopsided on the issue than Jewish people.

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  • [–] 37 points 3 months ago*

    For every never Trump Republican we lose. We pick up two non-voters in the rust belt.

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  • [–] 31 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I legit thought this said

    Jewish Telepathic Agency

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  • [–] 25 points 3 months ago