Governments (especially authoritarian ones) like to perpetuate that way of thinking. A government that doesn't speak for the citizenry is illegitimate. To avoid the appearance (even if it's a thin veil) of being despotic tyrants and/or bought and paid for by private interests (but I repeat myself), they perpetuate the notion that the people agree with the government, even to the point of being synonymous with the people. And the media goes along with it. They don't speak of the government as a distinct entity from the borders or citizenry of the country. They don't say "the government of the U.S.A. bombed Iran", they say "the U.S. bombed Iran". They don't say "the Israeli government expanded their borders and genocided more Palestinian people", they say "Isreal annexed disputed land". It's just part of how the propaganda machine works. In fact, it's an integral part of how the propaganda machine works.

Israel has a few factors that intensify this particular effect. Their government playing into it constantly is certainly part of it. Also, Jewish people made up notable minorities in many countries, but majorities in zero, between about 586 BCE and 1948 CE. The insular nature of those minority communities made them an easy scapegoat for a lot of groups for those ~2500 years, so a lot of cultural significance was put into the perceived need to be a majority somewhere. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't want to get rid of the boot, they just want to be the ones wearing it.

Conservatives and authoritarians are simple minded.

If he did have a spine, he'd still be without tour venues, but at least he'd have the support of the public and artists. Now he's have a venue, but no show AND he lost major pubic support. He'll always been know as Kraft's little bitch now.

I'm Jewish. I'm not religious. I've studied a fair amount about Jewish, Abrahamic, and Judeo-Christian history, scripture, and culture. I am by no means an expert, but I've forgotten more about these religions than most people ever bother to learn.

Armed with this knowledge, I'm ready to make an assessment:

• P!NK is a bad Jew.
• Any pro-genocide Jew is a bad Jew.
• Any Jew who calls people antisemitic for criticizing military actions is a bad Jew.
• Any Jew who compares humans to animals and uses xenophobia to justify marginalization is a bad human.
• Any Jew who uses comparisons to animals as justification for extermination is a bad person.
• Any Jew who condemns children instead of reaching out to them is a bad person and is not paying attention.
• Any Jew who celebrates the extermination of entire families, bystanders, and civilians needs to examine their entire life while literally eating a brick.

And please don’t talk to me like I’ve never stood up for my beliefs when it was unpopular. In the middle of the Gulf War in 2006 I put out a song called “Dear Mr. President” and sang it every night on tour while my country was in a war I didn’t support,

And now I’m standing up for my own people,

Translation: "my country" = America, "my own people" = genocidal Zionists. Great take. I'm sure all the dead women and children in Palestine would be so proud of you.

For real, how does everyone in the media bother to feign such cognitive dissonance all the time? When someone says they're against the war in Iran, does that mean they want to kill all Americans?

Who falls for this shit? Zionists need to find something better than playing the victim card 24/7.