"Saving Face" doesn't make sense to me. You think AIPAC has never lost an election before? That would be nonsense considering how many they are in.
It's not about one election, it's about a moment in time when Zionism is facing an unprecedented level of popular backlash from the right, the left, and even American Jews themselves. The Overton Window on Zionism has been shattered, and their attempt to primary the lone Republican in Congress who stands up to Zionism while giving zero fucks failed spectacularly.
Tbf, Massie is way worse for them than, say, Rashida Talib or Ilhan Omar, because these women are leftist Muslims, so of course they're gonna be anti-Zionist. Neither does AOC, because she's already positioned herself as far-left. But for a simple small-government milquetoast libertarian type to be standing against Zionism, at a time when big, mainstream conservative pundits like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens are also pushing back, and the Daily Wire has taken a huge hit over this issue, is definitely reason for Zionists to be nervous.
Zionism has boomers, especially boomercons, as their demographic base in the US, so they're already on a sinking ship. Thomas Massie is exactly the kind of straight-shooting common sense politicians that normies, and especially conservatives, love, and he's attacking the issue from a normal conservative perspective, not a far-left or even far-right perspective, which makes him difficult to ignore.
"AIPAC Buddies", yeah: it's an open fact. Literally everyone in DC knows it.
Let's zero in on that last line:
Literally everyone in DC knows it.
Yes, everyone in DC. You forget that most people aren't plugged into politics like DC insiders are, or even like we are. This is genuinely shocking to normies, and it's, again, coming from a congressman who doesn't come across as extreme, he's just an oldschool small government conservative. So again, where if it was being said by Omar or whomever it could be dismissed out of hand as some unhinged "conspiracy theory," but it can't be dismissed out of hand like that when it's coming from someone like Massie.
Tbf, Massie is way worse for them than, say, Rashida Talib or Ilhan Omar, because these women are leftist Muslims, so of course they're gonna be anti-Zionist.
Dead wrong. Massie has zero institutional power. He has zero institutional influence. He presents no threat. As you noted, Tucker Carlson has more influence. Candace Owens has more influence. Both of them, and their families are alive and well. Massie simply doesn't matter enough to warrant a motive.
This is genuinely shocking to normies,
Yes, surely the normies will rise up. This never works. 60% of America believes that there was voter fraud or irregularity in the 2020 election, and 80% think Jeffery Epstein was assassinated. Congratulations, sometimes the truth doesn't change anything. Particularly if the truth is an open secret.
HEY GUYS! I HEARD STUDIO 54 HAS HOMOSEXUALS IN IT!
GUYS?
it could be dismissed out of hand as some unhinged "conspiracy theory,
Except all of her donors, all of her constituents, and all of the foreign funding and organization she receives. Hence the problem. Massie is nothing compared to Omar.
I don't accept these arguments because it's not good enough motive.
"Saving Face" doesn't make sense to me. You think AIPAC has never lost an election before? That would be nonsense considering how many they are in.
"AIPAC Buddies", yeah: it's an open fact. Literally everyone in DC knows it. Saying the loud part out loud doesn't do anything.
It's not about one election, it's about a moment in time when Zionism is facing an unprecedented level of popular backlash from the right, the left, and even American Jews themselves. The Overton Window on Zionism has been shattered, and their attempt to primary the lone Republican in Congress who stands up to Zionism while giving zero fucks failed spectacularly.
Tbf, Massie is way worse for them than, say, Rashida Talib or Ilhan Omar, because these women are leftist Muslims, so of course they're gonna be anti-Zionist. Neither does AOC, because she's already positioned herself as far-left. But for a simple small-government milquetoast libertarian type to be standing against Zionism, at a time when big, mainstream conservative pundits like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens are also pushing back, and the Daily Wire has taken a huge hit over this issue, is definitely reason for Zionists to be nervous.
Zionism has boomers, especially boomercons, as their demographic base in the US, so they're already on a sinking ship. Thomas Massie is exactly the kind of straight-shooting common sense politicians that normies, and especially conservatives, love, and he's attacking the issue from a normal conservative perspective, not a far-left or even far-right perspective, which makes him difficult to ignore.
Let's zero in on that last line:
Yes, everyone in DC. You forget that most people aren't plugged into politics like DC insiders are, or even like we are. This is genuinely shocking to normies, and it's, again, coming from a congressman who doesn't come across as extreme, he's just an oldschool small government conservative. So again, where if it was being said by Omar or whomever it could be dismissed out of hand as some unhinged "conspiracy theory," but it can't be dismissed out of hand like that when it's coming from someone like Massie.
Dead wrong. Massie has zero institutional power. He has zero institutional influence. He presents no threat. As you noted, Tucker Carlson has more influence. Candace Owens has more influence. Both of them, and their families are alive and well. Massie simply doesn't matter enough to warrant a motive.
Yes, surely the normies will rise up. This never works. 60% of America believes that there was voter fraud or irregularity in the 2020 election, and 80% think Jeffery Epstein was assassinated. Congratulations, sometimes the truth doesn't change anything. Particularly if the truth is an open secret.
HEY GUYS! I HEARD STUDIO 54 HAS HOMOSEXUALS IN IT!
GUYS?
Except all of her donors, all of her constituents, and all of the foreign funding and organization she receives. Hence the problem. Massie is nothing compared to Omar.