Some account claiming to belong to USS Liberty veterans demanded an investigation into the matter. Bacon said forget it, it was 60 years ago. Then, when he was accused of not caring about veterans, he said that this is his position because he doesn't support attacks on Israel or anti-Semitism (the first mention of Jews or Israel).
I don't get the aggression. The over-the-top defense of Israel seems so cartoonish. Politicians aren't this forceful defending their own communities. It seems so overt.
They are signaling to AIPAC. Insufficient enthusiasm in defense of Jews/Israel is reason enough to cancel campaign contributions and fund your opponent.
Like that question to all the mayoral candidates about which country they would visit first after winning. It was just an opportunity for all of them to signal allegiance to Jews/Israel. The only candidate who passed the test was the fucking communist.
Whatever the reasoning is, its important to them. They could cut anti-Jew awakenings by over half or more by just being less overt about it.
If they didn't clamp half as hard when people make jokes/memes or do interviews as awful as Cruz's, I'd wager most people wouldn't come around to hating them nearly as often.
Whatever the reasoning is, its important to them. They could cut anti-Jew awakenings by over half or more by just being less overt about it.
Seems to me that it's the political version of the peacock's tail. Which serves no useful purpose, but was the result of an evolutionary arms race (let's not get into that issue, would hypothetically be if you don't accept it). When both candidates support Israel fully, you can distinguish yourself with "I support Israel fully and will also degrade myself by being a nutcase like this".
If they didn't clamp half as hard when people make jokes/memes
The memes/jokes are very stupid and overused though. It doesn't just target Israel, but Jews in general, and it boils down to "hey, another Jew doing something I don't like". Someone's Jewishness isn't brought up when he does something they don't mind. Pure confirmation bias.
What brought all this on?
Some account claiming to belong to USS Liberty veterans demanded an investigation into the matter. Bacon said forget it, it was 60 years ago. Then, when he was accused of not caring about veterans, he said that this is his position because he doesn't support attacks on Israel or anti-Semitism (the first mention of Jews or Israel).
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I don't get the aggression. The over-the-top defense of Israel seems so cartoonish. Politicians aren't this forceful defending their own communities. It seems so overt.
They are signaling to AIPAC. Insufficient enthusiasm in defense of Jews/Israel is reason enough to cancel campaign contributions and fund your opponent.
Like that question to all the mayoral candidates about which country they would visit first after winning. It was just an opportunity for all of them to signal allegiance to Jews/Israel. The only candidate who passed the test was the fucking communist.
Whatever the reasoning is, its important to them. They could cut anti-Jew awakenings by over half or more by just being less overt about it.
If they didn't clamp half as hard when people make jokes/memes or do interviews as awful as Cruz's, I'd wager most people wouldn't come around to hating them nearly as often.
Seems to me that it's the political version of the peacock's tail. Which serves no useful purpose, but was the result of an evolutionary arms race (let's not get into that issue, would hypothetically be if you don't accept it). When both candidates support Israel fully, you can distinguish yourself with "I support Israel fully and will also degrade myself by being a nutcase like this".
The memes/jokes are very stupid and overused though. It doesn't just target Israel, but Jews in general, and it boils down to "hey, another Jew doing something I don't like". Someone's Jewishness isn't brought up when he does something they don't mind. Pure confirmation bias.
They don't get as many bribes from their own communities. Same goes for the arms industry.
Really puts into perspective the relative value of bribes/campaign contributions and votes.