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Zionist Israel has created a holocaust in Palestine upon the heads of the Indigenous people that rivals their experience in Nazi Germany. One must appreciate the truth that what Israel is doing is Anti-Christ and evil. I appreciate it and can stand by it else I become like them.

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I just learned that a Republican wrote a resolution which condemned antisemitism. My nephew, who is a staunch Republican, said that the majority of Democrats did not support this resolution. I truly don’t know what to believe anymore. If it’s true, my perception of both Parties has changed. Can someone enlighten me about this?

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I recommend Eric K. Ward's important analysis of the way white nationalism is driven by antisemitism. It is a seminal piece, called "Skin in the Game," and can be found at politicalresearch.org > 2017/06/29 > skin-in-the-game

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Antisemitism is a core driving force of white nationalism in this country. It must be identified and interrupted. As a person who is not Jewish, I feel a responsibility to speak up about this in solidarity with my Jewish community and friends. Also, it is important to realize that the State of Israel is not the Jewish people-- and to take a stand against what it is doing is not antisemitic. The racist haters are exploiting the fear and anger people are feeling to target and harm both Jews and Muslims around our country, and this is sickening and must not be tolerated! It must be interrupted and exposed and rejected. We must not forget our humanity. As for Musk--it is obscene that he holds sway because of his money. What does THAT say about the world's systemic dysfunction?

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We are long past reacting to antisemitism by simply vocalizing our sympathies. What is needed is sustained efforts to fight back with meaningful measures to force change. Trying to change bigotry by maudlin moral entreaties results, as always, with only smirks and sneers from bigots. Musk's power rests less with his wealth than with his personal stature of CEOship of his financial ventures, no matter how he manipulates the changing of chairs of titles to gain endlessly nuanced financial advantages and avoidances of accountabilities. To the point, treat him as a corporation. It is good that his corporate contributors have called a time-out of support, but these are temporary and selfishly face-saving. They will forgive him if he apologizes, stiff in self-righteous, self-serving postures. Forced apologies are supposed to suggest real addressment of racist bigotry? Corporations are massively powerful entities, seemingly omnipotent. There is one way however with which to combat these our oligarchic beasts (corporations are people!). Boycott. Boycotts against every entity of Musk's enterprises and against every corporate entity who shows simple, temporary chesty chastisements. To paraphrase Gecko, boycotts are good, boycotts work.

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Repudiation is the keyword. Thank you.

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As President Clinton said.

Politics are about people

Culture wars are about politicians

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He only cares about his wallet. If enough individuals and companies shun him, he may get the message

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I have been watching Musk for some time...all the wide ranging things his name comes up involved with. My most wide ranging fear is his availability and use of the satellite system that this entire world is reliant upon. Perhaps he is one of the Trump puppet masters out there??? I come to conclusions like this based on 80 years of living and trying to come to rational ideas. I’m really worried about America...it’s time to start looking inward as a society.

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Musk is a provocative character. It's a little bit difficult for me to believe he is a full-blown antisemite. I listened to his talk with Netanyahu not long ago (but before the war). They spoke of several things including AI and Iran. Elon visited Israel, and if I remember correctly, also met Netanyahu in Jerusalem. I believe he appreciates Israel's innovation in tech especially.

I don't follow Elon Musk much, but when I hear him speak I don't think he deeply hates Jews. From Twitter it seems like he is very prone to conspiracy theories, those that include Jews as well.

He is unpredictable and could turn out to be a rabid antisemite one day, but I am not totally convinced of this right now. We should keep an eye on him. But as a Jew who lives in Israel, he is not in my top 100 to-worry-about list.

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Even if Musk “changed his ways” and apologized tomorrow, he has already shown us who he is. His apology would be for opportunistic reasons such as trying to lure advertisers back to X. He has repeatedly shown us who he is, an anti-Semite cut from the same cloth as Henry Ford.

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Nancy … the and - is always the most difficult. In a perfect world one has to recognize the errors of their ways, clean up their act, and become the kind of person society requires for advancement. The character flaws identified are frailties that attack all of us. It’s what we do about it that counts. Free will. What do I choose to do about it? This depends upon what we see as right or wrong. Take DJT for instance. To me, he’s the best example of what not to be you may ever find. On the other hand, he’s admired and loved by multitudes, how can that be? Free will. Yes, he’s artificially created a fear component that attracts many to his false promises and real threats. However, they willingly go down his path of disgusting behavior patterns with a smile on their face and glee in their heart. It’s amazing stupid at best. Free will. The Adam and Eve story gives us a clue as to why. Even in the Garden of Paradise mankind found a way to make a mess out of it. It didn’t stop with these two, it’s bled over into every human experience. Free will. I suspect the saying, it’s hard to fix stupid, has some impact here. God did describe his Chosen People as “stiff necked” for a reason. Free will. Maybe we need to ask God to take it back! ( just kidding )

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I’ll keep my free will as long as I can keep it and use it wisely, I pray.

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Thank you Dan Rather for Speaking up. How about an analysis of how Israel has lost the PR War. Or how organizations or news/commentary outlets American Jews patronise have supported the Hamas Narrative approach to telling this War's stories.

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Just as I'm about to buy a Powerwall battery, the 5 star ****ole Musk, has confirmed what I already thought: he's not as clever as as his sychophantic followers think he is. I certainly wouldn't want to go to Mars with him as its absolute ruler! The super rich in general have too much power and influence. undermining democracy. Some are good but others have extreme, fanatical and harmful views, unfettered by anyone near them.

We have been here before of course, early billionaire; Henry Ford held unpleasant views and many of the ruling classes and newspaper magnates here in Britain admired Hitler.

I'm not a fan of any religion but if it didn't exist the haters and conspiracists would find something else to attack no doubt.

We in Britain have just lost a vile Home Secretary whose nastiness was almost eclipsed by her stupidity, as she spouted off in all directions; often offending those whom she was supposed to be siding with, without realising it.

The stupidity of the haters is their greatest weakness. In the not so distant past we had Enoch Powell, who was a great intellectual and fluent in over a dozen languages. He was notorious for his racially divisive speeches. Even he was beaten back by leadership and the goodness of most people who would not accept his message. I would hope that even with the power of modern media we can defeat the comparitive fools who populate social media today.

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Yes, that often is correct. But it is necessary to be precies in talking to of analising the enemy. There are many and they have power.

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Pun intended?

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I'm not sure: my Iphone keeps correcting.

I tried to say: precision in using the concepts is important, because the threats are many and powerfull. Fascist and antisemite are look-alikes but there are differences...

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