#goyim may interact ... thoughtfully. I have my mouse hovering over the block button

[astra-the-dragon]

also can y'all goyim stop obsessing over AIPAC? I don't like them either but that's because I think all political lobbying should be tightly regulated.

yes, they are a large PAC, and yes, they lean heavily (but not exclusively!) Conservative. However -- arguing they have some special, magical, insidious influence over the United States government is antisemitism. full stop.

AIPAC is too eager to sacrifice Jewish values in its pursuit of a narrow single issue. I never liked how they advocated for, in essence, United States hegemony in the Middle East. I'm saying this as someone who was raised Orthodox and was taken to lobby with AIPAC as a student. I think their approach is a poor representation of Zionism and that in the long run it does very little to protect Jews.

like, don't get me wrong, I'm happy that politicians like AOC have not received AIPAC funding. But why the fuck do you feel compelled to single out that one particular metric as a litmus test for who is "good" and who is "bad"? hmm?

Allowing car and pharma companies and individual billionaires to have massive lobbying campaigns is a problem. Ditto any religious organization, whether it be Catholic or Zionist or whatever. It should be ideas, and community-building, and science, which influence the vote. not vote suppression and dollars.

but having that conversation would require goyim to get a fucking grip and admit they have some really fucked ideas about Judaism.