Approximately 36-38% of New York City residents are foreign-born (born overseas). Rep. Goldman brought this on himself. He thought, as a good leftist, the mob would not come for him. He was wrong.
ANTISEMITISM: While I'm no fan of Rep Dan Goldman I find it reprehensible that a NYC coffee shop run by Marxists is refusing him services because of his religion. Not only is it deplorable it is blatantly illegal.
The woman in the photo has “FUCK AIPAC” tattooed on her forehead and is wearing this Bundist “Doikayt” necklace. Many people online have pointed out the contrast/irony: she’s publicly signaling opposition to a major pro-Israel lobbying group while wearing a symbol historically tied to rejecting Zionism in favor of Jewish life in the diaspora. Avi simply misread the Hebrew/Yiddish letters (easy to do if you’re not familiar with the script or the term). A quick look at the image + basic context makes it obvious it’s “Doikayt.”So yeah — Avi was mistaken there. The necklace is a deliberate name like “daikit.” It clearly reads “Doikayt” (in Yiddish script: דאָיקייט). This is a well-known historical slogan from the Jewish Labor Bund (a socialist, anti-Zionist Jewish movement that originated in late 19th/early 20th-century Eastern Europe, especially Poland and Russia). “Doikayt” literally means “hereness” — the idea that Jews should focus on building their lives, culture (especially Yiddish), and political power right where they already live (“here”), rather than pursuing a Jewish homeland in Palestine/Israel (“thereness”/Zionism). It was part of the Bund’s platform of diaspora nationalism, self-defense militias, trade unions, and socialist organizing in https://t.co/fUMEKor52h
@MrTroy_@WEschenbach Nice analogy try. More likely, it is like sitting in a house slowly warming in the morning after the Sun comes out and staring at the smoke detector wondering why it is not going off.
@LevineJonathan I have no sympathy for Rep. Goldman. He is a spoiled hack who thought the left would never come for him. He learned the hard way that as an indvidual he is nothing. Good riddance to that lying POS.
@PauletteAlt@LevineJonathan@TheLeoTerrell@HarmeetKDhillon How do you reconcile the fact that in Israel everyone is free to be who they want. Gay Muslim Arabs flee as soon as they can to get to Tel Aviv. No gays are allowed in Mecca, Medina, Tehran, etc. I am genuinely curious.
@THE_ORIGINAL_D2@TedRall Not calling either bombing a war crime. Japan started a war, once you do that, you cannot cry about the consequences. Hamas and Hezbollah start wars/battles and immediately cry about the results.