• jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.worldOP
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      These names are well known in politics, especially for the people that followed Bernie Sanders (2016/2020).

      Lee Camp (comedian, was with RT, now Dangerous Ideas with Lee Camp)

      Cornel West (Independent 2024 Presidential candidate, was with People’s party, Green Party)

      Nina Turner (former Ohio state senator and Bernie Sanders surrogate, We Are Somebody worker organization)

      Briahna Joy Gray (Bad Faith and Rising with The Hill)

      Aaron Maté (Useful Idiots, Pushback with The GrayZone, worked with DemocracyNow!)

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              edit: added thanks, additional details

              Thanks you for the question!

              I felt the same until I started watching him amd stopped listening to all the name calling from others.

              He is far left.

              He is in some ways a bit closer to classical liberals, he has stayed consistant on his views.

              Classical liberalism is a political tradition and a branch of liberalism which advocates free market and laissez-faire economics; and civil liberties under the rule of law, with special emphasis on individual autonomy, limited government, economic freedom, political freedom and freedom of speech.

              And to remind peeps, he is a comedian first and is known for his rants.

              Always against censorship, anti-war, M4A, high critic of gov’t, against alphabet agencies (FBI,CIA,NSA,…), amd much more.

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    Just now hearing about this.

    So she basically said antisemitism is okay because Islamophobia exists. Like, “well, if we can’t stop racism, let’s at least be racist against everyone.” Maybe the worst take in the past 2 months of incredibly bad takes.

    This is coming from a white, cisgender person who is neither Jewish nor Muslim, and is worth $60 million ($10 million she made since the start of the pandemic)

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      What did she say? The few quotes I’ve found so far don’t seem to line up with what you are suggesting.

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          According to what I’ve read just now, she said that amid the vile attacks against Jews in America “people that are afraid of being Jewish at this time are getting a taste of what it feels like to be a Muslim in this country.”

          This: a. Minimizes the violence against Jews and Jewish Gathering places right now b. Makes Jewish suffering secondary to the “real” suffering of Muslims c. Denies the tragic history of antisemitism in America d. Pits Jews and Muslims as two parties somehow against each other, when in reality, both groups suffer whenever racism in America goes unchecked e. Portrays antisemitism as a means to an end - that cold, unfeeling Jews could not possibly understand the suffering of Muslims

          Your suggestion that anyone offended by this is paid by some secretive corrupt cabal of globalist to do so…

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    A shame Sarandon wasn’t given the same treatment years ago when she claimed chemical weapons attacks in Syria had been faked & presented Assad as the victim of Western regime change policies, rather than the 21st Century’s most notorious war criminal.

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        edit: these->this

        This is some of what she said:

        Newsweek:

        “You don’t have to be Palestinian to care about what’s happening in Gaza,” she wrote alongside the snap with members of the Palestinian Feminist Collective. “I stand with Palestine. No one is free until everyone is free.”

        At the rally, Sarandon said: “There are a lot of people afraid of being Jewish at this time, and are getting a taste of what it feels like to be a Muslim in this country.”


        Guardian:

        In remarks captured on video, Sarandon encouraged others to keep speaking up in support of Palestinians in the Israel-Hamas war. “People are questioning, people are standing up, people are educating themselves, people are stepping away from brainwashing that started when they were kids,” said Sarandon at the rally. She encouraged attendees to “be strong, be patient, be clear and stand with anybody who has the courage to speak out” and thanked “the Jewish community who’s come out to have our backs”.