r/moderatepolitics • u/awaythrowawaying • 2d ago

News Article US Justice Department sues UCLA alleging antisemitic educational environment

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-justice-department-sues-ucla-alleging-antisemitic-educational-environment-2026-05-26/
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u/Suspicious_Watch_978 1d ago

It's not really related to this specific topic, but antisemitism in general is getting pretty out of control. A few nutters have always been into it, which is true of everything no matter how distasteful, but lately I've seen it in people I absolutely never would've suspected. 

For example, I have a much older friend, lifelong Democrat, wealthy, well-connected socially, educated, politically engaged, anti-Trump and all that jazz; on Saturday the topic of Israel came up in the context of the war in Iran, and he said, verbatim, "We're only attacking them because of Israel. I know Israel controls our government."

In retrospect I wish I would've pushed back, but as the young guy at the table I was already a bit off my game, and I was caught off guard by how cavalier it was. The fact that everyone else chuckled a bit and carried on like normal made it seem like it was maybe a joke, but I really don't think it was. 

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u/Baderkadonk 1d ago

Well this actually shows why I'm often skeptical about antisemitism complaints, they're often not antisemitic at all.

Israel is one of the main reasons we're in this war, but even if that wasn't true it still wouldn't be antisemitic to say so.

Criticizing a belligerent nation is okay and it does not mean someone is prejudiced against any particular religion.

Conflating the two is good for Israel and no one else.

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u/Least_Palpitation_92 1d ago

Claiming a foreign government is doing something does not equal antisemitism.

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u/esotologist 1d ago

Israel does control our government, it is in fact the main reason we're in Iran. 

Israel has Nukes, it is actually illegal for us to be supporting them under Us law.

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u/usertaken_69 20h ago

We literally are attacking them because it’s what Israel wants.