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/Least_Palpitation_92 1d ago

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