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Marjorie Taylor Greene hints that she might be finished with the Republican Party (www.independent.co.uk)

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Georgia firebrand recently broke from her party to condemn Israel’s ‘genocide’ in Gaza – one of the few positions she’s taken in opposition to her party

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[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

This reminds me of an article I recently read about Mamdani's popularity. It stated that people across all demographics in NYC were on board for him, including "young jews."

Maybe older jewish people are still stuck in the propaganda-sphere? I don't know. All I know is that the attempt to lump "antisemitism" together with "anti-zionism" isn't sticking with younger people, and younger people are the future. I'm not jewish, but I am a woman and I'm no stranger to politicians attempting to "protect" me without my consent (anti-trans bathrooms, anti-abortion laws) as if I'm not an adult whose opinion on such matters should be respected. I imagine modern jewish people probably feel a similar oppression - not from those that oppose genocide, but by those that claim that opposition to genocide is somehow hurting jewish people.

I mean, it definitely hurts the jewish people when the powers that be push to conflate anti-genocide beliefs with anti-jewish beliefs. But an easy solution to all of this is to just fucking stop. Stop the genocide. Stop using groups of people as political tools. Stop ignoring the voices of the people you claim to be helping. Thank fuck, at least Mamdani gets it.