re: Candace Owens has scheduled quite the interesting episode today: "Becoming Brigitte"

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I ask this with complete respect: can someone criticize the actions of the State of Israel and NOT be anti-Jewish in your opinion?

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Yes, provided they have something legitimate to criticize. Why do so many of you ask this question? I say "Israel is not committing genocide against Palestine, and any person that blames nearly everything on them is antisemitic", and I get asked "can anyone say anything critical about Israel?"

Let me flip the question around. Can anyone ever defend Israel, without some people accusing that person of not allowing criticism? Is it ok that I have a problem with this woman who has been on an anti-Jewish crusade, and who's claims have been repeatedly shown to lack credibility? The only thing she's brought up that has any evidence was the attack on the USS Liberty way back in the late 60's. And I don't think anyone really knows why that happened that day. People are quick to make claims that Israel wanted to bait the US into their war, but attacking one of our ships to do that makes no sense at all. That ship wasn't even supposed to be there, it had CIA agents on it, and they were spying, for what reason I have no idea, and on whom, I also have no idea. But maybe you shouldn't sneak up on a country in the middle of a war.

It was a horrible tragedy, but both countries share blame on that one. Outside of that, it's just a bunch of tin foil conspiracy theories that she drums up. And yeah, I have a problem with that.

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Thanks for the thoughtful response.

I just haven't heard Owens say anything negative about Jews per se. Her criticisms all seem to be directed towards the State of Israel or people defending its actions.

She might be wrong, but I don't think she has anti-Jewish animus. I have heard her say that the Holocaust gets disproportionate attention compared to the mass killing of other groups, including Christians. Again, even if that's wrong, I don't think she says that to imply that the importance of the Holocaust should be diminished in any way.

Thanks for your opinion. I will keep it in mind while I listen to her.

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And thank you for your consideration. It is appreciated.

Much of what people talk about is her criticism of the state of Israel, as that is what she claims is her issue. But she's gone down some extreme rabbit holes, where she tries to tie Jewish groups, in general, into some vast conspiracy, going way, way back. And I've looked into those claims and found that she sources that information from people who are known anti-Semites. Which kind of illuminates her bias and motivation, in my opinion.