I think Robinson's tweet might have been a joke. But what kind of joke? He tweeted: “Did you know that the US Congress is not actually permitted to authorize any new spending unless a portion of it is directed toward buying weapons for Israel? It’s the law.”
Later he tweeted: “or if not actually the written law, then so ingrained in political custom as to functionally be indistinguishable from law.” If the first tweet were "just a joke," why did he feel the need to soften the claim? I think he felt the need to back off because he realized that the first tweet would be recognized as antisemitic. But either way, it is antisemitic because it implies that Jews have power over U.S. legislation. Making antisemitic claims that are "just a joke" are not unusual. Accusations against the "Jewish lobby" are common in the U.S., a country with a substantial tradition of antisemitism. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#6502): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/6502 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/80740418/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
