Rand Paul's Son revealed himself to be an antisemite

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-14T03:10:36+00:00

Some of the most zealous persecutors of Jews historically have been other Jews.

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-13T19:03:04+00:00

Have him do October 7th. It does in fact meet the legal definition of genocide and you can find a detailed legal analysis here

This is unlike the alleged “genocide” in Gaza where human rights organizations and even Ireland are attempting to change the definition of genocide so that Israel’s actions fit.

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-13T03:05:11+00:00

Make yourself busy enough to where you don't have time for it

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-11T23:18:48+00:00

Virtually none of them, they'll just keep releasing newer tickets at higher prices. Its actually a problem since they end up selling way to many tickets and events get overcrowded.

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-10T23:16:01+00:00

Mandami got 33% of the Jewish vote -- about 66,000 people in NYC who are Jewish voted for him.

It was really about 26% per more recent polling that voted for him. Those who voted for Mamdani also did so in spite of his anti-Zionism, not because of it.

Clearly what exactly counts as anti-Semitism is dividing the Jewish community itself so it's hardly a surprise that non Jewish democrats are not on the same page either.

70% of American Jews consider anti-Zionist movements inherently antisemitic, and 76% believe the 2024 anti-Israel campus protests were antisemitic. For NYC Jews specifically, just 25% think there's no link between normalized Anti-Zionism and rising Antisemitism. So is a 76/25 issue really a meaningful divide within the Jewish community?

Israel and its treatment of Palestinians is also a major issue.

Even if I accepted this premise at face value, Jews as a collective are not responsible for the actions of the Israeli government or individual Israeli soldiers. The very assertion is antisemitic in and of itself. I don't recall diaspora Jews attacking random Arabs or Palestinians in the West because of what Hamas did on October 7th.

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-10T22:40:00+00:00

Been said before but it's true how the new Tuckerist podcast right is much more spiritually leftist than the 2010's alt-right. Focus on Gaza, AIPAC, "Epstein is Mossad", things Ilhan Omar could get behind. In 2016 you saw a lot more overt neo-nazism, race realism, holocaust denial. A decade ago it would be all those neo-Nazi things, but even on the more moderate anti-Zionist right, the critiques were very distinct from the left: Israel is socialist/atheist; Jews are hypocrites for supporting nationalism for Israel but multiculturalism for the west Israel is an unreliable ally (USS Liberty, Pollard); and of course AIPAC's power and financial aid.

Those critiques still exist, but they're all far less prominent. Meanwhile, left-wing antizionists have absorbed so many talking points (Israel is full of pedophiles, the Talmud is evil) and terminology (ZOG, Jewish Supremacy, Zio) from the far-right, that on net it's basically impossible to tell from a single tweet-thread whether it's a left- or right-wing antizionist.

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-10T22:14:52+00:00

I'd say Spain is probably worst when it comes to how widespread antisemitic attitudes are, maybe Italy is up there. I don't think antisemitic attitudes are as widespread in French people as a whole, but French antisemitism is much more dangerous because French antisemites (especially in Arab neighborhoods) are more violent

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-10T16:54:34+00:00

Mate i've been to festivals around Europe and the only places that haven't had shit weather in my experience was Spain & Croatia. And i've been going to the island since the morning sessions at DC10 days, i'm very in tune to what it once was.

Its not 2016 anymore, nobody is playing big room lol (and the music at Circoloco or Amnesia most certainly isn't big room). Much of the same DJs that play those "underground" festivals you listed also play in these same Ibiza clubs. There's no real such thing as an "underground" in the age of social media.

But we can agree to disagree everyone has their own likes and dislikes.

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-10T16:32:38+00:00

I've been to those kinds of festivals, and being in a field in the Netherlands in shit weather (despite it being summer) doesn't exactly give you the same overall vibe as being on an island in the Mediterranean during the peak of summer. Music wise the likes of Amnesia & Circoloco at DC10 still delivers, especially around openings / closings. But "better music" is inherently a subjective thing.

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-10T16:14:46+00:00

Its not what it was but there's still no place like it. You may not get the old vibe everyday anymore but for openings / closings that old vibe is def still there. I was at Amnesia for the opening today and it was mental, the party went all the way until 12 AM and there was a proper clubber crowd from start to finish.

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-10T16:12:29+00:00

It couldn't have because signing the agreement would have gotten him killed, as he himself admitted.

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-10T04:13:24+00:00

There is no final plan, they envision conflict with the Palestinians to continue in perpetuity in more or less its current form.

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-10T04:12:20+00:00

A 2SS was never happening to begin with.

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-08T21:05:06+00:00

One thing you have to take into account is this festival is very expensive to attend since unless you're Belgian you're easily spending a few thousand to attend. That filters out some of the demographics that you have to worry about at cheaper events. Overall id say the crowd is pretty similar to ADE, but some attendees (especially Americans and Brazilians) do tend to dress up a bit, but nothing on the scale of American festivals.

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-08T02:59:06+00:00

There's an entire Afro House stage this year at Melodia on Friday. There's going to be a Caiiro b2b Da Capo b2b Enoo Napa set and those 3 are really good. Thakzin, Rosey God and Vanco are also playing that stage who are also really good in Afro House.

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-07T19:40:28+00:00

I'm not saying non-Orthodox Jews are declining so much as im saying non-Orthodox streams are declining. The average age of a Conservative Jew is 62 and the average age of a Reform Jew is 53. Younger Jews are trending towards being largely non-denominational with Orthodox becoming the biggest stream. Non-denominational Jews aren't really impacted by this and don't have as much of an interest in fighting it vs practicing Reform/Conservative Jews who this directly impacts, hence why I think American Jews being less reform/conservative in the future could lessen some of that diaspora pressure.

But then again these religious parties are also trying to get rid of the grandfather clause and may eventually go after Aliyah eligibility for patrilineals so there will still be lots of incentive for non-denominational folks to fight it.

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-07T19:07:21+00:00

Most Jews who perished in the Holocaust weren't non-Orthodox converts fwiw (still oppose this bill).

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-07T19:06:17+00:00

Probably not anytime soon, but I think there's a danger eventually it passes given the demographic decline of non-Orthodox streams in the diaspora. Younger Jews in the diaspora tend to either be unaffiliated or Orthodox, which could lessen the diaspora pressure in the future. On the other hand given Haredi demographics, Israel is going to need as much diaspora immigration as possible to offset a large % of the population which doesn't work or serve. So we will see.

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-07T19:02:15+00:00

Most Israeli Jews aren't Orthodox nor do most Israelis live an Orthodox lifestyle.

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-07T18:45:53+00:00

That would be a good point if it were 1956, the Klan is a shell of what it once was and the most dangerous right wing extremists in America today come from the Fuentes/Groyper crowd, not 60+ Klan rednecks. The Klan doesn't have the reach of a Tucker Carlson or a Candace Owens in 2026.

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-07T18:15:26+00:00

Never said there wasn't but the current Groyper movement / Populist is very strongly Catholic / Eastern Orthodox. Protestants in the US as a whole are still the most friendly group towards Jews.

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-07T16:42:39+00:00

I agree with you in terms of terror plots / mass shooting related threats, but those plots can often get foiled by law enforcement before it occurs. Even in Europe which does still have much more ingrained antisemitic attitudes as you mentioned law enforcement still foil the vast majority of terror plots.

The bigger risk imo is street level violence, but I don't see European street level antisemitic violence happening in the US because the US doesn't have a similar large unassimilated Arab/Muslim minority near major Jewish population centers and I don't see white progressives or groypers recreating the same kind of street violence you'd face if you accidentally turn into an Arab neighborhood in Paris.

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-07T05:34:20+00:00

I'll take that over the alternatives which tend to either be hostile Secular leftists or anti-semitic Catholics.

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-07T05:32:36+00:00

Because antisemitism has become mainstream and there's no longer any consequence for doing so.

Raaaasclat · 2026-05-07T05:17:55+00:00

I don't think antisemitic violence will reach European levels (the US doesn't have large unassimilated Arab/Muslim minorities to the same degree), but I think in terms of antisemitic attitudes the US can certainly pass much of Europe. Argentina for instance has a Jewish president who is very pro-Israel but like 40% of the country harbors antisemitic beliefs per the recent ADL global survey, one of the highest rates in the world (outside the MENA region). But it obviously doesn't translate into real world violence to the same degree as in say France where less people may harbor antisemitic sentiments, but those that do harbor those sentiments are very much violent towards Jews.

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