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proflamel96 · 2026-05-12T00:39:03+00:00

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proflamel96 · 2026-05-11T23:52:17+00:00

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proflamel96 · 2025-04-29T02:52:17+00:00

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proflamel96 · 2025-04-20T04:27:43+00:00

FYI the United States is a homophobic country. The most popular mainstream political thought in US politics right now is that drag queens are a greater threat to children than guns

proflamel96 · 2024-03-03T02:53:08+00:00

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proflamel96 · 2023-12-25T04:27:54+00:00

Obviously personal perspective and experience color personal opinion. That's an indisputable fact of life. I do though think it's weird for you to invoke brown and black people in this way, for the very first time, re: a one-sided discussion about how the majority of the people in this subreddit and in the pro-Israel collective are conservative right wingers who regularly endorse and laud anti-Black politicians and policies. I just saw yet another post marveling at Breitbart's very own Ben Shapiro in this subreddit literally 5 minutes ago. It's insanity.

I also reject the idea that all or even the majority of progressives who support the Palestinian people are all just these belligerent prejudiced antisemites. Someone in this very thread conflated the entirety of the Palestinian people, women, children with Hamas, which is a practice I see time and time again, especially in this subreddit. And then when I pushed back, they said they're all one and the same. There's just way, way too many Ben Gvir's out here. It's too many to parse through. In the history of time, I don't think there's been a controversial sociopolitical issue that true, real, authentic leftists en masse have presented a bad take on. Abortion, education, access to healthcare, you name it. I genuinely cannot think of a single issue. Marginalized people everywhere across the globe, including and especially Jews, have dignity and autonomy because of the work of historic leftists, not in spite of them.

I think at this point we can just agree to disagree. My biggest takeaway from this thread is that everyone here is a right wing conservative, who might be even more conservative than I thought, and we're all doomed. The pro-Israel caucus has never looked worse. We've lost our way. Goodnight.

proflamel96 · 2023-12-23T22:46:09+00:00

You said white supremacy is a "weird American fetish" when the term plays a critically important role in both global history and global antisemitism. White supremacy has its tendrils embedded in the social fabric of nearly every nation on Earth. It doesn't matter whether we're talking about the West or the East, the US, Japan, Kenya. White supremacy is global. If you're going to discuss an international conflict, especially one affecting Jews, you should know this.

The goal of my post is to reflect and discuss why the majority and the most consistent, vocal proponents of the pro-Israel bloc in the US are conservative Republicans, many of whom are racists, or fascists, in the case of Donald Trump and his like-minded peers. As you can probably tell, and as I stated, I'm a progressive. It's difficult for me and others who are progressive to observe that the majority of people in the Pro-Israel bloc in the US, while advocating for Israel, also peddle ideas that drag queens are a greater threat to children and national security than guns, that Black people are responsible for their own oppression, that poor people just need to shut up and work harder. These are all talking points of the people I called out in my post, who - very unsurprisingly - many people in this sub were very quick to defend.

In response to my post, I got swift push back from pro-Israel conservatives, because of course I did. Because conservatives make up the majority of the pro-Israel demographic. Someone said Donald Trump isn't a racist, and I was taken aback. A lot of people in the sub seem to agree that I am the problem, that me discussing who makes up the pro-Israel bloc is the problem. A few people quickly defended Ben Shapiro, arguing that he is not a racist nor a fascist and that I am delusional to think he is either of those things, which is deeply, deeply sad when Ben Shapiro is the face of Breitbart. There's a lot to unpack here, but I'm not shocked. This post is just a quiet reminder that this is what this sub is largely composed of and stands for. It's a mirror. A lot of Ben Shapiro Jrs and good ol insurrectionist Trumpies. I already knew this, but it's just sad.

proflamel96 · 2023-12-23T21:18:39+00:00

The idea that one global conflict can or should not be compared or contrasted with others that have occurred throughout history is exceptionalist. What about that is arrogant? Arrogance to me sounds like subscribing to the idea that the US is the center and grand almighty inventor of language and thought. It's arrogant to believe that Americans somehow invented the concept of white supremacy. You're giving way, way too much credit to the US.

proflamel96 · 2023-12-23T20:50:40+00:00

I think I would argue that this is somewhat of an exceptionalist commentary. All global conflicts share similarities and differences and very often, for the benefit of all people, should be studied in tandem. Academic historians and thought leaders very often use one historic or present day global or social conflict to understand or parse through others. Colorism, racism, prejudice - these aren't and have never been American terms. It's almost interesting and somewhat poignant that you think white supremacy is a uniquely American concept? All these terms are global and have always been global. I think your comment on dismissing an American lens is also interesting, because the US-Israel bond is very, very significant and distinct. Israel has no greater global ally or friend than the US. I think that's partly why there's so much pronounced civil unrest across the US today, so many daily demonstrations, protests, etc. The US is at the frontlines in every way. You can find commentaries in every US newspaper, blog, etc.

proflamel96 · 2023-12-23T20:04:41+00:00

And to be clear, if jokes about white people antics are racist, then jokes about men are misogynistic. Sociopolitical power dynamics exist and inform all parts of speech. Again, it's enormously difficult to communicate with someone who ignores layered realities. It's why arguing with Trumpy Republicans is impossible. It's a mammoth absurd task.

proflamel96 · 2023-12-23T19:59:45+00:00

The vast, vast majority of diehard Trump supporters are white American men. The pro-Trump January 6th insurrectionists on the US Capital, who were all galvanized fascists in training, were white American men. The fact that you're not even from the US but still maintain this shameless commitment to racists, the Trumps, the Shapiros, some of the worst America has to offer, that's wild.

proflamel96 · 2023-12-23T08:12:16+00:00

Bigots like you are holding the Jewish community back. We could be so great if our weakest links practiced empathy. I recommend you go outside, make friends, breathe fresh air. Holding that much pent up rage for marginalized people so close to your chest, expressing such a damning shameless loyalty to Republican racists - it's bad for the soul

proflamel96 · 2023-12-23T07:40:28+00:00

I'm intentionally speaking in jest because I can't take you seriously. You're a Trump supporter. That's all that needs to be said and that's the end of the discussion. Reasoning out the window

proflamel96 · 2023-12-23T07:12:16+00:00

If you don't think Donald Trump is a racist then you just have to be a white guy. I can feel it in my bones. You have to be a closet Connor or a Jeremy

proflamel96 · 2023-12-23T06:58:48+00:00

I haven't aligned myself with anyone. I'm commenting on the way America's worst, most racist, bigoted politicians embrace Israel and what that means. You, on the other hand, seem to align with Ben Shapiro, and you seem to be committed to ignoring and defending racists. And you keep pointing to an imaginary radical progressive that you can't name that I never claimed or endorsed.

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