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Michael Chaskes's avatar

I'm not sure that being "pro-Israel" is necessarily incompatible with antisemitism. As I understand it, evangelicals are pro-Israel because they see a Jewish state as a precursor to the establishment of a Christian kingdom on Earth, not out of any particular love for the Jewish people. There also seems to be no shortage of GOP politicians who are knee-jerk supporters of Israel's far-right government but are also happy to truck with our domestic far-right hate groups.

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Alan Dowty's avatar

You're absolutely right. Support of Israel is largely a function of theology. I'll write on that someday.

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C. Clark Kissinger's avatar

ReAwaken America! They couldn't even come up with an original slogan. Instead using a cheap knock-off of Deutschland Erwache!

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Alan Dowty's avatar

Hadn't thought of that. Just a knock-off, or an echo?

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Michael Chaskes's avatar

I'm voting for echo. It makes a nice matched set with other rightwing phrases borrowed from the Nazis, like "the lying media" (Lügenpresse) and "America First" ("Deutschland über alles"). Nazi trappings are clearly a feature, not a bug.

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