The educated class gives whole categories of people a pass on the theory that they are oppressed. Tlaib is in one of them. People like her, Coates, Hannah-Jones, Sharpton, AOC, and BIPOC Barbie can say whatever they want and no one blanches. But no one Jewish ever is similarly innoculated, not even the intersectional Jews. Damnedest thing, no?
While it's obvious that Tlaib is a dimwit whose moral compass is skewed by tribalism and religious nonsense, before we blame this specific instance of anti-semitic stupidity entirely on her, I want to point out that the author of the original article at the Detroit Metro Times is the one truly responsible. Go back and read that article, and you'll see that when Tlaib makes her dumb, self-righteous accusation, she is media-savvy enough to not go full anti-semite; she keeps her message focused on golden oldies like systemic racism, won't someone think of the children?, a Democrat betrayed us!, etc.
Then the author of the article, Steve Neavling, in a short follow-up paragraph writes, "Nessel is the first Jewish person to be elected Attorney General of Michigan."
That's it. He doesn't provide any other information on Nessel and he doesn't include any response from Nessel's office (I'm assuming he didn't contact them to ask for one). He just wants you, pious reader, to know that she's One of Them. Juuuust in case you were wondering what kind of monster would dare enforce the law.
At the bottom of the original article is a follow-up article by the same author, Steve Neavling, published after his original story blew up in Tlaib's face. In this new article, he blames the national media and politicians for putting words in Tlaib's mouth. And yes, technically that's true, but only because HE created the final version of Tlaib's statement by adding the "she's a Jew!" sentence. At no point in his follow-up article does Neavling say, "My bad, I overdid it there with the Jew pointing and as a result I made Tlaib look even dumber and more malignant than she already is, and I wish I had an editor who cared about journalism because I am an activist who does not."
In other words, this is yet another example of activist-driven social disorder. It's another data point in the argument against blindly trusting any journalist, because the profession is wormy with activists. He wanted to stir up sh*t. He succeeded. And judging by his second article, either he doesn't see that it's his fault or he doesn't care.
And I don't want to add this last paragraph because I like the Free Press, but: maybe this FP article shouldn't have been written, either? Or it should have been focused as much on media criticism as on Tlaib's already well-known moral astigmatism? You shouldn't let bad actors like Steve Neavling off the hook, because they're the ones destroying the public's trust.
No, it's not. Tlaib has been doing this since she's been elected. As a now Michigan resident, and a former resident of Portland, Oregon, I can tell you just how bad it's gotten for Jews under "Progressives." Tlaib insinuated from the start that it was Nessel's background was the only reason that they were being prosecuted. (They assaulted the police.) This is the same reason I left lily-white Portland; upper class elites receive no punishment for setting fire to businesses and police stations, and nobody will prosecute them. The only time antifa was successfully prosecuted was when they attacked people in Oregon City (Clackamas County.) If only they had attacked people in Multnomah County, they would not have been prosecuted. All people who commit crimes, especially against the police need to be punished, including the upper class crap coming out of elite universities; the courts coddle them. They should throw the book at them, with no parole; maybe they'll learn that they have no more rights than anybody else.
This is truly an interesting situation to watch as a citizen of Michigan. Both of these women are absolutely horrible, Tlaib for her wretched antisemitism and anti-Americanism that cloud all her thinking on everything, and Nessel, who never saw a political enemy she didn't want to prosecute. I'll refrain from judging her motives on this one because she's actually--a rare thing in six years--doing the right thing by prosecuting crime. Nessel has gone after business owners who didn't bow the knee during lockdowns as though they had committed the crime of the century. Also, she has refused to prosecute any crime involving Democrats, including the deaths resulting from the nursing home COVID scandal, which I thought would have made Whitmer a bit more beholding to her and quicker to stand up for her. I could go on for more space than I have here talking about just how truly awful she is. Trying to choose between Tlaib and Nessel is like trying to choose between getting an enema or having teeth pulled without anesthesia. But to the FP, no matter whatever else she has done, Nessel will forever be a martyr for receiving criticism for prosecuting anti-Israel protesters. Dear uninformed readers who are just hearing about Dana Nessel for the first time: know that she never does anything without some kind of agenda. And my critique of her has nothing to do with her being Jewish or a lesbian. It has everything to do with her being a terrible AG who fails to defend the people of Michigan in a nonpartisan way, which I think is supposed to be her job.
Americans should strive to embrace cultural differences. It widens our perspective, and makes our country stronger. Sowing division through obsession and smearing based on identity and immutable characteristics is prejudicial, and ought to result in losing at the ballot box - regardless of color, origin, gender identity…. Tlaib’s words are beneath her office and beneath contempt. Apply her implication of Nessel to a woman of another minority group and it becomes obvious. The people of her district should take a stand and vote her out. Governor Whitmer should lead with moral clarity and not apply double standards - or face the same consequences.
I know I shouldn't because this is bad for us as a Country, but watching the Left start to eat each other is kind of amusing and gratifying. It's good to see that the old saying you reap what you sow still applies.
Tlaib serves a uesful purpose for the culture at large. She paints her terrorist celebrating beliefs on a broad public canvas for any and all to see. As a result the less psychopathic elements of American society are reminded that there is evil in the world and where it can be found.
Tlaib is completely ugly, in thought and appearance. It is like her and those in her district that support her must have had their fingers crossed, behind their back, when they made certain oaths to become citizens.
Tlaib is a Hamas supporter and enemy of America who got herself elected to Congress. That’s it. Every single thing she says and does is intended to advance the Palestinian terrorist agenda.
I'm disappointed in this editorial because it does not address Talib's claim.
She claims not all protesters are treated equally.
Yes, the anti-semitic protestors were treated to the letter of the law but did other protesters - enviro wackos, violent ANTIFA and BLM rioter/protesters etc also get treated to the letter of the law?
Talib says they were not. Is that true? If it is false, please report it.
If the other leftwing protesters were treated differently, why?
That is a legit question and central to the question of bias and bigotry.
Firstly, she's prosecuting pro-Israel protestors too, as mentioned in the article. Additionally, the protesters you mentioned did not target and terrorize people based on their culture or religion, they weren't supporting terrorism, or calling for the destruction of a country. They also didn't repeatedly thumb their nose at the law after being warned numerous times. The pro-Palestinian protestors did all the above and more. The pro-Israel counter-protesters did not, yet are still being prosecuted by Nessel.
And the fact she and many other prosecutors made the mistake of giving a free pass to protesters/rioters upset about what was happening in this country during a moment of national upheaval, doesn't mean they can never again prosecute people for breaking the law.
I live and work in Detroit...we did not have any of the summer of love 2020 "mostly peaceful protests", so I have no idea what Talib is talking about. While I am fully against the Leftist agenda in general, Dana Nessel has done an ok job IMO...especially for a Dem in 2024.
I live on the other side of the state, and IMO she's been an awful AG. She went after business owners who didn't bow the knee during the lockdowns as though they were the worst criminals ever, and she refused to prosecute anyone for the nursing home deaths that occurred also during the pandemic. Thankfully there are term limits for AGs in Michigan, so she will be done in two years.
Looks like there’s been a crash at the intersectionality intersection, huh? When an elected gay woman (D)✅ and an elected muslim woman (D)✅ belong to the same political party but have vastly different values and views, the curtain is pulled back enough for some people to see reality. As Bruce Willis said in Die Hard, welcome to the party, pal!
If the voters in Michigan would open their eyes and minds even a little bit, they would see that their elected representatives are frauds. Women that will say and do whatever it takes to stay the den mothers for the state.
Governing is hard and often thankless, but when leaders make decisions based on feelings instead of facts and reality, chaos ensues. That is exactly how The Big Guy and Kamala have blown up the economy, poisoned the military leadership, and weaponized all of the three-letter agencies. Now #2 wants to be #1 and says she can fix all the chaos she helped produce… because Trump is bad.
My wish is that voters will pull the lever for the candidates that have track records based on facts and reality and not based on emotions and feelings.
As always, buy more ammo and keep your powder dry.
As a Michigan resident, I am hopeful that we have learned from a very difficult last 4 years and will not make the same mistakes at the ballot box moving forward. We shall see in a little over a month
From the progressive far left has emerged an important voice against the antisemitism anti Israel vitriol in her party. I salute Brianna Wu for telling her Party how disgusting and twisted they are on Jews and Israel.
Tlaib is the front-runner for getting the free space on the Anti-Semites’ Bingo Card.
Tlaib is an evil antisemite, pure and simple
The educated class gives whole categories of people a pass on the theory that they are oppressed. Tlaib is in one of them. People like her, Coates, Hannah-Jones, Sharpton, AOC, and BIPOC Barbie can say whatever they want and no one blanches. But no one Jewish ever is similarly innoculated, not even the intersectional Jews. Damnedest thing, no?
While it's obvious that Tlaib is a dimwit whose moral compass is skewed by tribalism and religious nonsense, before we blame this specific instance of anti-semitic stupidity entirely on her, I want to point out that the author of the original article at the Detroit Metro Times is the one truly responsible. Go back and read that article, and you'll see that when Tlaib makes her dumb, self-righteous accusation, she is media-savvy enough to not go full anti-semite; she keeps her message focused on golden oldies like systemic racism, won't someone think of the children?, a Democrat betrayed us!, etc.
Then the author of the article, Steve Neavling, in a short follow-up paragraph writes, "Nessel is the first Jewish person to be elected Attorney General of Michigan."
That's it. He doesn't provide any other information on Nessel and he doesn't include any response from Nessel's office (I'm assuming he didn't contact them to ask for one). He just wants you, pious reader, to know that she's One of Them. Juuuust in case you were wondering what kind of monster would dare enforce the law.
At the bottom of the original article is a follow-up article by the same author, Steve Neavling, published after his original story blew up in Tlaib's face. In this new article, he blames the national media and politicians for putting words in Tlaib's mouth. And yes, technically that's true, but only because HE created the final version of Tlaib's statement by adding the "she's a Jew!" sentence. At no point in his follow-up article does Neavling say, "My bad, I overdid it there with the Jew pointing and as a result I made Tlaib look even dumber and more malignant than she already is, and I wish I had an editor who cared about journalism because I am an activist who does not."
In other words, this is yet another example of activist-driven social disorder. It's another data point in the argument against blindly trusting any journalist, because the profession is wormy with activists. He wanted to stir up sh*t. He succeeded. And judging by his second article, either he doesn't see that it's his fault or he doesn't care.
And I don't want to add this last paragraph because I like the Free Press, but: maybe this FP article shouldn't have been written, either? Or it should have been focused as much on media criticism as on Tlaib's already well-known moral astigmatism? You shouldn't let bad actors like Steve Neavling off the hook, because they're the ones destroying the public's trust.
No, it's not. Tlaib has been doing this since she's been elected. As a now Michigan resident, and a former resident of Portland, Oregon, I can tell you just how bad it's gotten for Jews under "Progressives." Tlaib insinuated from the start that it was Nessel's background was the only reason that they were being prosecuted. (They assaulted the police.) This is the same reason I left lily-white Portland; upper class elites receive no punishment for setting fire to businesses and police stations, and nobody will prosecute them. The only time antifa was successfully prosecuted was when they attacked people in Oregon City (Clackamas County.) If only they had attacked people in Multnomah County, they would not have been prosecuted. All people who commit crimes, especially against the police need to be punished, including the upper class crap coming out of elite universities; the courts coddle them. They should throw the book at them, with no parole; maybe they'll learn that they have no more rights than anybody else.
I could vaguely tell I was in a fog of Gell-Mann amnesia after this article, thanks for helping me shake out of it.
I also stand further indebted to you for introducing me to "moral astigmatism", which is going in my quiver forthwith.
This is truly an interesting situation to watch as a citizen of Michigan. Both of these women are absolutely horrible, Tlaib for her wretched antisemitism and anti-Americanism that cloud all her thinking on everything, and Nessel, who never saw a political enemy she didn't want to prosecute. I'll refrain from judging her motives on this one because she's actually--a rare thing in six years--doing the right thing by prosecuting crime. Nessel has gone after business owners who didn't bow the knee during lockdowns as though they had committed the crime of the century. Also, she has refused to prosecute any crime involving Democrats, including the deaths resulting from the nursing home COVID scandal, which I thought would have made Whitmer a bit more beholding to her and quicker to stand up for her. I could go on for more space than I have here talking about just how truly awful she is. Trying to choose between Tlaib and Nessel is like trying to choose between getting an enema or having teeth pulled without anesthesia. But to the FP, no matter whatever else she has done, Nessel will forever be a martyr for receiving criticism for prosecuting anti-Israel protesters. Dear uninformed readers who are just hearing about Dana Nessel for the first time: know that she never does anything without some kind of agenda. And my critique of her has nothing to do with her being Jewish or a lesbian. It has everything to do with her being a terrible AG who fails to defend the people of Michigan in a nonpartisan way, which I think is supposed to be her job.
I'm picking up more and more how TFP is angry about these lies and misrepresentations, but only because the sufferers are Jewish.
Talib's behavior is wrong; that has nothing to do with the race or ethnicity of those receiving her ire.
This gobbledygook antisemitism is another form of gaslighting which is quite creative. Nice try. Talib’s behavior has EVERYTHING to do with ethnicity.
I’m not commenting on Talib, other than to say she is wrong in what she’s doing.
My statement was about TFP and stands; the only hate speech they call out is antisemitism, which is only part of the overall problem.
I expect we all hold everyone account for behavior like we see from Talib.
Sounds like an attorney general that calls balls and strikes.
That’s good to know.
It is no surprise that Tlaib reacted the way that she did.
None.
Nessel calls balls and strikes only for her team. While it's nice to see her upholding the law in this case, it is an outlier for her.
Americans should strive to embrace cultural differences. It widens our perspective, and makes our country stronger. Sowing division through obsession and smearing based on identity and immutable characteristics is prejudicial, and ought to result in losing at the ballot box - regardless of color, origin, gender identity…. Tlaib’s words are beneath her office and beneath contempt. Apply her implication of Nessel to a woman of another minority group and it becomes obvious. The people of her district should take a stand and vote her out. Governor Whitmer should lead with moral clarity and not apply double standards - or face the same consequences.
Elect a few more 3rd Worlders like Tlaib to Congress and we will become a 3rd World country.
I know I shouldn't because this is bad for us as a Country, but watching the Left start to eat each other is kind of amusing and gratifying. It's good to see that the old saying you reap what you sow still applies.
Tlaib serves a uesful purpose for the culture at large. She paints her terrorist celebrating beliefs on a broad public canvas for any and all to see. As a result the less psychopathic elements of American society are reminded that there is evil in the world and where it can be found.
Tlaib is completely ugly, in thought and appearance. It is like her and those in her district that support her must have had their fingers crossed, behind their back, when they made certain oaths to become citizens.
She’s evil personified.
Well, we have agreement. Evil AND ugly.
Tlaib is a Hamas supporter and enemy of America who got herself elected to Congress. That’s it. Every single thing she says and does is intended to advance the Palestinian terrorist agenda.
I'm disappointed in this editorial because it does not address Talib's claim.
She claims not all protesters are treated equally.
Yes, the anti-semitic protestors were treated to the letter of the law but did other protesters - enviro wackos, violent ANTIFA and BLM rioter/protesters etc also get treated to the letter of the law?
Talib says they were not. Is that true? If it is false, please report it.
If the other leftwing protesters were treated differently, why?
That is a legit question and central to the question of bias and bigotry.
Firstly, she's prosecuting pro-Israel protestors too, as mentioned in the article. Additionally, the protesters you mentioned did not target and terrorize people based on their culture or religion, they weren't supporting terrorism, or calling for the destruction of a country. They also didn't repeatedly thumb their nose at the law after being warned numerous times. The pro-Palestinian protestors did all the above and more. The pro-Israel counter-protesters did not, yet are still being prosecuted by Nessel.
And the fact she and many other prosecutors made the mistake of giving a free pass to protesters/rioters upset about what was happening in this country during a moment of national upheaval, doesn't mean they can never again prosecute people for breaking the law.
I would like to see her answer questions about why protestors were treated differently.
Seems like part of the story.
I live and work in Detroit...we did not have any of the summer of love 2020 "mostly peaceful protests", so I have no idea what Talib is talking about. While I am fully against the Leftist agenda in general, Dana Nessel has done an ok job IMO...especially for a Dem in 2024.
I live on the other side of the state, and IMO she's been an awful AG. She went after business owners who didn't bow the knee during the lockdowns as though they were the worst criminals ever, and she refused to prosecute anyone for the nursing home deaths that occurred also during the pandemic. Thankfully there are term limits for AGs in Michigan, so she will be done in two years.
State law mandated that she prosecute. She was doing her job.
I believe I said she was doing the right thing in this instance. But more times than not she isn't doing her job.
Why didn't she prosecute other protestors?
I would like the question asked.
Agree, and I don’t know enough about Nessal from his article. When I finished reading it I thought I must have missed something.
Looks like there’s been a crash at the intersectionality intersection, huh? When an elected gay woman (D)✅ and an elected muslim woman (D)✅ belong to the same political party but have vastly different values and views, the curtain is pulled back enough for some people to see reality. As Bruce Willis said in Die Hard, welcome to the party, pal!
If the voters in Michigan would open their eyes and minds even a little bit, they would see that their elected representatives are frauds. Women that will say and do whatever it takes to stay the den mothers for the state.
Governing is hard and often thankless, but when leaders make decisions based on feelings instead of facts and reality, chaos ensues. That is exactly how The Big Guy and Kamala have blown up the economy, poisoned the military leadership, and weaponized all of the three-letter agencies. Now #2 wants to be #1 and says she can fix all the chaos she helped produce… because Trump is bad.
My wish is that voters will pull the lever for the candidates that have track records based on facts and reality and not based on emotions and feelings.
As always, buy more ammo and keep your powder dry.
Pulitzer for that first sentence. That says it all.
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As a Michigan resident, I am hopeful that we have learned from a very difficult last 4 years and will not make the same mistakes at the ballot box moving forward. We shall see in a little over a month
Great comment. Your first sentence is a keeper.
From the progressive far left has emerged an important voice against the antisemitism anti Israel vitriol in her party. I salute Brianna Wu for telling her Party how disgusting and twisted they are on Jews and Israel.
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