Cody's Bill Maher YouTube Video
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As I said in Line, I generally don't take any major issues with what Maher is saying in the video. The main issue I DO have is the context in which he ignores; that is that antisemitism is not the same as being critical of the Israeli government's handling of the war in Gaza. He seems to conflate criticism of a government of a country as antisemitism. There's enough antisemitism without this conflation already, so I don't know why he does this. Pre-1940's, the Jews didn't have a country, so his analogy of that time, compared to now falls kinda flat. But his overall points are fine. Israel has a right to defend itself. There are people out there that hate Jews AND Israel, but those people blatantly identify themselves. Maher appears to work a little too hard to add people like me in his Ven diagram section of antisemites. I can say in the same breath that I disagree with the tactics Netanyahu is currently using in Gaza, but agree with the initial actions taken that fateful October. The majority of critics out there on the left are similar to me. Not pro-Israel, not anti-Israel. Simply calling balls and strikes as we see them.
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One more thing...
I don't fault Bill. He's an entertainer doing what entertainers do to get a laugh or a reaction. Entertainers don't have to be 100% accurate. I enjoy Bill from time to time and he flares his elbows out on almost all topics he covers. It's why he's on HBO and I'm not. LOL
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