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Swede

(33,257 posts) Fri Jan 14, 2022, 12:07 AM Jan 2022

Why Republicans Won't Confirm This Renowned Holocaust Scholar

When Deborah Lipstadt was nominated last summer to lead an expanded State Department office as an ambassador to monitor and confront antisemitism abroad, the appointment appeared ready to sail through.

“It’s mind-blowing that she has not been confirmed,” says Pamela Nadell, Director of the Jewish Studies Program at American University. “I thought fighting anti-Semitism was the one issue that wasn’t partisan.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-wont-confirm-renowned-holocaust-scholar-deborah-lipstadt/main-info?via=twitter_page

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Why Republicans Won't Confirm This Renowned Holocaust Scholar (Original Post) Swede Jan 2022 OP

Is it because republicanazis can't take criticism? lastlib Jan 2022 #1

Because anti-Semitism is a non-issue to most. Behind the Aegis Jan 2022 #2

lastlib

(23,248 posts)

1. Is it because republicanazis can't take criticism?

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Fri Jan 14, 2022, 01:00 AM

Jan 2022

Behind the Aegis

(53,961 posts)

2. Because anti-Semitism is a non-issue to most.

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Fri Jan 14, 2022, 01:19 AM

Jan 2022

The only time most people even give two shits about anti-Semitism is when the charge can be leveled at "enemies", and even then, it is mostly nothing more than political theatre. Also, republicans are HUGE ass snowflakes.

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