If a university spokesperson was doing this it would be national news, and used as justification for the federal government to defund the university. The truth is that antisemitism is just one of the excuses they are using to justify destroying independent institutions. - ThreadSky

donmoyn.bsky.social • 2 days ago

If a university spokesperson was doing this it would be national news, and used as justification for the federal government to defund the university. The truth is that antisemitism is just one of the excuses they are using to justify destroying independent institutions.

Reposted from The Nexus Project

Some of the antisemitic conspiracy theories and associations the Pentagon’s new deputy press secretary, Kingsley Wilson, has amplified online:

🔎 Long-debunked lies about Leo Frank
🔎 Great Replacement theory
🔎 Celebrating Christian nationalism
🔎 Praising Germany's far-right AfD party

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dsegal1.bsky.social•2 days ago

She looks a bit like Elise Stefanik on uppers.

hvalross.bsky.social•2 days ago

She also posted "Make Kosovo Serbia Again" which is equally terrifying but not getting reported as much

rogerman99.bsky.social•2 days ago

Exactly. What every voter ought to understand by now is that conservatives are completely insincere about everything, with one exception. Making the rich richer.

allcaps-22.bsky.social•2 days ago

Is anyone going to ask Bill Ackman his thoughts on the antisemitism in the Trump administration? I recall he was very vocal about this issue last spring.

spc61.bsky.social•2 days ago

She’s a feature, not a bug.

rightardia.bsky.social•2 days ago

Kingsley Wilson's boss is Goody Two Shoes.

serioustalk.bsky.social•2 days ago

Where is Elise Stefanik? Surely she is shocked. 🧐

korl.is•2 days ago

I don't know - if a university spokesperson had said anything positive about Palestine it would be a scandal, but if they clearly held far-right antisemitic ideas while publicly praising Israel would it actually be addressed? Be any different from ignoring this Press Sec's beliefs?

fsherman.bsky.social•2 days ago

The Leo Frank thing is the one that hits me. Not the worst, but it says something she feels the need to justify an anti-semitic lynching of a century ago.

roninmacbeth.bsky.social•2 days ago

I actually do think it's the worst, because it's the kind of anti-Semitic conspiracy theory you're into only if you are a hardcore anti-Semite. I've seen it compared to saying Dreyfus was guilty, it requires more than a casual investment.

406inthelou.bsky.social•2 days ago

📌

constance-bln.bsky.social•2 days ago

just as baffled and outraged…and concerned that things like amplifying Kremlin talking points is what the U.S. government simply does now, so this woman is on brand rather than problematic for the Pentagon/US agencies. What can we do beyond pointing out how woefully unfit they are?

soniqstylz.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hope we hear from Stefanik on this

goodgreatokayish.bsky.social•2 days ago

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goodgreatokayish.bsky.social•2 days ago

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bookjackie.bsky.social•2 days ago

Many of us in the Jewish community are in despair because our non Jewish friends are largely unaware. We need to grab media attention I guess. Here is one way to do that.

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/david-schwimmer-jewish-leaders-hollywood-antisemitism-1235288741/

gritsforbreakfast.bsky.social•2 days ago

I don't think we're unaware, we were here for it all. The kids protesting over Gaza were vilified and steamrolled by bad-faith argumentation while the same folks ignored or justified GOP fellow traveling with actual, IRL fascists and self-described nazis. Turns out that focused on the wrong problem.

bookjackie.bsky.social•2 days ago

I appreciate you- thanks.

gritsforbreakfast.bsky.social•2 days ago

Since I intervened in your day w/ a downer comment, I'll lighten the mood by encouraging you to contemplate for a moment a hose-wielding 20-monkey fire brigade from 1915.

Won't solve antisemitism. OTOH: a monkey fire brigade! This life gives and it takes.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qg6aj2ryckff6areegodnkws/post/3ljpi5b366d2d

2s04dosrkzjd.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wonder if she should maybe stop doing blotter before work. Just saying.

lisamikolajczyk.bsky.social•2 days ago

Her father is Steve Cortes. Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

massdisillusion.bsky.social•2 days ago

she's perfect.

FUCK REPUBLICANS!

jjj1919.bsky.social•2 days ago

The truth is this proves the point. The Trump Administration is not committed to address anti-semitism, only use it for their own political purposes. If they were, she would be the poster child to be fired.

falken.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sartre in 1947:

Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words.

photoonist.bsky.social•2 days ago

Swap in Trumpists:

Never believe that Trumpists are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly…

falken.bsky.social•2 days ago

Please don't butcher the work of Satre like this.

offdamountain.bsky.social•2 days ago

Pentagon you say. That thing ruled by DUI and the JAGs fired under him?

joeuchill.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/joeuchill.bsky.social/post/3ljn4lmen5c2z

50megatonfbomb.bsky.social•2 days ago

If student protesters were doing this, it would be national news!

andrewbloomberg.bsky.social•2 days ago

Also her name sounds like a bored low-level British Aristocrat in the 20s who wrote a book with a title like "The Empire or Anarchy: a Theory for the Benefit of the Subject Races"

haakonl.bsky.social•2 days ago

Of course she is gonna be the Pentagon deputy🤮This shit writes itself.

dmvbizman.bsky.social•2 days ago

Anti-Israel & Pro-Palestine the right considers evil.

Anti-Jews & Pro-Israel is the acceptable position for the right.

Kinda odd that Israel is fine seeing the Jews be persecuted as long as they get support from right-wing fascists.

Pretty much shows the whole zionism idea was an empty lie.

vailalamadness.bsky.social•2 days ago

Unfortunately, the word 'antisemitism' has been so misused over the previous couple of years it has been rendered useless.

agrsn2.bsky.social•2 days ago

The fascists are fine with anti-semitism as long as it doesn’t also come with the claim that Palestinians are fully human

hamalisk.bsky.social•2 days ago

One fascinating thing to note is that MAGA promotes domestic antisemitism but rejects antisionism fiercly. Once Trump retires I expect MAGA to become a full nazi party.

xemisaurus.bsky.social•2 days ago

They're one already. If it breathes like a Nazi, quacks like a Nazi, and walks like a Nazi it's probably a Nazi

amwellstead.bsky.social•2 days ago

The best people.

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