cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/8552957
Tweto https://x.com/MichaelKarlis/status/2056795237540925858
House candidate Maureen Galindo pledges to send ‘American zionists’ to internment camp
Controversy-tarred congressional candidate Maureen Galindo this week pledged to transform a site south of San Antonio now used by the Trump administration to detain migrants into an internment camp for “American Zionists.”
“She’ll turn Karnes ICE Detention Center into a prison for American Zionists and former ICE officers for human trafficking,” Galindo wrote in an Instagram post over the weekend, referring to herself in the third person. “It will also be a castration processing center for pedophiles, which will probably be most of the Zionists.”
Galindo’s latest set of inflammatory remarks comes as the Democratic hopeful for Texas’ newly redrawn 35th Congressional District continues to draw national attention for remarks critics have called antisemitic and untethered from reality. The controversy is snowballing as she heads into the May 26 Democratic primary runoff.
Over the past week, Galindo has accused her runoff opponent — former Bexar County Public Information Officer Johnny Garcia — of participating in a human trafficking conspiracy orchestrated by billionaire zionist Jews. She also pledged during a Texas Public Radio interview to put Garcia on trial for treason.
Beyond her attacks on Garcia, Galindo has continued to promote the narrative that a cabal of Jewish zionists controls Hollywood, the media and even local politicians.
Even so, in comments to the Current and other media outlets, Galindo maintained she only has an issue with zionists, or those advocating for the existence of a Jewish state in their ancestral homeland, rather than Jews in general.
“I think it’s actually the zionists who are putting Jewish people at the most risk,” Galindo told the Current last week.
AOC has denouced her
61 Comments
Banana@sh.itjust.works · 48 pts · 89d
My big issue is the term "Jewish zionists", completely ignoring that a huge proportion of the zionists -- including those in israel -- are Christians.
It's billionaires, zionists, capitalists.
There are a lot of anti-zionists jews, that is not the common denominator, it is nationalism and money.
Wakmrow@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 88d
Did she say that or did the article add the Jewish part
Banana@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 88d
That's a great question, I haven't been following her so I really do not fully know where she stands, but I do think tracing where her funding comes from tells us a lot about intentions, whether it's her intentions or just the funders, idk.
Wakmrow@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 88d
Based on the quotes around American zionists, I feel pretty strongly that the article added it
Banana@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 88d
I wouldn't be surprised!
Historical_General@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 87d
Lol
IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf · 10 pts · 89d
Zionism is incompatible with the Faith
Zaktor@sopuli.xyz · 23 pts · 89d
Most of the things evangelicals do is incompatible with the faith.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 88d
Well yeah they're a death cult. They literally think their mission on earth is to bring about end times by any means necessary.
Banana@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 89d
It is also incompatible with the Jewish faith. Look at what those orthodox jews in New York are saying. We are a disaspora and a big part of the Jewish identity is being an exiled people.
We do not have a divine right to any land.
SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 89d
That's Catholicism, one sect among many in Christianity. The above poster is really referring to Apocalyptic Christians, those who believe they're living in the End Times prophesied in the Revelation. They support Israel because they believe it's a necessary step in ushering in the end of the world. They think they're following God's plan. They seem to have missed the part of that book where all the Antichrist's supporters are slaughtered wholesale in the final battle and irrevocably damned.
evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 88d
I believe there are some people like that, but I think the vast vast majority of "christians" in support of zionism do it for reasons completely disconnected from their faith. I think it has more to do with toeing the conservative party line at best, and just white supremacy at worst.
SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 88d
One might suggest that the reason I gave is the belief they espouse because it validates and enables their conservative, bigoted beliefs.
evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 88d
100%
tomiant@piefed.social · 1 pts · 87d
"Do as I say, then find some bible passage to justify it later. Whichever one, just do as I say."
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 87d
I know Catholics ignore the old testament, but even the POPE? God LOVES genocide.
IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf · 0 pts · 87d
it has been fulfilled by our Lord.
Back then, sin had a price because it had not yet been paid
now, it has been paid for by our Lord, Jesus Christ.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 87d
Sin has a price for who?
emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 87d
"remember when we brutally tortured that guy who tried spreading Buddhist ideals and telling people to love each other? Well since we tortured and killed him for his beliefs, all sin is gone, actually."
IAMgROOT@lemmy.wtf · 1 pts · 86d
read the bible
mrdown@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 88d
Where id you see the mention of Jewish zionists
javasux@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 89d
Just people saying insane things for attention. And we're giving it to them
zoloftt@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 88d
It's not progressive to be the same as the right wing nut jobs.
You can be anti-zionist without also supporting camps at all...
HubertManne@piefed.social · 7 pts · 88d
yeah its like the side im on is the one with human rights and due process and social safety nets. not punishing mine enemies
OccamsRazer@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 87d
That's what the paradox of intolerance is for; justifying violence while maintaining the moral high ground.
SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 89d
If it's wrong for them to do it to us, it's wrong for us to do it to them. This is How Not To Be A Hypocrite: 1st grade edition.
AuroraZzz@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 89d
Yea. I'm gonna be on this side of the argument. We need more insane liberals putting the Nazis into camps for crazy reasons. Just repeating the things that they say, but with them as the out group instead
SuiXi3D@fedia.io · -1 pts · 89d
Zaktor@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 89d
No one said to tolerate them. We're just pointing out that concentration camps but from the left are still concentration camps.
SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 89d
(Edit: Deleted comment cited the paradox of tolerance.)
Yes but our intolerance and their intolerance should not be of the same character.
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml · -3 pts · 88d
"It was wrong for the Nazis to attack us, so it's wrong for us to attack them"
1st grade politics indeed
SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 88d
That is certainly a most juvenile misread. Think harder please.
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml · -4 pts · 88d
Go back to reddit
SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 88d
Go back to school and learn nuance. Or maybe just read my initial comment again, slower, and see that I didn't say that dumb shit you're pretending I said.
mrdown@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 88d
Step one of nuance. i s to watch the accused defense tweets and posts before talking
https://files.catbox.moe/yxq8d5.mp4
SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 88d
Why in the world would you come out with this edgy aggressive reply just to make the same mistake as the other user and pretend I said something that I didn't say? Are you just using my comment as a springboard for off-topic chicanery? I can't imagine why you thought this was a clever move.
mrdown@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 88d
My comment was neither edgy and neither aggressive . What is aggressive is saying to the other person go back to school. You are now trying to ragebait me like you did with the other person. My comment very on topic. Yo claim to use nuance yet you didn't even bother see what the accused said about the issue.
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml · -5 pts · 88d
Seriously, go back to reddit
SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 0 pts · 88d
I admit it can be hard to walk it back after sticking your foot in your mouth, but this is just sad. Ta-ta
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml · -1 pts · 88d
Go back to reddit
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 88d
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml · -2 pts · 88d
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 0 pts · 88d
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml · -2 pts · 88d
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · -1 pts · 88d
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 87d
crusa187@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 89d
They are literally traitors to our nation, working for Israel above America. Two hots and a cot in a TX internment camp is far too kind for these ghouls.
Banana@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 89d
njm1314@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 89d
Based
mrdown@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 88d
It was all a lie otherwise the instagram post would have been shared. Here a video of moreen talking about what she said in the post
https://files.catbox.moe/yxq8d5.mp4
Zaktor@sopuli.xyz · -1 pts · 88d
If the post was exculpatory, why didn't you share it here for people to see rather than a post of her just saying it was ok?
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 86d
"prove she didn't say it!"
Zaktor@sopuli.xyz · 0 pts · 86d
There's a post with some general keywords that every article is referencing. If this is them twisting an innocuous phrase into antisemitism, just showing the post where she's talking about jailing specific criminal Zionists is a strong refutation. Just linking to her own post claiming innocence is not.
Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 89d
I see that we can reach across the aisle to commit to calling our opponents pedophiles.
Historical_General@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 87d
Many are though...
Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 87d
Historical_General@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 86d
You were saying mate?
Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 86d
You have somehow managed to freeze my Fediverse client. I have no idea what this is a reply to and am writing this from my notifications page so hopefully I can know what this is about lol
Historical_General@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 86d
Haha, so you replied to this comment https://lemmy.world/comment/23871643 and deleted it. And to my surprise I was able to reply to your deleted comment. Probably a bug.
Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 84d
oh, i think i replied to the comment thinking it was on a different post then realized i was wrong. my initial comment was a remark about how similar rhetoric no matter whether it’s on the correct side has a similar effect
tomiant@piefed.social · 1 pts · 87d
Well one side are pedophiles calling the other side pedophiles, it would be weird not calling those pedophiles pedophiles.
Zaktor@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 89d
This feels kind of like the "I'm not touching you" of antisemitism. Like as much as American zionists have poisoned the well by conflating antizionism with antisemitism, you have to kind of side-eye just replacing standard fare antisemitic tropes with "Jewish zionists". You can say it's not about Jewishness, but it's starting to ring pretty hollow when it just seems like a find and replace.
Not to mention that, even taking this at face value, most zionists are just people who have been propagandized for decades and haven't thought enough about important issues to break away from it, not people who are buying Palestinian homes or crowdfunding Israeli terrorism. A lot of people are wrong about pretty serious moral issues, that doesn't mean that repurposing concentration camps is now a cool idea.
evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 88d
This person just seems like blue MTG.
mrdown@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 88d
She never mentioned camps she mentioned prisons and she talked about putting only criminal rich zionist in jail. The find and replace argument is bullshit and bad faith. It assume the potentiality that any person can hide antisemitism or any other form of racism by saying Zionists.
One can say isis are muslims extremists and not being accused of using an Islamophobic trope
https://files.catbox.moe/yxq8d5.mp4
raynethackery@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 87d
Everyone has lost their damn minds.
astropenguin5@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 89d
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 87d
Yeah no.
Some random idiot on the Internet saying this is whatever
Any politician, left or right, saying this is fucking dangerous. I don't care which side you're on, don't.
Anyone supporting this, try applying the rule where whatever happens, should happen to you. Are you okay with that? Are you okay with being on a detention center? Of detention centers like that are not okay for you, they should also be not okay for your neighbor who is on the other far end spectrum of your political agenda.
I get wanting to murder racist assholes but if you really really want that, what you really actually want is a civil war where both sides would lose.
What you want is a functional democracy where schools teach real history and give students real knowledge. Over time, that will root out the dumbass hatred. These stupid comments from politicians will just widen the gap and sow more hatred.
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 86d
Oh good, BlueMaga are already trying to come up for justifications as to why nobody will be punished after the Trump regime ends. It's the the fucking Obama era all over again: "sure they were fascists who committed crimes against humanity, but it would be wrong of us to punish them!"
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com · 0 pts · 87d
Not the type of far left politician I'd support.