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FakeNoose

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8. I agree that there are very few liberal Dems who actually hate or discriminate against Jews

Reply to Bluejeans (Reply #6)

Mon May 11, 2026, 06:12 PM

22 hrs ago

I've never met any....

It sounds to me like Judge Wecht is equating anti-Israel (anti-war) feelings with hatred of Jewish people as a group. Nothing could be further from the truth. But he doesn't seem to be looking for truth here, he just wants to unload some steam.

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Accusing party of antisemitism, Pa. Supreme Court Justice David Wecht leaves Democratic Party that elected him [View all] Jose Garcia 22 hrs ago OP

Supreme court justices should not be partisans. Judges and justices should Maru Kitteh 22 hrs ago #1

Criticism of Israel is forbidden I suppose. travelingthrulife 22 hrs ago #2

oh haven't you heard? Skittles 19 hrs ago #15

Wait till he finds out who's in the other Party! FakeNoose 22 hrs ago #3

He never said he was becoming a Republican Jose Garcia 22 hrs ago #9

i'm pretty sure most of the Nazi-affiliated groups are Trumpers... johnnyplankton 22 hrs ago #4

Sounds like a Republican infiltrator. hadEnuf 22 hrs ago #5

28 years as an elected Democrat is pretty long for a con Jose Garcia 22 hrs ago #7

It makes about as much sense as switching hadEnuf 8 hrs ago #22

He didn't switch to the Republican Party Jose Garcia 5 hrs ago #25

Perhaps a bit more research before making silly accusations NoRethugFriends 21 hrs ago #11

You're right, I didn't read the article. hadEnuf 8 hrs ago #21

As someone who is of Semitic descent... Bluejeans 22 hrs ago #6

I agree that there are very few liberal Dems who actually hate or discriminate against Jews FakeNoose 22 hrs ago #8

I ask people to back up statements like "the Democratic Party has moved too far left BaronChocula 21 hrs ago #12

There are Democrats who are spilling over into anti-Jewish speech. LeftInTX 6 hrs ago #24

He didn't name Platner, but is there some other democrat that had a Nazi tattoo for decades? mathematic 5 hrs ago #27

Uuuummmmmm... did anyone tell the judge he is confusing Democrats and Republicans?!!?? Multichromatic 22 hrs ago #10

He has the parties correct, Shermanator1 19 hrs ago #16

You'd think a judge could understand nuance. BlueTsunami2018 20 hrs ago #13

He's free to leave the party for whatever reason he chooses but Buddyzbuddy 19 hrs ago #14

"hatred has grown on the left" Aussie105 19 hrs ago #17

Yeah, right. Icanthinkformyself 9 hrs ago #18

This message was self-deleted by its author cayugafalls 8 hrs ago #19

From my viewpoint, the people on the left who are critical of Israel, cayugafalls 8 hrs ago #20

Shame on him. He's a liar mountain grammy 7 hrs ago #23

This might be the beginning. RandySF 5 hrs ago #26

I believe he will find far more anti-semitism on the right. I suspect he is calling protests against the Israeli Martin68 4 hrs ago #28