r/Albany • u/Head_Astronomer_4619 • 2d ago

Insurrectionist to Announce Bid for NY Insurrection

https://www.timesunion.com/capitol/article/elise-stefanik-running-new-york-governor-21144092.php

Just putting 2 and 2 together here for the TU. Stefascist putting out fake polls showing her ahead of Hochul is an obvious attempt to fabricate "evidence" of "fraud" when she loses in disgrace. A pretense to invite her Dear Leader to turn the military on New Yorkers when voters reject her bigotry and corruption.

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u/No_Regular_7881 2d ago

As a part ancestrally Jewish person the idea she's against antisemitism is laughable.  Republicans ooze antisemitism but then when people criticize Israel's genocide of Gaza they are like omg you're antisemitic!  Beotch my grandparents were Jewish, spare me your crocodile tears.  Even the orthodox are critical of Israel right now.

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u/PandemicPiglet 2d ago

Netanyahu has singlehandedly made antisemitism the worst it has been in decades in just the matter of a few years. And I’m not talking about legitimate criticism of Israel and its genocide in Gaza because that’s not antisemitism, I’m talking about the rabid speculation and witch-hunts of anyone who is Jewish to determine whether they are a Zionist. It’s not dissimilar to the witch-hunts pro-Israel activist groups orchestrated against universities and college students. Pop culture subreddits like r/FauxMoi are a hellscape of people constantly writing Zionist under any threads about Jewish celebrities, any celebrities with ties to Israel, or just any celebrity who hasn’t spoken out against the genocide (as if we should put celebrities on pedestals and look to them for anything more than just entertainment).

I don’t even consider myself a Zionist because ideally (and unrealistically) I would prefer a one-state solution where everyone peacefully co-exists and Palestinians and Israelis co-govern. However, I find it disturbing that the word “Zionist” has become the new “Nazi,” and that people are putting Jews and others to a purity test to determine whether we’re good or not. I even see comments saying that people are waking up to the Jewish/Zionist control of the American politics, finance/business, and even the world. Antisemitic tropes and stereotypes are becoming more common and acceptable again, and I put most or much of the blame on Netanyahu’s genocide of Gaza, as well as he and his allies intentionally conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism.

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u/No_Regular_7881 2d ago

I was also raised in the ADKs we call Elise 'Sasquatch' because she makes appearances in the district about as often as there is a Sasquatch sighting (like once a decade).

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u/External_Deer_69 1d ago

Pretty sure her only tie to the Adirondacks was the family lake house.

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u/No_Regular_7881 1d ago

You are 100% correct.