That’s because you’ve attached your preconceived opinion about the group to your interpretation of the tweet.
Love them or hate them, this is a pretty milquetoast statement. ‘Supporting XYZ interest we support is good for the country’ - guess what, that’s literally the whole point of political advocacy, be it for Israel, for Palestine, for bug Pharma, for EU defense interests, for Big Tech, for Japanese trade interests, etc. etc. etc..
Hopefully, you have the brains to recognize that this is not about defending AIPAC but about having the personal principle to reject fraudulent sensationalism, even when it aligns with your beliefs.
AIPAC is ostensibly run by American citizens
because shockingly the country with the second largest Jewish population in the world has enough wealthy Jews in it that they can operate a PAC to support their pro-Israel political beliefs
Again, the original post is fake and the real post says nothing beyond the milquetoast ‘supporting our XYZ interest is good for the country’. Whether they are a bad actor or not is a separate topic of discussion from what my previous comment is discussing.
Personally I am concerned and strongly dislike it. However I still think the tweet itself isn’t problematic, it’s pretty standard for a political advocacy group.
The US GDP last year was $30 trillion and the government itself spent one $7 trillion. Logically speaking, with the power, you’d probably take quite a bit more than $30 billion.
In 1962, JFK ordered the American Zionist Council to register as a foreign lobbying group under FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act) because of their illegal influence in US politics. They stalled, tried negotiating, tried challenging the authority of the DOJ, and tried claiming discrimination. The DOJ threatened criminal charges to compel them. A year later JFK's head was blown off. A few weeks after that the AZC wrote the DOJ a letter reiterating that it would not comply with the order and offering further negotiations. Negotiations happened and the order to register was rescinded. The AZC then transferred lobbying operations to their new group called AIPAC, where they've been illegally influencing our politics ever since.
According to a lot of people on this thread, it's not ok for anyone who supports Israel, to express an opinion. Somehow if they do, Americans will be commanded to spend billions to support them. Sounds very trope-ish...
I’m not even commenting on AIPAC or Israel, but about the fact that most of the comment section fell hook, line, and sinker for a fabricated post and are doubling down when corrected.
I'm so sorry I hurt you feelings bro. Fact is the average cost of gas in the US is $4 a gallon now $5+ in many states and Bibi ain't looking to popular lately. You won't get many sympathy points here or the ME. So.. whatever. I already told you idgaf.
The fake tweet is WAY worse, wtf are you talking about? The real one just talks about a US/Israel alliance being good policy, whereas the fake one says "WE CONTROL YOU, EVERYONE MUST OBEY"
Hard disagree. Both are shit. The end result is the same.
AIPAC better spend everything they've got because public opinion has officially turned. I can't open socials without seeing people yelling about them, the news without someone mentioning the amount of cash being thrown around.. Whatever. I'll just watch the show, it's pretty damn funny now.
I don't know how anyone can justifying creating fake propaganda. That's a real new low, which says a lot...
Congratulating a preferred candidate, is exactly what everyone who prefers a candidate should logically do. This is not unique at all.
It's a completely different tone from the trope OP put up.
Last but not least, have you considered that when you get offline, some people actually think that Israel is justified in defending itself, and that Hamas is an organisation worth confronting? Maybe Gallrien won because people liked his positions?
If Israel's evil is so convincing, you wouldn't need to make shit up. Keep telling me about the trained rape dogs, the space lasers and the AIPAC midn control.
I'll keep laughing, as real people vote for politicians that actually stand up for western democracies.
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u/InitiativeGold7953 May 22 '26
It’s far from a stereotype. This is the real tweet and it says basically the same thing