Chris Rabb, Hasan Piker, and the Uncomfortable Practice of Liberal Democracy
TL;DR Chris Rabb has been criticized for campaigning with Hasan Piker. Many Jews, including myself, are discomforted not just by antisemitism, but by anti-Zionism. And that’s true even when we are strong or even strident critics of Israeli politics. For most of our lives, we Jews have been spared the discomfort of having to work in political coalition with critics of Israel. But, mostly because of the extremist policies of the Israeli government under Netanyahu, those days are over. How respond to this situation is perhaps the greatest test of our political acumen and morality many of us have ever faced. For given the stakes for our country and the world, we are going have to suck it up and recognize that Israel is now a contested issue and that we will have to both work with and vote for people who we also disagree with and want to challenge.… Continue reading
