Peloni: Batya Ungar-Sargon joins Dave Rubin to discuss the role of Jews in America and how they came to be a commodity of the Democratic party, and why the Democratic party came to turn on them.
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Half-truths at best. And that’s before she said she thought her “Palestinian” “friend” living under “occupation “ in the “West Bank” had good reason to hate Israel and that it wasn’t antisemitism. Not sure if it was this interview about her book or another. Has she never seen “Gentleman”s Agreement?”
She’s also wrong that Jews are just hated as whites, not worse.
Before this Palestinianist driven wave, it was mainly fueled by the Nation of Islam.
I’ve lived on the
edge of Harlem for
my entire adult life and I’m in my mid-60s.
Jews were not seen as whites and were hated worse than whites. I say, “hated” in the past tense, because Mayor Eric Adams, the greatest mayor in my lifetime, defused it.
I lost count of the times I was attacked in the 47 years I’ve lived here. But, not lately. There’s a friendliness in the air I’ve never seen before. That goes for my childhood and adolescence on the Upper West Side, as well. I was attacked under Giuliani and Bloomberg, too. Did they make the city safer for Jews? I’ll have to take your word for it.
I learned of the following theory, one week after being attacked on the same site, by a young black antisemite who recited it to me. He said he learned it in college.
And now, the Communists have dropped them and returned to the white students they dropped the working class for in the ‘60’s until that fizzled with the end of the Vietnam War. And have added Islamist immigrants to the mix, ever looking for the segment of society to fuel their rise. See Gramsci and Marcuse. Though Marx himself contemptuously derided the bourgeoisified proletariat. At one point they even looked to lumpenproletariat (street criminals.) Oh wait, they did that again didn’t they with the George Floyd
riots among others since the 60s..
Same here, to some extent. Woody Allen’s “Bananas” (1971), his best film, is the only film I know of that explores this theme. It was no accident, I’m sure, that during the earlier seduction phase, the public speakers tended to be pretty college age women.
“The Mao Tse-Tung Hour” is a fictional prime-time television show featured in the critically acclaimed 1976 satirical film Network. Written by Paddy Chayefsky, the movie uses this fictional series to deliver a dark, prophetic satire on commercial television, sensationalism, and the rise of modern reality TV. [1, 2, 3]
The Plot Concept
In the film, a ruthless programming executive named Diana Christensen (played by Faye Dunaway) discovers raw home-movie footage of a bank robbery filmed by a left-wing terrorist cell called the Ecumenical Liberation Army (ELA)—a fictionalized parody of the real-life Symbionese Liberation Army. Recognizing its commercial potential, Diana strikes a deal with the terrorists to create a weekly docudrama series. [1, 2, 3]
The premise of the show includes:
* Real Terrorist Crimes: The network provides the ELA with a weekly prime-time slot in exchange for exclusive, authentic footage of their real heists, hijackings, and propaganda. [1, 2]
* Corporate-Communist Collaboration: In a highly satirical plot thread, Communist Party representative Laureen Hobbs negotiates contracts, syndication rights, and legal fees alongside armed Marxist guerrillas and corporate network lawyers. [1]
* Massive Success: The show becomes an instant ratings juggernaut during its first season.[1]
Cultural Significance & Prophecy
The subplot is widely cited by film critics as one of the most brilliant pieces of satire in cinema history. Decades before the advent of actual reality television, true-crime docuseries, or terrorist organizations utilizing social media for propaganda, Network accurately predicted how media corporations would commodify violence, radical ideologies, and anti-establishment anger purely for advertising revenue and network ratings. [1, 2]
The fictional show also triggers the climax of the movie. When the main character, the “mad prophet” news anchor Howard Beale, suffers a catastrophic drop in ratings, network executives contract the ELA to assassinate Beale live on the air—an act explicitly designed to shock audiences and serve as the spectacular promotional launchpad for the second season of The Mao Tse-Tung Hour. [1, 2, 3]” – AI Overview
“Network – The Mao Tse Tung Hour Negotiations”
https://youtu.be/CuqvlMxfGA4?is=Es7KwhNXPlYQ5pdm
I went to the Palestinian Media Watch Page today, and an old post of mine popped up:
Many of these antisemites are Jews themselves!
Mamdani inner circle has a number of Jews including his “speeches” writer.