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by nvm0n2 997 days ago
It's not exactly a conspiracy theory. ADL have very openly attacked Twitter, Musk says the ADL have been pressuring advertisers, and many different kinds of groups have complained about left wing pressure groups trying to cancel them by attacking advertisers. This isn't just an issue for Twitter but basically any conservative website or news channel, for example.

It'd actually be more surprising if the ADL wasn't trying to destroy Musk right now. That's just how those groups roll.

> If things have gotten so bad that the ADL say you're toxic, you're likely a Superfund site.

ADL define criticism of the ADL as anti-semitism, so it really means nothing.

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> It's not exactly a conspiracy theory.

The anti-Semitic conspiracy theory is that Jews are perceived as power brokers controlling global financial markets and having massive sway. And that the ADL is some powerful lobbying group with the ability snap it's fingers and get multi-billion dollar corporations to do it's bidding.

No one is denying that the ADL is pressuring groups to boycott platforms and organization that are supporting anti-Semitic messages. The disconnect is that "Conservatives" think it is completely unfounded because they are incapable of self reflection. "Conservatives" feel that their entire ideology is being unfairly attacked by global Jewish power brokers while ignoring the blatant racist white nationalist venom spitting maggots infesting their ranks.

I say "Conservatives" because they aren't true conservatives and haven't held or are sacrificing most of those ideals for decades to "own the libs". Politics in America are no longer a divide between about progressive vs conservative ideals, but rather between a divide between those that would embrace people who are different and those that would rather hurt them.

Modern "Conservatives" are so blinded by hate that they are willing to forgo Individual Freedom, Limited Government, Fiscal Responsibility, and Human Dignity to hurt others. They cry foul when anyone attempts to uphold the Rule of Law, demonstrate Peace through Strength, or leverage the Free Markets against them. They are no longer conservatives but rather hate mongers who want to win at all costs.

> "Conservatives" feel that their entire ideology is being unfairly attacked by global Jewish power brokers

The Wall Street Journal, Mark Levin, and Mitch McConnell fret over these Jewish power brokers, do they?

Or did you mean the ultra-MAGA wing, where DeSantis flies to Israel to cheerfully sign a bill against anti-Semitic hate speech? Or Donald Trump himself, the most popular American president among Israelis?

I feel like you're trying to make a point but you're presuming context and is absent.