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Re:Former Square CTO Bob Lee Stabbed to Death in Downtown Sa... by TurkishPoptart on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @01:43PM (#35457816)
Americans have been electing these "soft on crime" district attorneys. Especially in 2016[1] and in 2022[2], George Soros was their largest funder. I can't say what his motivations are, but it allows him to basically rewrite the law by electing DAs like Boudin who seem to not believe in crime.

According to the LELDF, about 70 active DAs receiving funding from Soros-based groups [3].

[1]: https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/george-soros-criminal...

[2]: https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/all-progressive-das-...

[3]: https://twitter.com/LELDF/status/1641212886663020546

Re:Former Square CTO Bob Lee Stabbed to Death in Downtown Sa... by __jem on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @03:27PM (#35459207)
Love to see clear anti-semitic dog whistling going on on HN.
Re:Former Square CTO Bob Lee Stabbed to Death in Downtown Sa... by TurkishPoptart on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @04:40PM (#35460071)
Please engage in good faith here. It is objectively true that Mr. Soros, via NGOs, funds these DAs. It is also true that CNN/MSNBC/NPR/NYT/WaPo and most "blue" media don't report on this, but I don't know why that's the case (though I suspect that he also funds them to keep his name out of the headlines because national journalism is mostly broken these days).

It is absurd to conflate any criticism of a person's actions to a "dog whistle". I say this as an observant Jew who is excited for the first night of Passover and attending a seder tonight with one of the local Chabads. Is it still an anti-semitic dog whistling if I try to shed light on the misdeeds of one of our own? But regardless of my identity/religion, it shouldn't be off-the-table to discuss an individual's public behavior on our politics.

I don't know what your real motives are, but it's simply anti-intellectual to try to shut down discussion with this nonsense.

Re:Former Square CTO Bob Lee Stabbed to Death in Downtown Sa... by huhhii77 on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @04:43PM (#35460119)
Yawn, regurgitating ADL talking points does not diminish the facts. Glad to see "project megaphone" alive & kicking.

Calling someone "antisemitic" is akin to calling them a "square".

Both words are dated artifacts so overplayed they've lost their original meaning.

Re:Former Square CTO Bob Lee Stabbed to Death in Downtown Sa... by TurkishPoptart on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @04:51PM (#35460212)
What's worse is that this is a common way of halting discussion due to political correctness gone amuck. Also, improper use of dog-whistling.
Re:Former Square CTO Bob Lee Stabbed to Death in Downtown Sa... by arpowers on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @03:40PM (#35459371)
I dug into this and is totally true. Soros is the head of a crime/power syndicate that is so crazy connected that they control the media, tech, even AI.
Re:Former Square CTO Bob Lee Stabbed to Death in Downtown Sa... by TurkishPoptart on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @04:47PM (#35460163)
Sadly, no one will see the comment, as it's being down-voted into oblivion.