[Closed] Nigel Farage: 'Jewish lobby' has disproportionate power in the US

Does the Jewish lobby have disproportionate power in the US?

For the avoidance of doubt I wouldn’t dream of calling him the N word.

Normal?

Nice?

I'd happily call him a nob!

Is it the same as the disproportionate power/media coverage he has

once you look into that alt-right world of infowars/breitbart/trump/sandy-hook was-fake you realise that a lot of people are stupid & dangerous

farage most definitely in that category

For the avoidance of doubt I wouldn’t dream of calling him the N word.

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I wonder how his German Citizenship application is progressing...

once you look into that alt-right world of infowars/breitbart/trump/sandy-hook was-fake you realise that a lot of people are stupid & dangerous

farage most definitely in that category

The scary thing is that I don’t think he’s stupid. Thinking that he is stupid comes with its own dangers.

I think hes stupid for stirrng up hate & division, hate against immigrants etc

Does the Jewish lobby have disproportionate power in the US?

The NRA have disproportionate power in the US, that's for sure. Farage is just a Nazi (there, I said it), attention seeking nob.

**** doesn't begin with N.

I think that quite probably the jewish lobby does have disproportionate power in the US. But like Mikey says so does the NRA, tobacco, the arms industry, private health providers, and countless other lobbying groups. In fact if a lobbying group doesn't wield disproportionate power, it [i]sucks[/i]. It's literally the only reason they exist.

So it's only really interesting as it makes it really clear what groups some people have a problem with. Farage for instance presumably has no issue with property developers gaining disproportionate power in the UK via their enormous donations to political parties.

Farage for instance presumably has no issue with property developers gaining disproportionate power in the UK via their enormous donations to political parties.

He will have a problem with any jewish or muslim developers.

I wonder how his German Citizenship application is progressing...

His type tend to flee to Argentina.

It might have been better if he'd said "Israeli lobby", but having listened to the audio clip I'd say it was otherwise inoffensive.

Which is probably why it mainly seems to have been picked up with the pisspoor Independent.

'Jewish lobby'

Jobby?

What I think about when I see that photo up there ^ makes me feel like a bad person.

I think hes stupid for stirrng up hate & division, hate against immigrants etc

I think he uses stupid people for his own agenda. Despicable, conniving and dangerous.

* doesn't begin with N.

I think that quite probably the jewish lobby does have disproportionate power in the US. But like Mikey says so does the NRA, tobacco, the arms industry, private health providers, and countless other lobbying groups. In fact if a lobbying group doesn't wield disproportionate power, it sucks. It's literally the only reason they exist.

And although they're not a lobbying group per se, you can add white men to that list as well.

And white men called Donald.

Nige has the uncanny ability to annoy anyone in direct proportion to their own personal degree of delusion. Quite refreshing. 😀

once you look into that alt-right world of infowars/breitbart/trump/sandy-hook was-fake you realise that a lot of people are stupid & dangerous

farage most definitely in that category

dangerous yes, stupid no. he knows how to manipulate stupid gullible people and does it well. people dismissing him as stupid is part of what makes him dangerous. simple people like simple solutions - he knows that and feeds idiotic sound bite politics to those too stupid or too lazy to think for themselves.

Had a sad little chuckle listening to him flounder on that Jeremy Vine show this afternoon, it'd be funny if it weren't so sad.

Jewish Lobby - you are in dangerous territory
Israeli Lobby - that’s fine

I did not hear the context he used it so can’t comment other than to say I am somewhat surprised Farage would have made such a crass error. He has always been clear in his opinion that the UK is a Judeo Christian society - not exactly anti-Semitic and certainly no “Nazi”

I am somewhat surprised Farage would have made such a crass error.

yeah, he chose "Jewish Lobby" and used the term a couple of times.

And although they're not a lobbying group per se, you can add white men to that list as well.

He has always been clear in his opinion that the UK is a Judeo Christian society - not exactly anti-Semitic and certainly no “Nazi”

like I said hes been sucked into the alt-right world where anti-semitism is normalised

he was a fan of Adolf in his youth & certainly the division he whipped up in the referendum; them & us, scapegoating immigrants was straight out of the nazi playbook
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jambalaya - 
.... can’t comment other than to say I am somewhat surprised...

As mentioned above, the whole 'blame the immigrants while coming across as decent people with the country's best interests at heart' schick is straight from the fascist playbook.

However you want to sugar coat his ideology, it's founded on a mixture of xenophobia and cynical populism that has been a recipe for disaster in the past. I've got no problem describing him as a fascist or as a neo-nazi sympathiser and the sooner him and his ideals are back out of mainstream politics the better.

rene59 - Member

Does the Jewish lobby have disproportionate power in the US?

I think they are a successful lobby, and I think all successful lobbies have disproportionate power. Whether that is a good or bad thing will depend on what lobbies use their power for and how that ties in with your own morals.

Yep, my thoughts too and if unaccountable seizure and retention of land to suppress others who live with a different belief doctrine fits within your moral compass, there's a bit of a dilemma...

the jews and the Christians have too much power in the US. The Christians have too much power in the UK.