Reposted by Andrew
If nothing else, just read the opening paragraphs of the new @vevalenz.bsky.social piece.
This sort of casual cruelty, and worse, is so common in U.S. jails/prisons that to most it barely registers as scandalous—but it is, and this reporting really matters:
boltsmag.org/california-p...
![“Abdul consistently judges pro-Israel Jews in Michigan, and the entire Zionist movement, by Israel’s most extremist elements, such as [Itamar] Ben-Gvir and [Bezalel] Smotrich,” Arbit said, referring to far-right ministers in Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s coalition, “yet gets very indignant when people judge him by the most extreme statements of Hasan Piker,” a Twitch streamer who has espoused antisemitic rhetoric and with whom El-Sayed campaigned during the primary.
“I have a huge problem with that hypocrisy,” Arbit added. “Should you judge a movement by its fringes or shouldn’t you? Which is it?”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l75esfhx2yv7bwuspplasjh3/bafkreicxonmtwempzc6luwgj6cr7gem5uufeybagb3lzkdkunlzrcgh7ma)
