Rafael Shimunov
Jewish person here who has worked on campaigns that Mark Ruffalo risked his career to boost with us. I feel like it’s been at least 10 causes personally. All with one thing in common: help ordinary working people. And it’s NYC so half the organizers working with him were Jews who love working with him. If you look up the merger story, well before Mark gone viral for it, the lawyer of right wing Trump billionaire Ellison spread the rumor that anyone opposing the merger (That would hand CNN to them to censor) was antisemitic. This isn’t about @MarkRuffalo it’s a planned argument they prepared to use when they began and no one is falling for it. In fact, those promoting antisemitic tropes are those conjoining a hostile billionaire acquisition to censor the media as a Jewish practice.
Mark Ruffalo
The accusation that I am antisemitic is appalling and fundamentally dishonest. Criticizing the actions of the Israeli prime minister, a military technology contract, or the executives who supply it is not the same as criticizing Jewish people. This critical and necessary dialogue