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‘More Elias’: These people are celebrating the Capital Jewish Museum shooting

JL;DR SUMMARY In the wake of the Capital Jewish Museum shooting, where two Israeli embassy employees were killed, social media reactions have starkly varied, highlighting a disturbing trend of glorifying violence. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Israeli Palestinian ConflictPro Palestinian ActivismIsraeli EmbassySocial Media ReactionsFar Left GroupsViolence GlorificationElias RodriguezCapital Jewish Museum ShootingPolitical Condemnation

Places mentioned

Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"Mejds post may have been one of the first to justify the murder of two Israeli embassy employees at a Jewish event in Washington, D.C. Wednesday night, but it was hardly the most popular."
New York City, New York, United States
"The latter name is a reference to Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing a UnitedHealthcare executive in New York City."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"Mo Khan, who was involved in an antisemitic sign recently being paraded through a Philadelphia bar, later received payment in the form of another antisemitic meme coin, called $JPROOF."
California, United States
"The man who killed six people at a California university in 2014 is a hero in misogynist incel circles."

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