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Why That Super Bowl Ad Hit a Nerve

JL;DR SUMMARY Lee Smith examines the backlash against Robert Kraft's Super Bowl ad addressing antisemitism. 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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Robert KraftMaga MovementTucker CarlsonSuper Bowl AdJew HateRight Wing MediaLeadership ResponseConservative WhitesMedia Personalities

Places mentioned

Massachusetts, United States
"But the ad, paid for by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, is an eerily accurate allegory for what antisemitism looks like today in America, or at least one aspect of it."
Israel, Central District, Israel
"like Israel did with Hezbollah and Hamas."
Palestinian Territories
"Jewish kids are most likely to get harassed, or threatened, or chased through the halls, or hit by someone wearing a keffiyeh and shouting Free Palestine."

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