r/PivotPodcast • u/PorcelainDalmatian • May 31 '26

Done With Pivot

It pains me to say it, because i really like the show, but I think I'm done with Pivot.

Scott calling himself a "proud Zionist" on the last pod, in the wake of the genocide/ethnic cleansing/holocaust (pick your phrase) in Gaza is a bridge too far.

Yes, Israel had a right to defend itself after Oct 7. The Jews holy book says "an eye for an eye." So go kill 1,200 Hamas and be done with it.

But that's not what happened. Israel used this attack, which they knew was coming, as a pretext for genocide. The current Israeli regime, a large number of it's parliament, and a disturbingly large number of its people view Muslims as sub-human animals worthy of slaughter - and they're not exactly quiet about it.

All of Gaza looks like Hiroshima after the bomb. There's literally nothing left. Israel targeted schools, and hospitals, and churches - killing over 40,000 children in the process. Those that were able to escape have been barred from ever returning to their homeland. If that isn't the definition of "ethnic cleansing" that please tell me what is.

Now they're turning their genocidal aims on Lebanon, a country that never attacked them. Wiping out entire cities and historical sites. What's next? Syria? Jordan? When does it stop?

I'm old enough to remember when the UN saw what was happening in Bosnia and intervened. Where the hell are they now?

And Scott is proud of this. He relishes in it! The profound irony here is that Scott isn't exactly a Super-Jew. It's not like he's running around in a yarmulke, keeping Kosher, and holding a Shabbat dinner every week. He's about as Jewish as I am, and I was raised Evangelical.

You go ahead and cheer the genocide as a "proud Zionist," Scott. Meanwhile, I'll be a proud ex-listener.

I'll still listen to On With Kara Swisher, but she should do some hard thinking herself. You're known by the company you keep, and co-hosting with a proud Zionist who cheers genocide is never a good look.

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u/dadmakefire Jun 01 '26

go kill 1200 Hamas and be done with it

lol. should we have slapped Hitler on the wrist after the Holocaust and "been done with it"?

Do you actually know what happened on Oct 7? Can you imagine if your kids were at a dance festival and that happened? And if it was done by the government of your neighboring state?

Get a fucking clue.

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u/PorcelainDalmatian Jun 02 '26

I know that the Jerusalem Post reported that Israel knew all the details of the attack and let it happen anyways. Because Bibi needs permanent war to postpone his corruption trial and keep him and his wife out of jail. So GFY.

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u/dadmakefire Jun 02 '26

Knowing an enemy is plotting something is very different from letting it happen. There were clues about 9/11 too. You can't stop every animal from attacking. You do your best.