David Baddiel: The Jew Problem

Are Jews a minority? Do they deserve the same social-justice protections as other identity groups? Or are they white-perhaps even the “whitest” of white privileged elites?
David Baddiel is a comedian and writer. He helped turn comedy into ‘the New Rock’n’Roll’ when he created the hit TV shows ‘The Mary Whitehouse Experience’ and ‘Newman & Baddiel in Pieces’. He’s appeared on the UK’s biggest comedy shows including ‘Little Britain’, ‘Skins’, ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’, and ‘QI’, and he performed to 12,500 people at the Wembley arena in the UK’s first ever stadium comedy show.
Now, he has turned his ferocious intellect to his Jewishness. How does the social-justice Left think about Jews? Where do Jews fit in a ‘woke’ worldview? Baddiel’s brilliant new book and TV documentary are both called “Jews Don't Count”.
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[@enthronedking]

99% of comments proving his point. So depressing. Antisemitism is out of control

[@saraleigh5336]

Very depressing. I appreciate yours!

[@bimbalful]

Jews also had to learn to read (at bar/bat mitzva) when it wasn't so widely spread

[@stavsenitzki9138]

Very interesting. Thank you:)

[@GeorgeSmiley77]

What is the name of the theme music for this podcast?

[@live_free_or_perish]

I made a totally benign comment, and it disappeared.

[@jalemairliha]

That just means you used a word the youtube AI monitor wasn't sure was benign.

[@mazherhussain8778]

Jason Lee ?

[@SteveJones9]

Thanks Josh. Narrow discussion, good interview. Your careful push-back when guests prevaricate is one of your skills I'm here to see.

[@GeraldSmallbear]

19:47 you are misrepresenting Elon's argument, which he was at pains to clarify. I think this is because of carelessness and bias rather than malice. It's worth having a look at his comments and clarifications, which a lot of Jews are starting to agree with. Mainly because he's not only right but acting in their best interests. Spoiler alert: that was the whole point... What is in the Jewish community's best interests? Is unalloyed altruism actually an evil? Were the Hamas attackers enabled by such altruism. ... do you need another spoiler alert?

[@neirinski]

No truth in the comment section, please.

[@pstotto]

In the beginning was the word, to the spammer and linguistic philosophy reigns supreme in the art world over the image and that anti-Western Enlightenment has been going on since Sigmund Freud and maybe in cahoots with a Pope desperate to restore papal infallibility on the back of linguistic philosophy infallibility and now medical opinion infallibility in contrast to the absolute truth that there is a height and width to the visual field and typified by the Frankfurt School and the reduction of art to merely a commodity and social relations. As such, the great anti-Semitism is perspective geometry and they're all guilty as they play the world financial markets via GPS and the Internet.

[@noahbrown4388]

A quote misattributed to Voltaire comes to mind. I’m sure, ironically, that this comment will be deleted 🤫

[@jenA9026]

I'm not Jewish, but I'm enamoured of Jewish culture(s) history and the Hebrew language. I agree with the sights offered by David here. Enjoyed the discussion. Thanks!

[@stevenponte6655]

I really want to subscribe to your podcast but where is the discomfort in your conversations? You barely push back on anything these days. Even with your new best buddy Douglas Murray, while he is too smart to mention the Replacement Theory, every single point he makes is pure dog whistling to those theorists, with a nudge nudge wink wink, yet you say nothing because he is now Israel's new best friend.

[@saraleigh5336]

In what way do you think that Murray is a proponent of the idea that there is a shadowy group of Jewish people manipulating society to bring people with the “wrong” color skin into the West?

[@markeggins890]

Murray has become an activist journalist himself, the likes of which he used to rightly criticise.

[@maltesetony9030]

Given the horrendous genocidal onslaught by Israel in Gaza since October 2023, I do hope that the boy Baddiel is planning a follow-up to his book, "Jews Don't Count" - "Palestinians Don't Count", perhaps?

[@britmusic375]

Why can't Jews talk about antisemitism without a "but"?

[@britmusic375]

Should a book on Palestinians also have to talk about Pakistan expelling afghans. If I write a book called “Palestinians don’t count” are you going to demand I write a book called “Afghans don’t count”.

[@maltesetony9030]

@@britmusic375 I 'm not "demanding" anything; just suggesting. But, no, it wouldn't do any harm, would it? Enough of this "what-aboutery" - don't be so touchy.

[@maltesetony9030]

@@britmusic375 They can. Problem for them is, though, that a state which claims to be acting in their name is a rogue state, & doing an awful lot of killing in their name.

[@britmusic375]

Your initially comment was a perfect example of "whataboutery" @@maltesetony9030

[@JohnCox-ut3cv]

I really don’t have the motivation to watch this. All I want to know is whether David Baddiel supports the fascist and apartheid state of Israel?

[@MT-kx2uc]

Poor Jews. Honestly you'd think they were being bombed to oblivion after having their country stolen by Irgun / Lehi / Hagsnah 75 years ago.

[@bryankinney1]

Har har you'd think your comment isn't cheap racist Iranian sponsored propaganda bullshit 🖕

[@bryankinney1]

Russian troll