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[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 14 points 1 month ago

In February 2024, Epstein, along with four other Jewish elected officials from New York (Liz Krueger, Brad Hoylman-Sigal, Brad Lander and Lincoln Restler), signed an open letter on the Gaza war. The letter condemned Hamas and other groups in the Middle East for attacking Israel and seeking to foment antisemitism and anti-Zionism around the world, while also criticizing the Israeli government under Benjamin Netanyahu for civilian deaths in Gaza, its settlement policy in the West Bank, and leniency towards violence by Israeli settlers. The letter's signatories called for the Israeli government to prioritize negotiations to release hostages held in Gaza and voiced support for a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.[6]

Seems like a somewhat decent guy for a politician, too.

[-] hellfire103@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The November 2, 2024 episode of Saturday Night Live (SNL) ran a spoof campaign advertisement in which Harvey Epstein (played by host John Mulaney) repeatedly affirms that he is not convicted sex offenders Harvey WeinsteinJeffrey Epstein or some amalgamation thereof. Harvey Epstein, who is a regular SNL viewer, was surprised at the sketch and told The New York Times that he found it "ridiculously funny" and encouraged readers to support survivors of sexual abuse by donating to RAINN.

Source: Wikipedia

Seems like a good sport.

[-] fartographer@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago
[-] y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Harvey is a common Asian surname.

[-] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago

Opposites cancel, making him the least sex pest in the US

[-] MotoAsh@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

Wait... two sexpests aren't opposites...

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

I think it's like magnets, they repel each other.

[-] Envy@quokk.au 4 points 1 month ago
[-] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ya know what grinds my gears? This American penchant for pronouncing Germanic names incorrectly. Like 'stein' as 'steeeen'. EpstEEN. WeinstEEN (even more frustrating, that last one, as the 'ei' is pronounced how it 'should' be, but not the second occurrence!).

Even the people with these names often insist themselves on these pronunciations. I mean it's their right ultimately, it's their name after all -- but why/where/how did this pronunciation take root in the USA?

I was taught in German class that 'ei' is always a long 'i' -- hence 'schtIne' not 'stEEEn'. Hmmph.

Same with Robert 'Muller'. His name's spelled Mueller, so by German language rules it would seem it should be pronounced 'Müller' ('ue' in English being a substitute for the umlauted 'u').

I guess it falls out of what appears to be an American myopic view that everyone else has 'accents' and they must be purged from American speech since it's 'foreign'...

Grumble grumble... OK, I am done my little rant now.

[-] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago

I mean, I can see where you're coming from. However, you neglected to mention an equally important problem with the English pronunciation of Weinstein. The w is pronounced as a v. So, vineschtine.

[-] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Good catch, yes.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

Why would anyone think he was related to Harvey Weinstein? That's not how first names work. My father has a friend called George but no one thinks he's related to the former president.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Who's Jeffery?

[-] MourningDove@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I cannot think of anything that could be less interesting or more irrelevant to anything that has, is, or ever will- happen. Seriously…. What idiot thinks someone can be related on a first name basis?

[-] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 month ago

It's a pretty common surname. I feel sorry for people who have it.

I recently read the book "Impure Science", by Steven Epstein (very good philosophy of science book). It always made me slightly uncomfy whenever I saw it cited as (Epstein, 1996), because that surname inevitably makes me think of Jeffrey Epstein. It must suck to have those connotations attached to your name. Makes me glad that my surname is non descript

[-] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I would legit change my name. Not saying that they should but I couldn't live with the correlation

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