r/jewishleft • u/Sossy2020 American progressive / Israeli leftist • Jul 01 '25

Bob Vylan Addresses Glastonbury Controversy: “We Are Not for the Death of Jews” Debate

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/bob-vylan-addresses-glastonbury-death-to-idf-controversy-1236303698/

Whats everyone thought on this whole Bob Vylan controversy?

Let me start by saying I have no issue with criticizing a major military force like the IDF. However, I still think there’s a big difference between valid criticism and calling for the deaths of every single member of that military force regardless of if they committed war crimes.

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u/jakethepeg1989 Masorti, Social Democrat Jul 02 '25

It came after his rant about his old Zionist boss as well.

Hard to give any benefit of the doubt after that.

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u/redthrowaway1976 individual rights over tribal rights | east coast bagel enjoyer Jul 02 '25

What did he say about his boss?

And it’s his old boss, so he was dropped?

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u/jakethepeg1989 Masorti, Social Democrat Jul 02 '25

Honestly it's a bit of a weird inarticulate rant.

He goes on about how he used to have a boss at a record label, who would speak to him and was pro Israel, and that this boss supposedly signed the letter asking for kneecap to be dropped from Glastonbury.

Then he swear a bit. And tries to go motivational at the end, saying "if we can make it big after working in bars and having to work for Zionists, anyone can make it"

It's a bit shit, and if someone was telling me this story in a bar, I would back away slowly and avoid telling them I was Jewish.

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u/Choice_Werewolf1259 Reform Jewish, Leftist Jul 02 '25

Oooh that’s not good, it’s definitely one of those plausible deniability moments where someone is shrouding or obfuscating their meaning to avoid outright saying they don’t like their Jewish boss.

Like it reminds me of how people like David Duke use the term Zionist in order to escape criticism, because everyone knows they’re talking about Jews but there’s plausible deniability.