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BauhausOfEliott · 30/04/2026 13:41

Do people on this thread not know that Zach Polanski is also Jewish? Because at the moment most people seem to be talking about Zach Polanski and Jewish people as if they think those are two separate things.

Saying things like 'Imagine being a Jewish man and... ' are all very well, but Polanski doesn't have to 'imagine' that because he literally is a Jewish man and he has as much right to express an opinion as any other Jewish person does. You don't get to pick and choose who counts as Jewish and who doesn't.

ThatCyanCat · 30/04/2026 13:42

UpmingtonHeights · 30/04/2026 13:31

Are you 14?

MN really does need to enforce age restrictions on here.

The hate for ZP on here, alongside multiple threads about him, is tedious and transparent.

Tedious to you, perhaps, but the purpose isn't to entertain you, so it doesn't matter.

Transparent? That suggests people are unwittingly showing something they are trying to hide. What would that be?

DaisyDooley · 30/04/2026 13:42

JohnBullshit · 30/04/2026 12:35

I have no sympathy for violent offenders, but I don't believe the police should join them by kicking the shit out of someone they've already apprehended.

They hadn’t apprehended him -that was the point.
He still had the knife and they didn’t know if he was wearing a suicide vest.
What should they have done - asked him nicely??
Hes a fucking terrorist!!

MaidOfSteel · 30/04/2026 13:42

glitterpaperchain · 30/04/2026 13:13

Ohh I see, you are pro genocide

That’s a yes, then, @coulditbeme2323.

WestwardHo1 · 30/04/2026 13:42

Zack Polanski is an extremely dangerous individual, just like Farage is. He knows exactly who he is appealing to with that comment. And it isn't people whose main electoral concerns are the environment and social justice.

coulditbeme2323 · 30/04/2026 13:43

MaidOfSteel · 30/04/2026 13:42

That’s a yes, then, @coulditbeme2323.

I mean it's not, but it confirmed to me the poster hated Jews.

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Squidgoals · 30/04/2026 13:43

The CCTV footage of the terrorist stabbing a 76-yr-old man in the face turned up unannounced on my insta feed yesterday and before I knew what I was looking at I’d seen it. I truly wish I hadn’t. Anyone else who’s seen it won’t waste a moment’s thought on whether the arresting officers were too rough. The man is vicious and still posed a threat.

l’ve never doubted that Zack Polanski is a bad guy. if he had any decency he would be apologising for and walking back his snide suggestion that Jews are merely perceiving danger rather than genuinely experiencing it.
He and his party have helped to create the climate in which yesterday’s events took place and he’s got blood on his hands. Yes, ‘evil’ is accurate.

Whysnothingsimple · 30/04/2026 13:43

i don’t think Zach is evil but I think he has made a Faustian pact. It’s handy he is Jewish - but even Hitler had Jewish supporters in the beginning. So the “oh but he’s Jewish so can’t possibly be anti semetic” doesn’t work on anyone with either even an ounce of intelligence or critical thinking. That’s clearly why he’s been put in that position. Of course anyone intelligent can see he’s being used as the face of the Greens to appeal to white middle class, won’t someone think of the babies? city dwellers/woke left!

He's willing to sell his soul for power. He would certainly be advised to look into what happened to the socialists after the Iranian revolution

The Greens have been targeting certain types of instagram and other SM- esp those aimed at ND.

it’s clear Zach has been put in this position so the Greens can be used as a wrapper to accelerate antisemitic pro immigration interests to gain power

It should be remembered hypnotherapy is based on the art of persuasion of the subconscious- it’s no coincidence he has been chosen for this role.

So it’s not Evil Zach it’s Faustian Zach

glitterpaperchain · 30/04/2026 13:44

coulditbeme2323 · 30/04/2026 13:43

I mean it's not, but it confirmed to me the poster hated Jews.

My family are Jewish and very anti what Israel is doing to Palestine. Some issues are too nuanced for some people to understand, especially here on MN. Don't put words in my mouth.

EasternStandard · 30/04/2026 13:44

glitterpaperchain · 30/04/2026 13:40

I'm not rattled, it was sarcasm, but you can keep saying I'm rattled if it makes you feel big

Idk but your responses are making me laugh. I can tell you Polanski has people who don’t like him more than my take, aim your ire at them if you can. I don’t agree with his policies, but he’ll split the vote.

He is going to get more criticism than whatever it was that prompted you given that this is a thread about two innocent people stabbed on the street. Most will be with the victims on this.

oopsBSoD · 30/04/2026 13:45

UpmingtonHeights · 30/04/2026 13:31

Are you 14?

MN really does need to enforce age restrictions on here.

The hate for ZP on here, alongside multiple threads about him, is tedious and transparent.

It's nothing compared to the hate some of his candidates and activists have shown towards Jewish people.

coulditbeme2323 · 30/04/2026 13:45

glitterpaperchain · 30/04/2026 13:44

My family are Jewish and very anti what Israel is doing to Palestine. Some issues are too nuanced for some people to understand, especially here on MN. Don't put words in my mouth.

Lets hope your family stay safe if they are living in The UK.

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Everanewbie · 30/04/2026 13:47

Funny that the same people who claim ZP's Jewish ancestry means he cannot be an antisemite seem fine calling Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman, Rishi Sunak, Sajid Javid, Nadhim Zahawi et al, racist.

Sensiblesal · 30/04/2026 13:47

mumofoneAloneandwell · 30/04/2026 13:02

I'm sorry but yabvu

My heart goes out to British Jews, always ❤️. Its terrifying, especially in areas with a big Jewish population. A man was just walking and minding his business and ended up running from a crazed knife man! Insane.

You dont kick a mentally ill person in the head when arresting them though?! He was on the ground already. It seemed racist to me, but i didn't want to start a thread.

Still, thats not the story. Hope the men are okay and well and know that Britain is on their side

To be fair in the heat of the moment & at that time they didn’t know about the Mh issues but thats by the by.

absolutely agree with what you say. The anti semitism and these attacks on our jewish communities are abhorrent. They and in fact all of us no matter what our religion or colour of our skin or even sex/gender should be able to walk down the street without fear of being attacked

xxxlove · 30/04/2026 13:47

Zach Polanski has the looks and behaviour of someone who left the mental asylum for people with actual murderous criminal charges ...could care less of all else related to him

MassiveBackstory · 30/04/2026 13:47

I am a Jew (‘fortunate’ - in the context of present-day London - not to be visibly Jewish) and I cried when I read the news yesterday. I also watched the video and had the same thought as Polanski. FWIW I do not admire or agree with him in general, and I do not think it is hyperbole to say that the Greens are harbouring some real antisemites, including one of my own local candidates.

ScholesPanda · 30/04/2026 13:48

I have no idea whether the police used the correct level of force in this incident. I think Polanski is an idiot so it wouldn't surprise me if he's wrong.

However, a politician holding public authorities to account and asking difficult questions isn't 'evil', they are doing their job- that's why we have MPs, to provide democratic oversight.

PigletJohn · 30/04/2026 13:48

olivepicanto · 30/04/2026 12:35

Really? He was a terrorist. What should they have done?

Disarmed and arrested him, obviously.

allthingsinmoderation · 30/04/2026 13:49

Im not sure wether he is evil but something isn't quite right with him.
I think it unwise to comment on this clip without knowing all the pertinent facts.
Zack thinks people are not necessarily born male or female,that women can have a penis and should be allowed to access female spaces. He thought it wise to take money from a woman with the promise of hypnotising her to larger breasts........So not the sharpest knife in the draw excuse the pun.
This man had stabbed 2 people and would not relinquish the knife which remain in his hand so i think the unarmed police using force to disarm him was reasonable.
Perhaps taser,if available may have been a better option.

SpaceRaccoon · 30/04/2026 13:49

LittleJustice · 30/04/2026 12:31

I did watch that video and thought what on earth are they kicking him like that for.

So I don't know whether he's evil or not but they shouldn't have kicked him no matter what he did. Once they had overpowered him.

He wasn't overpowered, he was still holding the knife.

bafta16 · 30/04/2026 13:51

AlexaStopAlexaNo · 30/04/2026 12:41

Yep, and it opens the door to police being able to do whatever they like to whoever they like.

You might watch with glee when it’s someone you think “deserves it”? But what about when it’s not..

I think that particular door has been open for a very long time.

Whysnothingsimple · 30/04/2026 13:52

bafta16 · 30/04/2026 13:51

I think that particular door has been open for a very long time.

What a load of rubbish!

Theonebutnotonly · 30/04/2026 13:53

Blimms · 30/04/2026 12:33

It’s bad because normalising kicking a suspect in the head is dangerous for us all.

But we aren’t all holding, and not following instructions to drop, a knife with which we’ve just tried to murder two people…

HRTQueen · 30/04/2026 13:54

WestwardHo1 · 30/04/2026 13:42

Zack Polanski is an extremely dangerous individual, just like Farage is. He knows exactly who he is appealing to with that comment. And it isn't people whose main electoral concerns are the environment and social justice.

Absolutely agree

MandingoAteMyBaby · 30/04/2026 13:54

Polanski isn’t evil. Police brutality is evil. Murder is evil. Knife attacks are evil. Bombing civilians and shooting kids is evil.

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