Despite the inherent contradiction between liberalism and extreme ethnic nationalism, many people still refer to themselves as “liberal Zionists.” But when liberal principles come under attack by Israel, they’re nowhere to be found.

If you keep tabs on the more unsavory segments of the American right, you’ve probably heard the phrase “heritage Americans” in the last year. It’s used by the most militant anti-immigrant conservatives, who reject inclusive civic nationalism in favor of a conception of Americanness that’s tied to ancestry. In this conception, even people who were born in the United States aren’t quite full Americans if their grandparents were immigrants.

We’re reaching the point where, while depressing, it’s not particularly shocking to hear people talk this way. It would, ho

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