The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

Let's Talk About Gaza

And what supporting Israel means now

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Joe Walsh
Aug 15, 2025
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Source: The Globe and Mail

I’ve been called a lot of things in my life—right-wing nutjob, MAGA sellout, conservative traitor, “the guy who tanked his own career to stick it to Trump.” Fine. Sticks and stones. But I always get called the worst possible things, by both the far-right and the far-left, when I post about Israel. “Warmonger”...“Genocide Joe”...“disgusting excuse for a human,” you name it. It happened again this week when I posted this on Substack:

I still stand by it, despite getting mildly ratioed and losing a few subscribers. But I think you deserve an explanation as to why I posted that, and why my support persists even now, as the war in Gaza grinds on and the world shouts “enough.”

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