There’s Nothing Centrist About Make-Believe: The Politics of Pretending

Esther Panitch “stands with” John Walker Flynt—aka “Brianna Wu”—but support for Israel doesn’t turn a man into a woman.

On October 12, Georgia State Representative Esther Panitch—the only Jewish member of the Georgia legislature—tweeted:

“I stand with @BriannaWu. R’s need to stand for her (and the LGBTQ community) in rooms she is not in.”

She posted this after John Walker Flynt (“Brianna Wu”) drew attention for pro-Israel statements on the Oct. 7 anniversary. Panitch’s vou…