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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/03/belgian-carnival-float-shows-virus-anti-semitism/584251/?fbclid=IwAR2uJtpoat59vu-LAwKbAdSjDKoilF5mmfm4BFHo8hTsXZfS9T9I7WH1PW8
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)I saw that disgusting float in the last couple of days.
Behind the Aegis
(53,959 posts)But hey...it's OK. Maybe they were just misunderstood?! Maybe we are just being "too sensitive".
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)other religious group many here would set their hair on fire in outrage. Disgusting how little attention this thread got. Truly disgusting.
RelativelyJones
(898 posts)anti-Semitic tropes. It speaks to a willful ignorance about history and how all-consuming such inflammatory language can be.
DavidDvorkin
(19,479 posts)Behind the Aegis
(53,959 posts)point taken and proved
CrossingTheRubicon
(731 posts)The poster was indignant to be called out on it, called *me* a troll, and said it was fine because it was a "casual joke."
We have problems.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)I'm starting to think Grandma was right.
CrossingTheRubicon
(731 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)this on our side of the aisle. For any other minority group, this would not happen. I very much hope we're not heading the way the Labor party is in Great Britain where I would have no political home.
CrossingTheRubicon
(731 posts)What's happened in the UK Labour party is a travesty. You have an ally in fighting for the liberal soul of the Democratic Party.
There is a clear threat.