The point is that as a New Yorker the person who does his tweets should be aware of the implications of a 6 pointed star and money in an image!!!
On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 11:24 AM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum < [email protected]> wrote: > > No, I didn't grow up in the NY metro area, nor did most Americans spend > their lives around the 2% who are Jewish. On the contrary, most of us grew > up in places where a 6-pointed star - or any star - is seen more often in > the context of a sheriff's badge. > > I grew up in the Midwest, and as I said, most of us don't spend our time > looking for ways to be a victim or offended. We leave that kind of insanity > to those of you on the coasts and our unfortunate pockets of miserable, > constantly aggrieved leftwing nutjobs. In my state, thankfully they only > exist on college campuses and a couple of metro areas; the rest of us are > sane. :) > > On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 10:33:54 AM UTC-4, brine wrote: >> >> I guess you didn't grow up in the New York metro area and spend most of >> you life around Jewish people ... there is a long history of symbolism >> attacking Jews for being greedy ... I ALWAYS see the 6 pointed star as the >> Star of David!!! >> >> On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 9:55 AM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> I couldn't possibly disagree more with you. >>> >>> If you go to the Clip Art choices in Microsoft Word under the generic >>> category of "STAR", you see the very same 6-pointed star. The vast majority >>> of people don't think like that - including me. Never in a million years >>> would I have assumed that was a Star of David. But then again, I also don't >>> assume welfare is racist. I don't look for signs someone is a bigot or a >>> reason to scream, "Racist!" or "Anti-Semite!". >>> >>> Only those who, themselves, are inherently bigoted or afflicted with the >>> leftloon disease of being terminally aggrieved and offended (whether >>> honestly as the leftwing victimology machine dictates or dishonestly as a >>> means to attack Trump) jumped to the conclusion that was a Star of David. >>> >>> The man's daughter and son-in-law are Jewish, for crying out loud. Get a >>> grip! >>> >>> On Monday, July 11, 2016 at 7:00:35 PM UTC-4, brine wrote: >>>> >>>> The anti-semetic aspect of the tweet is the fact that it plays into the >>>> stereotype of money grubbing jews ... the Disney thing and many others that >>>> use a star are not pushing an agenda ... I am 100% sure that the person who >>>> tweets for Mr. Trump was aware of the symbolism ... I have worked in >>>> advertizing, graphics and printing my whole adult life ... nothing is >>>> random or benign!!! >>>> >>> >> -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- brine http://brineb.blogspot.com/ -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
