Again; I disagree; and those who brought the issue to the forefront are the ones who should face scorn and disdain.
On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 11:37 AM, Brian Bednarek <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- -- 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.
