Trump closes with anti-Semitic conspiracy theory

Par for the course. Weimar Republic anyone?

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump-rolls-out-anti-semitic-closing-ad

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
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OMG! I hadn't seen that!

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/13/1582152/-At-Long-Last-Trump-Blames-The-Jews-For-His-Failed-Campaign

More broadly, though, the anti-Semitic allusions Trump made tonight are perfectly in keeping with the behavior of a large segment of his support base, the “alt-right,” a loosely defined group of digital racists whose denizens include whit ...[text shortened]... e came for the Muslims, then the disabled, then POW’s, then the women.

And now, the Jews.

Who writes that drivel?

Originally posted by Kunsoo
Par for the course. Weimar Republic anyone?

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump-rolls-out-anti-semitic-closing-ad

What BS! You can't possibly believe that ad is anti-Semitic. I'm not surprised that TPM, which will do anything to help Clinton, spins it as such, but I'm surprised you'd fall for it.

Soros is a well-known dem operative and Yellin is merely a member of the executive administration being criticized. That they're Jews is beside the point. Calling that as anti-Semitic is crying wolf to the nth degree.

The ad also is not about a conspiracy theory, but about the ruling system in general.

Criticizing a Jew doesn't make one anti-Semitic any more than my saying Ryan Fitzpatrick is a lousy quarterback makes me anti-Irish.

Originally posted by sh76
What BS! You can't possibly believe that ad is anti-Semitic. I'm not surprised that TPM, which will do anything to help Clinton, spins it as such, but I'm surprised you'd fall for it.

Soros is a well-known dem operative and Yellin is merely a member of the executive administration being criticized. That they're Jews is beside the point. Calling that as anti- ...[text shortened]... nti-Semitic any more than my saying Ryan Fitzpatrick is a lousy quarterback makes me anti-Irish.

You don't see any general trend here, also considering Trump's comments about Jon Stewart, his copying of neo-nazi memes, etc.?

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
You don't see any general trend here, also considering Trump's comments about Jon Stewart, his copying of neo-nazi memes, etc.?

That's really overstating it. Given the volume and general thoughtlessness of Trump's tweeting, that he'd retweet one or two that originated in hate groups circles that agree with him on some point is not that surprising.

I'm not saying Trump isn't a general xenophobic racist misogynist who has the geopolitical understanding of an ice cream cone, but he doesn't at all strike me as an anti-Semite.

Originally posted by sh76
What BS! You can't possibly believe that ad is anti-Semitic. I'm not surprised that TPM, which will do anything to help Clinton, spins it as such, but I'm surprised you'd fall for it.

Soros is a well-known dem operative and Yellin is merely a member of the executive administration being criticized. That they're Jews is beside the point. Calling that as anti- ...[text shortened]... nti-Semitic any more than my saying Ryan Fitzpatrick is a lousy quarterback makes me anti-Irish.

It's the dog whistling to the conspiracy theory about international Jewish bankers which dates back to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion crap and has always been a populist theory which infects not just Trump's right wing constituencies but also even some populist left constituencies at least pre-60s. All three evil rich faces in the ad are Jewish. Attacking them as part of the Jewish world domination conspiracy is a common theme in the rust belt.

It's dangerous which is why the Anti-Defamation League called him on it. Of course, the ad is vague enough to give him plausible deniability even though Jewish activists are acutely aware of what he's playing into. He doesn't like being called on it, so he disputes the intent if not the effect.

An ADL statement doesn't help him in Florida of course.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-campaign-fires-back-adl-blasts-anti-semitic-imagery-trump-ad/

The ADL by the way, is hardly left wing.

And then there is this.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/scottie-nell-hughes-mazel-tov-cocktail

Originally posted by sh76
That's really overstating it. Given the volume and general thoughtlessness of Trump's tweeting, that he'd retweet one or two that originated in hate groups circles that agree with him on some point is not that surprising.

I'm not saying Trump isn't a general xenophobic racist misogynist who has the geopolitical understanding of an ice cream cone, but he doesn't at all strike me as an anti-Semite.

I'll grant you that he is probably not as bigoted against Jews as he is against blacks or Latinos.