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In reply to the discussion: Why I'm not a superfan of AOC [View all]Mosby
(19,251 posts)89. The term "concentration camps" has long been associated with
Nazi death camps because that's what they were. AOC is splitting hairs by using the European understanding of the term.
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Get distinction in what he actually said, but would like to hear reason for not endorsing Walton.
Hoyt
Oct 2021
#1
I'm busy working to get Democrats elected and re-elected in NY on the county level this year.
lapucelle
Oct 2021
#97
AT the local level, maybe. Not the State Committee, which Jacobs is in charge of.
brooklynite
Oct 2021
#104
Bringing up David Duke, then denying he was in any way making a comparison.....
vanlassie
Oct 2021
#2
So the chair of ny democrats doesn't have to endorse the democratic primary winner?
questionseverything
Oct 2021
#3
Kahuna754 has been a member in good standing on Democratic Underground since 2002....
George II
Oct 2021
#41
You're right about the "he", your "he" referred to the NYS Democratic Chairman. Sorry about that...
George II
Oct 2021
#46
the very use of Duke in a comparative scenario is odious, despite attempts to 'qualify' it
Celerity
Oct 2021
#49
Does anyone here recall the comparison the person in the OP made 2 years ago?
George II
Oct 2021
#52
she never made a reference to the Nazi and Jews, that was what the Rethugs tried to gin up
Celerity
Oct 2021
#59
Also, if we do take the Rethug's faux-rage at face value (as AOC was ripping Trump) the exact same
Celerity
Oct 2021
#62
Many non-"Rethugs" were angered as well. A number of prominent Jewish Organizations and....
George II
Oct 2021
#78
I disagree on both counts. People are free to be outraged or not, I come down no outrage
Celerity
Oct 2021
#79
Meaningless pettifogging, and I find nothing wrong with what AOC said, she is spot on.
Celerity
Oct 2021
#103
I have been a registered Dem since I was 18. I have no idea who on Twitter is DU member or not.
Celerity
Oct 2021
#71
You are the one who keeps coming at me. I did nothing wrong, plus I took it down a common
Celerity
Oct 2021
#76
Don't bring my twitter over here. You could just as easily make your feelings known on twitter...
Kahuna
Oct 2021
#69
I did not bring it over here, the OP did, take it up with them. I had no idea that that Twitter
Celerity
Oct 2021
#75
she never said 'Nazi death camps' when talking about Trump's border detention centres
Celerity
Oct 2021
#56
she implied that the statement was racist and misogynistic, not necessarily him.
unblock
Oct 2021
#53
of all the crap AOC gets on this site, this is a terrible choice of moments to bash her.
unblock
Oct 2021
#21
The only drama is that Democratic Party chair won't support the primary winner
questionseverything
Oct 2021
#83
Schumer calls New York State Democratic Chair's hypothetical scenario about David Duke when
Celerity
Oct 2021
#23
Justified criticism is fine. Don't even need to be a "fan" let alone a "superfan"
Arazi
Oct 2021
#39
His intent is he doesn't want to endorse the winner of the Democratic Primary
AZProgressive
Oct 2021
#37
I would call it selective outrage and also selective usage of the term 'divisive'.
Celerity
Oct 2021
#115
Dude could have picked ANY comparison, but he chooses the Grand Wizard?
aocommunalpunch
Oct 2021
#65
I just hate when I am struggling for an apt analogy and David Duke just springs from my lips.
Celerity
Oct 2021
#86
No it didn't. As a matter of fact, Jacobs explicitly said that she is not in the same catagory.
lapucelle
Oct 2021
#129
Jacobs didn't say Walton is not in same category "after he was called on it".
lapucelle
Oct 2021
#148
When talking about a black candidate, using Duke as an analogy wasn't the wisest move.
Kaleva
Oct 2021
#96
I volunteer out of the Nassau county DNC office and have worked under Jacobs' leadership
lapucelle
Oct 2021
#149
Seems to me that this is a case of a RW Democrat attacking a progressive Democrat by
Roisin Ni Fiachra
Oct 2021
#152