Jewish Dems Denounce Offensive Questioning of Sen. Sanders

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21. Actually, I can tell you - or at least, suggest the possibility

See, the people who come up with stuff like this aren't content to "preach to the choir." They want everyone else to accept their ideas too. That's the whole point! Of course, pretty much everyone who isn't a bigot wants nothing to do with bigotry, and so to "sell" this stuff, they have to make it look innocuous.

So... it's just a list, asserting that these individuals have dual citizenship. On the face of it, that's all it is. It's false, but the average internet spelunker isn't going to fact-check. it's linked to old-ass antisemitic tropes, but again, the average netizen isn't likely to be that savvy. So, they see it, accept it as fact, and pass it along or reference it without thinking too hard about it.

Should Rehm have known better? Abso-fucking-lutely. You and I should not be better journalists than people actually employed as journalists, don't you agree? But... Apparently the standards of modern journalism are so abysmally low that "But I found it on facebook" is seen as a worthy defense for a fuckup of this size. So, I think - unless there's a pattern I'm just not aware of - it's ignorance and Rehm just coasting along with whatever popped up on the first page of google.