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In reply to the discussion: Pierce: The Historical Significance of 'Cosmopolitan' as an Insult [View all]niyad
(112,730 posts)37. soooo, cosmopolitan, worldly, intellectual, are insults? dog whistles to the great
unwashed. goddess, how far we have devolved.
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As must be his non-English speaking grandparents, from Poland, spinning in their graves n/t
BamaRefugee
Aug 2017
#41
Eventually they will be crawling on all fours. Many already seem to be there already, for trump...nt
lostnfound
Aug 2017
#4
It's not only a historic signaling device - it's a conservative religious signaling
Nay
Aug 2017
#35
Shouldn't POTUS be required to pass the test immigrants take to become citizens,
SleeplessinSoCal
Aug 2017
#17
I caught that, too, and it floored me. "Rootless cosmopolite" goes back way before Stalin, iirc...
Hekate
Aug 2017
#32
soooo, cosmopolitan, worldly, intellectual, are insults? dog whistles to the great
niyad
Aug 2017
#37
See my post above. It's specifically anti-Semitic because Jews were not "rooted" in "the land"...
Hekate
Aug 2017
#44