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In reply to the discussion: Pierce: The Historical Significance of 'Cosmopolitan' as an Insult [View all]Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)56. I guess I didn't express myself clearly.
I was referring to the fact that white supremacist types tend be very picky about who qualifies as "white." I remember when a racist relative of mine was claiming that his intense hatred for Obama could not mean he was racist because Obama wasn't even black.
I said, Oh really? So, he could be a KKK member if he wanted?
Well, no, but...
Right. Also, interesting that a lot of people seem to use the N word to describe a guy who's not black.
I guess I'm not really sure what the standards are, but I've always gotten the distinct impression that most white supremacists don't consider Jews white. So, for a Jew to be a White supremacist, like Miller, just seems so bizarre to me. That's what I meant.
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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