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Arrowhead2k1

(2,121 posts)
Thu Sep 5, 2013, 05:02 AM Sep 2013

Anthony Weiner heckeled by racist Jewish man.

http://us.cnn.com/2013/09/04/politics/new-york-weiner-married-arab/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

(CNN) -- Beleaguered New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner got into a war of words Wednesday with a man who lashed out at him for being "married to an Arab," in addition to chastising the former congressman about his well-documented sexting scandal.
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CNN's response: Ho hum, whaddya think?

I think that if a white heckler had shouted "you a married to a negro" to someone in a derogatory manner, people would be up in arms. I think these kinds are hecklers are no less than scum and should be chastised as such outright for the racism they spew.
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Anthony Weiner heckeled by racist Jewish man. (Original Post) Arrowhead2k1 Sep 2013 OP
I think Anothony Weiner is desperate for anything... Woof_Woof Sep 2013 #1
I'll go along with this LearningCurve Sep 2013 #2
What? Behind the Aegis Sep 2013 #3
Showing your dong in Italy would never disqualify you from office LearningCurve Sep 2013 #4
So you think this was a set up of some sort? Behind the Aegis Sep 2013 #5
Ack! LearningCurve Sep 2013 #6
How is he playing the martyr? Behind the Aegis Sep 2013 #7
Don't try it in a meat market. TheCowsCameHome Sep 2013 #8
For those that don't click on the link....... Little Star Sep 2013 #9
Oy, married to a Shiksa!!! no_hypocrisy Sep 2013 #10
 

Woof_Woof

(24 posts)
1. I think Anothony Weiner is desperate for anything...
Thu Sep 5, 2013, 05:30 AM
Sep 2013

... that makes him look like a victim and not an impulsive moron.

Behind the Aegis

(53,949 posts)
5. So you think this was a set up of some sort?
Thu Sep 5, 2013, 05:47 AM
Sep 2013

That is why I said "what?" because your comment to the other poster claiming this was a set-up makes no sense.

 

LearningCurve

(488 posts)
6. Ack!
Thu Sep 5, 2013, 05:55 AM
Sep 2013

I feel like I am in a sitcom with that episode where everyone misunderstands someone. I don't feel like I was responding to a post that was saying there was a set-up. Possibly I read it wrong. Nor do I think it was.

My response to the post, was that I think Weiner is playing the martyr card.

Little Star

(17,055 posts)
9. For those that don't click on the link.......
Thu Sep 5, 2013, 08:18 AM
Sep 2013
Reached by CNN later in the day, Kessler admitted calling out Weiner for being "married to an Arab."

"It's just a certain feeling I have as a Jew," said the 51-year-old real estate manager, explaining his remark. "And my attitude is that -- not all Arabs -- but, in general, ... they want to kill every Jew."

Kessler said of a Jewish person marrying into such a family: "It's like a betrayal."

Kessler also said Weiner has bothered him for some time. Kessler called him a "phony." But Kessler said he should have acted differently.

&quot Given that I felt) a little bit of anger, I probably shouldn't have said it," Kessler said about the Arab comment. "I shouldn't have called him a scumbag."

"But it was in the heat of the moment."


Meh. Jews don't like Arabs & Arabs don't like Jews. Big news.

But Weiner is a lying scumbag.
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