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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 06:52 PM Feb 2017

When somebody tells you he is the least anti-semitic and racist person in the world

When somebody tells you he is the least anti-semitic and racist person in the world hide all the hoods, crosses, and robes:


Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are little short guys that wear yarmulkes every day.”

-Donald John Trump





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When somebody tells you he is the least anti-semitic and racist person in the world (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 OP
Also, he'll shout at you and tell you to shut up because he's not done talking yet. nt Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2017 #1
yup. Same as those who feel the need to use the expression, "some of my best friends are _______" still_one Feb 2017 #2
Only a racist would tell a reporter to get all her black friends together to chelsea0011 Feb 2017 #3
I Noticed What He Didn't Say.... global1 Feb 2017 #4
Red Flag Moment!!!! Wellstone ruled Feb 2017 #5
He said that, because he, like MANY others, don't understand or even know what anti-Semitism is. Behind the Aegis Feb 2017 #6
Attributing preternatural DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #7

chelsea0011

(10,115 posts)
3. Only a racist would tell a reporter to get all her black friends together to
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 06:58 PM
Feb 2017

organize a meeting of the Congressional Black Caucus assuming that the reporter and CBC must all know each other.

global1

(25,242 posts)
4. I Noticed What He Didn't Say....
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 07:01 PM
Feb 2017

Forcefully - he should have said "I am not anti-semitic."

Instead he said "He's the least anti-semitic."

Does that mean there's a twinge of anti-semitism there Donald?

Behind the Aegis

(53,955 posts)
6. He said that, because he, like MANY others, don't understand or even know what anti-Semitism is.
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 10:15 PM
Feb 2017

Anti-Semitism isn't really a difficult concept to grasp, but it seems a bridge too far for many people, which is why it often gets a "pass" as not "real bigotry."

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
7. Attributing preternatural
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 10:22 PM
Feb 2017
He said that, because he, like MANY others, don't understand or even know what anti-Semitism is.




Attributing preternatural business acumen to Jews is a good start:


Black guys counting my money! I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are little short guys that wear yarmulkes every day.”

-Donald John Trump
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