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1/ This highlights how some Dems wield identity politics so manipulatively, selectively & offensively. LGBTs & Jews are either "marginalized minorities who face bigotry & racism" or "just white guys who have no right to speak" - it shifts based on the petty needs of the moment:
2/ Recall in 2010, CNN fired Rick Sanchez for mocking that Jon Stewart's claim that Jews are "minorities" who understand bigotry. Few supported Sanchez. Yet this claim - that Jews (like LGBTs) are just "white guys" who don't understand bigotry - is a staple of Dem discourse
3/ Here's the NYT on how Rick Sanchez got fired for mocking Jon Stewart for claiming that, as a Jew, he understood what it was like to be a minority facing bigotry. Why was Sanchez fired for what is now widely acceptable for Dems to say about Jews & LGBTs? nytimes.com/2010/10/02/bus…
4/ I've seen many saying - in the context of the Carlson campaign - that bigotry, racism, & white supremacy are just "abstractions" for LGBTs and Jews (i.e.: "white guys") because they don't confront it in their lives. It's as ignorant as it is offensive timesofisrael.com/suspect-charge…
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