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For the benefit of those who only know a "Cosmopolitan experiment" as an attempt at ill-advised sexual positions: "cosmopolitan" in this sense means "multicultural" and is also a dog whistle for Jewish people as a perpetually stateless but worldly Other.
Cosmos + Polis = universal city/state. A cosmopolitan is one who is a citizen of the world. Positive connotations: free from prejudices and provincial views. Negative connotations: having no loyalty or shared values, no attachment to communities.
If you would like to see how this word is used as an anti-Semitic dogwhistle, just Google the phrase "rootless cosmopolitans"... its use here is part and parcel of the overall GOP project to depict *some* people as True Americans and others as... others.
To put it very bluntly and very simply, when Senator Josh Hawley calls for an end to "the cosmopolitan experiment" and says America isn't and must not be the "rest of the world"...
This is white nationalism. Explicit. And laced through with overt anti-Semitism.
This is white nationalism. Explicit. And laced through with overt anti-Semitism.
Remember this when the GOP tries to pretend its support for Israel is the same as standing against anti-Semitism.
GOP support for Israel is just its support for ethnonationalism. That's it. They want some place to send Jewish Americans "back to".
GOP support for Israel is just its support for ethnonationalism. That's it. They want some place to send Jewish Americans "back to".
