Thread by @AlexandraErin

Randomly popped into my head how different the plot of the Seinfeld episode where Jerry and George steal a limo sent for two VIPs (who turn out to be Neo-Nazi leaders) would go today, when antifa on social media would have immediately figured out who they actually were.

So instead of all the counterprotesters assuming that the two guys who show up to the rally in the fascists' limo must be the fash, they would have been hailed... a Jewish comedian leaving two Nazis stranded at the airport or wherever.

I mean, TV show Jerry's level of celebrity was whatever the plot/gag demanded so he wouldn't necessarily immediately be recognized as "Jerry Seinfeld, the famous comedian", but the crowd today would know what the men they were looking for looked like.

And five minutes after it was on social media someone would have identified Jerry, and five minutes later they'd know his friend is George, and that his mother is Jewish.

So maybe the episode would be about Jerry and George being labeled "the leaders of antifa" and George trying to turn this to his advantage to cut in lines and get discounts at stores by implicitly threatening protests.

...unclear antecedent here. The "his mother is Jewish" is referring to George's mother, Estelle Costanza. Both of Jerry's in-show parents are Jewish. George's father is apparently an Italian-American Catholic (not necessarily observant).

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