Share this page!

Yair Rosenberg Profile picture
Twitter logo
24 Dec, 5 tweets, 2 min read
This is obviously pathetic on the dad's part, but also a good example of why the Bidens should have named their new dog "Brandon"
Guy was a jerk on a Christmas call for children with the president, and since there's no defense for that, he needs to be preemptively turned into the victim of this exchange with some bizarro fan fiction. Can't defend, so fantasize instead.
If you want to see how Twitter breaks people's brains and causes them to treat other human beings in cruel and pathetic ways for no real purpose, I encourage you to read these replies, then go spend some time with your family and friends doing something more worthwhile.
As the rabbis say in Pirkei Avot, "In a place when there are no men, try to be a man." Being a decent human being is even more important at a time when there's less decency. Pointing to the indecency of others to justify your own anti-social behavior isn't clever, just sad.
"Christ follower" in bio, tweeting this at a random stranger they've never met, on Christmas. And the thing is, I bet we'd get along just fine in real life! As I said, it's all just sad. It doesn't have to be this way.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Yair Rosenberg

Yair Rosenberg Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @Yair_Rosenberg

Yair Rosenberg Profile picture
22 Dec
My latest: Yair Lapid, the architect of Israel's new government, wants to unite the country’s Jewish and Arab mainstream against anti-democratic extremists. But will he find enough takers? My profile of the man slated to be Israel's next prime minister: newsletters.theatlantic.com/deep-shtetl/61…
Yair Lapid to me on why he has been pushing civil equality for Israel's Arab community: “When you are a citizen in a democratic country, you deserve the same rights as everyone else... It kind of amazes me that there is even a question mark on this.” newsletters.theatlantic.com/deep-shtetl/61…
Other Lapid lines:

- On patriotism: "You can’t talk from morning until evening about how much you love this country if you hate most of the people that live in it."

- On Israel's treatment of its Arabs: "There are no second-class citizens in a country that respects itself."
Read 4 tweets
Yair Rosenberg Profile picture
20 Dec
If someone wanted to do some genuine good in the world, they'd cut this into a simple ad and run it on Fox News and targeting Trump voters on Facebook. Boosters are the best defense against Omicron, and everyone deserves that chance.
Not surprised Trump got the booster. Pleasantly surprised that he publicly pushed it. He also reportedly said: “We saved tens of millions worldwide by creating the vaccine… We should take credit for it and you play right into their hands [when you doubt it].” Put it in the ad!
Here's the video of Trump hyping the vaccines to his followers—and getting them to cheer—telling them to take credit for the vaccine drive which "saved tens of millions worldwide." Turn this into an ad and run it on Fox, Newsmax, OANN, and Facebook.
Read 6 tweets
Yair Rosenberg Profile picture
20 Dec
An antisemite just tweeted this meme at me, and it's the best Christmas present I've ever received. I'm going to be using it forever.
Notice how the dials here are set to 11. It's just perfect in every way.
For those unfamiliar, the dials going up to 11 is a reference to the amazing mockumentary "This is Spinal Tap," which was directed by ... a Jew: @robreiner. As much as antisemites hate Jews, they can't escape us even when trying to troll us.
Read 5 tweets
Yair Rosenberg Profile picture
17 Dec
Another day, another Trump rant about Jews, another time I wish this piece of mine about him was no longer relevant: washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/0…
My concern here is whether we're getting to the second part of my thesis, which is that the philosemitic coin can easily be flipped into straight-up antisemitism when convenient.
Jews are not a monolith, we don't exist to play a political role in the imagination of others, and we are really tired of outsiders reducing us to both. Please grant us the same complexity and humanity you would want granted to yourselves and your own community.
Read 5 tweets
Yair Rosenberg Profile picture
14 Dec
My latest: To get beyond the typical talking points of the Latinx debate, I spoke to a Palestinian scholar in Israel about his community's experience and about how minority identities evolve over time. newsletters.theatlantic.com/deep-shtetl/61…
1. There's been much debate over "Latinx," which most Latinos do not use, but many media outlets and some politicians do. In Israel, there's a similar debate over the identity of Arab citizens, who are often dubbed simply "Palestinians," but call themselves many other things. ImageImage
2. Growing Arab citizen identification with Israel is actually not new, but you probably haven't heard much about it, because it hasn't gotten much attention in elite discourse:
newsletters.theatlantic.com/deep-shtetl/61… Image
Read 7 tweets
Yair Rosenberg Profile picture
13 Dec
This happened: Jewish mom in California wanted to set up a menorah at her kid's public school's PTA Christmas tree lighting. School refused, saying she could only bring a *menorah ornament for the Christmas tree.* CA district court just backed the school. religionclause.blogspot.com/2021/12/mom-lo…
I'm actually familiar with the case law cited here, and while this ruling may sound bizarre, it's not an unreasonable reading of the precedent! It's just an illustration of how utterly messed up American case law is on the subject of religious displays in public spaces.
Basically, the law says you can't have a religious display on public grounds. So to get around this, you need to recast religious items as somehow secular. This is how we get "secular" Christmas trees and "secular" Santas. It is dumb! Just let all religions put up their stuff.
Read 4 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Like this author's thread?

Get emails when @Yair_Rosenberg has new unrolls!

Check out other threads from @Yair_Rosenberg!

Read all threads by @Yair_Rosenberg

:(