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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Oct 2018

      6. @attackerman and @chick_in_kiev have both written about how all these Soros theories replicate classic anti-Semitic tropes. https://www.thedailybeast.com/theres-been-a-george-soros-for-every-era-of-antisemitic-panic …https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/10/24/conspiracy-theories-about-soros-arent-just-false-theyre-anti-semitic/?utm_term=.f90f52c9bfe1 …

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Oct 2018

      7. The Soros stuff is just one of many manifestations of the the grand anti-Semitic trope (cosmopolitan Jews are destroying traditional nations) that pervades the alt-right and shades into the respectable right. Others examples: Frankfurt School, "Globalism"

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Oct 2018

      8. Anti-semitism has ancient & medieval roots but the variety we're talking about (idea that cosmopolitan Jews are destroying traditional nations) is really a hallmark of the nationalist right since the 19th century.

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Oct 2018

      9. The nationalist right posits and idealizes a cohesive volk community and therefore for structural reasons needs to have an internal scapegoat upon whom internal divisions can be blamed. So in West it's naturally drawn to already existing anti-Semitic narratives.

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Oct 2018

      10. Right-wing nationalism needs anti-Semitism (or some very similar ideology) for structural reasons: all nations have internal divisions & therefore there has to be someone upon whom these can be blamed.

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    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Oct 2018

      11. Further, because capitalism is prone is recurring crisis, right-wing nationalists need someone to blame economic problems on. As nationalists, they are loath to blame wealthy who belong to ethnic majority (are part of "the people"). Hence, repeatedly, blame wealthy Jews.

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    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Oct 2018

      12. As August Bebel famously said, "anti-semitism is the socialism of fools" -- i.e. a way of blaming structural problems of capitalism on unpopular minority. That's a big part of story, but there's more: anti-Semitism needed to explain mass uprisings.

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    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Oct 2018

      13. Since the French Revolution, we've repeatedly witnesses popular uprisings of subaltern classes: workers, colonized, women, racial minorities, LGBT etc. This poses a conceptual problem for right-wing nationalists, who posit organic cohesion as norm.

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    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Oct 2018

      14. For the right-wing nationalist, popular uprisings (unless of nationalist intent) are unnatural. But how to explain the discontent of workers, colonized, women, etc? Acknowledging legitimate grievances would mean having to accept social change.

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    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Oct 2018

      15. Unable (because of commitment to social status quo) to acknowledge grievances of subaltern classes, the right-wing nationalist needs a scapegoat who can be blamed for discord. For historical reasons, easiest handy one is myth of conniving conspiratorial Jew.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Oct 2018

      16. The Soros of right-wing mythology (globalist intent on destroy cohesive nations) fit the long history of blaming internal discord on outside agitators as well as the Dolchstoßlegende. The nationalist needs a cosmopolitan nemesis.

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        1.  🍌 🇺🇸 🍌VACUOUS CIPHER 🍌 🇺🇸 🍌‏ @THE_DAILY_BLEAT 27 Oct 2018
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        1. قـُرص‏ @Ta3meya 27 Oct 2018
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          During the Egyptian revolution, pro government Egyptian figures were also saying the protesters are funded by Soros.

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        2. christina m. brooks‏ @runewarrior 27 Oct 2018
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          I say Trump's thing about Soros is not just political it is personal jealousy. It bothers him that there are people richer than him. He wants it all.

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        3. Louis Sisneros‏ @LouisSisneros 27 Oct 2018
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          There are lots of Americans richer than Trump, and several have spoken against him &/or donated generously to liberal causes. He doesn't attack any but Soros by name. At the very least, he recognizes that this is the dog whistle that gains him the right wing support he needs.

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        1. Julie Hotard, PhD, psychologist, disinfo expert‏ @upine 27 Oct 2018
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          And here is larger context w/i which fear/hate mongering toward many diff groups fits. Only ways 4 party of .01% & crony capitalists 2 get votes R 1) lie/cheat e.g. claim 2 offer benefits 2 the 99.99% & not deliver & 2) cater to voters’ vices e.g. racism https://medium.com/@upine/allow-me-to-provide-some-context-here-af5f109823bf …

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        1. Paul Smith‏ @zxc098xxx 27 Oct 2018
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          The Jewish lobby ARE pro immigration, that’s not an anti Semitic conspiracy theory. https://youtu.be/-B8mOCsINwU  execept of course when it comes to Israel , then it’s Jews only , everybody else can F*ck off.

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        2. martin lentink  🧷  🇪🇺‏ @martinlentink 27 Oct 2018
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          @threadreaderapp please unroll thank you!

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        3. Thread Reader App‏ @threadreaderapp 27 Oct 2018
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          Hello, the unroll you asked for: Thread by @HeerJeet: "1. The alleged shooter believed in the anti-Semitic conspiracy theory that "the Jews" are working to destroy white Ameri […]" https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1056240645801758720.html … Enjoy :) 🤖

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        2. Ben Gross‏ @grossgeneralize 27 Oct 2018
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          @threadreaderapp unroll please

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        3. Thread Reader App‏ @threadreaderapp 27 Oct 2018
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          Hi! you can read it here: Thread by @HeerJeet: "1. The alleged shooter believed in the anti-Semitic conspiracy theory that "the Jews" are working to destroy white Ameri […]" https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1056240645801758720.html … Have a good day. 🤖

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