6. The last major public figures where were anti-Semitic flourished in 1930s & 1940s: Lindbergh, Coughlin, Theodore Bilbo
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7. Sorry in point #5, I meant anti-Semitism, not racism, became fringe after World War II
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8. Also Trump has a personal story that gives him some immunity: Jewish daughter, son-in-law, grand kids.
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9. As always, it think it's best to see racism & anti-Semitism as public ideologies rather than personal vices.
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10. George Wallace, for example, turned his racism on and off as was politically expedient. It wasn't personal, but matter of politics.
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11. In Trump's case, important to understand that anti-Semitism is structurally necessary for the type of right-wing populism he's selling.
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12. Rightwing populism is, to borrow a phrase, "the socialism of fools."
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13. The socialism of fools is the socialism of those who want scapegoat some capitalists for problems but keep overall capitalist system.
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14. In imaginary of right-wing populism, there are good nationalist businessmen (Trump) & bad internationalist businessmen (((guess who)))
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So b/c some Jews play prominent roles in globalism, globalism cannot be criticized? Far more photos of gentiles than Jews in ad.
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Read Josh Marshall's analysis. Only identifiable non-americans non-politicians are Jews.
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