This is a mirror image of raving neocons' occasional claims that using the word "zionist" puts you in league with Hamas terrorists.https://twitter.com/DavidKlion/status/1056375997610766336 …
Context: a synagogue in Pittsburgh was shot up yesterday by a nutter who was obsessed with "the Jewish media conspiracy"
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I'm aware, it doesn't stop it from being a stupid point
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I think it was inelegantly phrased but I don't think your comparison is apt. Neoconservatives try to twist foreign policy elite discourse, which is not the same as a lunatic from the right fringe acting out what hi fringe media provacateurs goad him into doing.
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I'm not comparing the shooter to them but Klion
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He's correct though. In the polite mainstream they say "coastal". On the fringe they say Jewish". This is not a very subtle dog whistle.
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