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Land of Enchantment

(1,217 posts)
25. You must be a little on the slow side....let me help you... apparently you did not read
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 06:12 PM
Apr 2016

the OP.....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1745680

Some here might remember the religious wars that wracked Europe, but this hate of the Catholic and all things catholic is not gone. The purposeful defacing of an image to "make fun of Bernie Sanders supporters," as some of you claim is just cover. This is as vile as it gets. And I admit it, since it was on a RELIGIOUS image my radar for dog whistles was thrown off for a few.

Now you are also engaging in some old fashioned antisemitism. The choice of image points to a heart. Hearts usually pump blood, and blood libel has a very long history. That history goes back to the middle ages and led directly to the death of people.


Now I have tried telling some of the folks (two to be exact) that this is a troublesome image, Just as troublesome as the one of Obama in a Turban that at least I hope you would not defend today, but I am not sure anymore. When this is explained to you, and you keep laughing it off, you either are tone deaf, possible, or like a poster that blew her cover somewhere else, this is what you are. There is no question in my mind that just like anti AA sentiments went though the roof in 2008, and people got a license to engage in them, so is the candidacy of a Jewish man a license for some to engage in dog whistle politics of the worst kind.

You want to disagree with people on policy have at it. That is what primaries are about. Once you cross into using imagery like this, you have crossed into at the very least dirty tricks territory. And now you cannot claim you were just kidding and it was a way to make a joke at Bernie supporters and the beatification of a Jew (more dog whistles by the way) As far as I am concerned, this is quite anti-Semitic, and anti-Catholic and it is far from funny.


Defacing of a sacred image.

WTF are'everyday Muslim citizens' and why do you think that image would 'play on their fears'? What 'fears' specifically? It does not make any sense.

YOU MISS THE POINT. You can make childish parodies of Bernie if that is how you choose to express your rather infantile perceptions of him BUT you are DESCECRATING people's religious symbols and THAT IS NOT OK. Did you miss the part about hate crimes too?



Smells pretty suspicious. peacebird Apr 2016 #1
Talk about Monday morning Quarterbacking. nolawarlock Apr 2016 #2
Your avatars are very offensive. Please find something different. nt Land of Enchantment Apr 2016 #7
Offensive how? nolawarlock Apr 2016 #10
From an OP posted by a real journalist....about a dog whistle..... Land of Enchantment Apr 2016 #17
That is not a valid comparison ... nolawarlock Apr 2016 #19
You must be a little on the slow side....let me help you... apparently you did not read Land of Enchantment Apr 2016 #25
Insult me as you will. nolawarlock Apr 2016 #26
I asked you nicely the first time. See #7. You came back with a Land of Enchantment Apr 2016 #39
It's because I don't agree with you. nolawarlock Apr 2016 #55
You know, you are new here and that's fine because everyone here was 'new' at the Land of Enchantment Apr 2016 #65
Well that ship has sailed nolawarlock Apr 2016 #67
Jury Results. AtheistCrusader Apr 2016 #50
LOL! nolawarlock Apr 2016 #54
Thanks for posting this-- Land of Enchantment Apr 2016 #68
This message was self-deleted by its author stillwaiting Apr 2016 #20
I also find the use of Catholic images offensive. hedgehog Apr 2016 #21
I disagree with the suppression of parody ... nolawarlock Apr 2016 #23
My thanks to you. hedgehog Apr 2016 #27
You're welcome. nolawarlock Apr 2016 #28
I wouldn't give in to the anti Charlie Hebdo bullshit. Nt pkdu Apr 2016 #29
Eh, it costs me nothing. nolawarlock Apr 2016 #33
I'm a free speecher. Your religious icon is not above criticism. pkdu Apr 2016 #36
There is a difference between free speech and advisable speech. nolawarlock Apr 2016 #40
And as a side note ... nolawarlock Apr 2016 #42
I agree completely. My point was aimed.at you detractors ,not you. pkdu Apr 2016 #45
Oh I get it. :) nolawarlock Apr 2016 #47
Agree with you noretreatnosurrender Apr 2016 #52
. bahrbearian Apr 2016 #31
Jesus, don't interject reason and open-mindedness into this! randome Apr 2016 #32
hah! Great reply. nolawarlock Apr 2016 #35
Thank you. 840high Apr 2016 #60
There. I made it something you can really appreciate. nolawarlock Apr 2016 #62
"What difference – at this point, what difference does it make?" frylock Apr 2016 #57
or I got away with it, lets move on, nothing to 2pooped2pop Apr 2016 #69
If it looks like shit and smells like shit, ya know what it is, right? djean111 Apr 2016 #3
see?!?! TimeToEvolve Apr 2016 #9
Fraud, Fraud, FRAUD. AzDar Apr 2016 #4
over over over. MFM008 Apr 2016 #5
no thanks TimeToEvolve Apr 2016 #12
Isn't that something... Skwmom Apr 2016 #6
Those light blue counties in the top map above have very small populations. oberliner Apr 2016 #8
And you point being? nt beedle Apr 2016 #16
Probably not a lot of accurate pre-primary polling out of such small populations oberliner Apr 2016 #22
Oh, I see what you mean beedle Apr 2016 #24
I am not sure what you are saying oberliner Apr 2016 #34
The BoE of NY should void the results. We'll see what the audit shows and isn't Land of Enchantment Apr 2016 #11
I called them and told them that. Nullify it or even split. Cheaters lose. ViseGrip Apr 2016 #13
That is not a legal option. LiberalFighter Apr 2016 #46
"Dirt doesn't vote" Tarc Apr 2016 #14
I wasn't the one who disenfranchined whole buildings full of voters. beedle Apr 2016 #18
They are so horrible here. northernsouthern Apr 2016 #38
+1000 nt beedle Apr 2016 #63
We don't do re-votes. This isn't a Middle School student club Tarc Apr 2016 #61
No it's not ... it's suppose to be beedle Apr 2016 #64
"Southern" and now "urban." Definitely a pattern to the places Sanders supporters shit all over. IamMab Apr 2016 #58
Its exactly what you would expect from someone intent on cheating. They swing the largest numbers of GoneFishin Apr 2016 #15
Done. nolawarlock Apr 2016 #30
I love it! northernsouthern Apr 2016 #41
Willing to bet on it? nolawarlock Apr 2016 #43
No. northernsouthern Apr 2016 #44
I don't believe she is corrupt. nolawarlock Apr 2016 #48
Wait? northernsouthern Apr 2016 #49
I don't see fraud in the geograpy I see results for a candidate that does well with urbanites. HereSince1628 Apr 2016 #37
all those independent trees were denied their right to vote...they ignored registrations rules :-) msongs Apr 2016 #51
Larger populations make it easier to commit election fraud. bobbobbins01 Apr 2016 #53
Chicago fraud - Yes! NY - nah. Their limited registration period is all they need. snowy owl Apr 2016 #56
Most of those counties don't have very many people. Zynx Apr 2016 #59
Seriously? Demsrule86 Apr 2016 #66
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