• araneae ( araneae@beehaw.org ) 
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    5 months ago

    It’s a rhetorical tactic to draw attention to the juxtaposition between the lives of poor people who don’t know French words and the rich they all but worship, can people stop denigrating it as a term? It goddamn works in an argument. You can tell someone their worldview was given to them by the Epstein class. You can tell people Steve Banon and Jeff Epstein, members of the Epstein class, conspired to psyop them toward being antifeminist. You can say the Epstein class directly controls the White House because there are literal video evidence of the AG facing away from rape victims as she covers for the rapists by seguing to the supposed health of the economy.

    • DragonTypeWyvern ( DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ) 
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      Other than the fact that it sounds so much like an anti-Semitic dogwhistle you might as well call it the Rothschild class.

      Hey, nationalism is popular too! Maybe we can find some way to work that in to our socialist talking points?

      Plus we’d be getting so much less pushback from the police if we just supported them instead.

      And if we talk about how “industry leaders” are the best people to regulate their industries because they know it the most I bet we could get some financial support!

      • araneae ( araneae@beehaw.org ) 
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        I’m sorry a Jewish guy happened to be the face of this crime, but we (meaning you and I) wouldn’t let Obama off for being a war criminal because he’s black, and that was when a racist backlash was building against the black community because of his very existence. The only people smearing Jews with Epstein’s shit are anti-semites who would be doing that no natter what. The Israeli war agenda is already giving plenty of cover to antisemites. Antisemites don’t care about the truth. You need the Jean-Paul Sartre quote spelled out for you or does everyone still have it in their clipboard?

        Nationalism is really fucking stupid. I wish I could discuss a rhetorical tactic without getting jacketed as pro-fascist. Same with the pro-police and pro-corporate comments, fuck you very much. Engage me about your belief that the term is antisemitic, which is your one good faith point and a completely sympathetic concern, or gargle my shit and piss.