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While pointing out funding from George Soros is an overused trick reliant on ad hominem, I do not see how it is any more outrageous or racist than the even more

While pointing out funding from George Soros is an overused trick reliant on ad hominem, I do not see how it is any more outrageous or racist than the even more common trope of vilifying projects because they are linked to the Koch brothers. I'm part Jewish myself and I don't think criticism of Sheldon Adelson or George Soros for their political activity is necessarily anti-Semitic.

pteredactyl 8y ago
Agreed. To criticize Soros or someone who's Jewish is somehow automatically anti-semitic. I don't get it. It's frightening.
- snowwrestler 8y ago
  That's not the issue. The issue is that actual, proud anti-Semites have created and pushed horrible conspiracy theories and gross content about George Soros for years, and any PR company worth their salt should know that. Knowing that sort of thing, navigating a message through the broader cultural context, is job #1 for a PR firm. It is why PR exists as an industry. So, Definers either consciously played into those attacks on Soros, or are incompetent.
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