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The idea is that Trump is working for Israel. What in the world is a crypto-Jew? Does it use a blockchain?

dbcurtis 7y ago
> What in the world is a crypto-Jew? LMGTFY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto-Judaism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto-Judaism Staying out of sight to stay alive, basically.
- ikeyany 7y ago
  Oh...I don't think anyone relevant seriously thinks he's a crypto-Jew. People just think he's spineless and is easily manipulatable by Putin/Kim/Netanyahu.
  - prepend 7y ago
    Do you think it is strange how he is so easily manipulated but yet Shumer and Pelosi and his own staff and many others fail to manipulate him? This seems like such an odd, easily disproved statement that I am surprised when so many repeat it. I’m not a fan, but it seems more like his regular failure than some manipulation trait.
OJFord 7y ago
'Crypto' as a prefix means that <thing being prefixed> is done in secret. Wikipedia lists some common ones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Crypto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Crypto It's like neo- (new) or proto- (earliest form of).
Rebelgecko 7y ago
Crypto Jews are people that profess to follow other religions while secretly being Jewish. Clearly there's a range of personal beliefs on this topic, but in my eyes a cartoon saying that Israel has undue influence on the US is A-OK. Even if you don't agree with the cartoon's premise, there's a reasonable debate that can be had. A cartoon saying that the Jews have an undue influence on the US is where things get yucky. The inclusion of apolitical religious symbols instead of national or even Zionist ones is what leads me to think that the cartoon is referring to the latter scenario. I don't think doing things like including the Star of David or using a dog as a caricature are inherently anti-Semetic, it just displays a lack of awareness or sensitivity to how those images have been used in the past. But using them in conjunction with the yarmulke leads me to think the cartoon is trying to say that Trump has somehow been infected by the virality of Jewishness, not just by Israeli interests as some of the defenders of the cartoon are saying.

> What in the world is a crypto-Jew? LMGTFY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto-Judaism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypto-Judaism Staying out of sight to stay alive, basically.

ikeyany 7y ago
Oh...I don't think anyone relevant seriously thinks he's a crypto-Jew. People just think he's spineless and is easily manipulatable by Putin/Kim/Netanyahu.
- prepend 7y ago
  Do you think it is strange how he is so easily manipulated but yet Shumer and Pelosi and his own staff and many others fail to manipulate him? This seems like such an odd, easily disproved statement that I am surprised when so many repeat it. I’m not a fan, but it seems more like his regular failure than some manipulation trait.

OJFord 7y ago

'Crypto' as a prefix means that <thing being prefixed> is done in secret. Wikipedia lists some common ones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Crypto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Crypto It's like neo- (new) or proto- (earliest form of).

Rebelgecko 7y ago

Crypto Jews are people that profess to follow other religions while secretly being Jewish. Clearly there's a range of personal beliefs on this topic, but in my eyes a cartoon saying that Israel has undue influence on the US is A-OK. Even if you don't agree with the cartoon's premise, there's a reasonable debate that can be had. A cartoon saying that the Jews have an undue influence on the US is where things get yucky. The inclusion of apolitical religious symbols instead of national or even Zionist ones is what leads me to think that the cartoon is referring to the latter scenario. I don't think doing things like including the Star of David or using a dog as a caricature are inherently anti-Semetic, it just displays a lack of awareness or sensitivity to how those images have been used in the past. But using them in conjunction with the yarmulke leads me to think the cartoon is trying to say that Trump has somehow been infected by the virality of Jewishness, not just by Israeli interests as some of the defenders of the cartoon are saying.