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> If you want to have an honest conversation about religious representation in government you will very quickly be labeled an anti-semite. You literally said t

> If you want to have an honest conversation about religious representation in government you will very quickly be labeled an anti-semite. You literally said that you can't talk about how Jews (allegedly) have too much power in government. This is a classic anti-semitic trope. To say so and then respond with > idk I never said anything about Jews, but calling people a Nazi is a great way to shut down conversation. is dishonest and cowardly. > I see Pride stickers and representation in all forms of media every single day for the LGBT community. How is that not what we are all living every day of our lives? What is your conclusion? That pride stickers give people power of some sort? If that were true, transgender people wouldn't be 4x more likely to be victims of violent crimes. Representation in pop culture is not power. Power is the ability to create and enforce laws, or the ability to not be shot and killed for your religious beliefs, as happened when 11 Jews were killed in a Pittsburgh synagogue -- killed by a man who followed neo-Nazis and white supremacists. Their killer would no doubt agree with you that "traditional" values were under attack, and that you couldn't even talk about it without being labeled an anti-semite. https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/ncvs-trans-press-release/ https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/ncvs-trans-pres... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_synagogue_shooting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_synagogue_shooting

Dig1t 4y ago
Alright well I was genuinely trying to engage in good faith discussion here, but you seem angry. I really don't believe that we can have any kind of productive outcome here. As I said, I don't hate anyone, I don't even have a problem with any of the representation that I'm talking about. I was simply pointing out that the fact that I see these symbols plastered everywhere, including at Target, means that this is no longer an underground counterculture kind of thing. It's very mainstream. If you want to insist on projecting your ideas that the world is filled with secret Nazis do it with someone else.

Dig1t 4y ago

Alright well I was genuinely trying to engage in good faith discussion here, but you seem angry. I really don't believe that we can have any kind of productive outcome here. As I said, I don't hate anyone, I don't even have a problem with any of the representation that I'm talking about. I was simply pointing out that the fact that I see these symbols plastered everywhere, including at Target, means that this is no longer an underground counterculture kind of thing. It's very mainstream. If you want to insist on projecting your ideas that the world is filled with secret Nazis do it with someone else.