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Is this CNN Meme Anti-Semitic?

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And if you do think that it's anti-Semitic, why?
 
It's clearly the Stormfront "Jewish-controlled media" theme, so I'm going to go with yes.
 
phattonez said:
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And if you do think that it's anti-Semitic, why?
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Its anti Semitic because of it uses of the Star of David, which implies that Jews run the media.

Really old Nazi propaganda had posters that followed a similar theme and often used the Star of David to denote Jews in positions of power and suggested they would use that power to destroy Germany.
 
Yes_Minister said:
Its anti Semitic because of it uses of the Star of David, which implies that Jews run the media.

Really old Nazi propaganda had posters that followed a similar theme and often used the Star of David to denote Jews in positions of power and suggested they would use that power to destroy Germany.
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But is the meme wrong? Is pointing out the reality anti-Semitic?
 
phattonez said:
But is the meme wrong? Is pointing out the reality anti-Semitic?
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What's the message of the meme? That "Jews control the media" if so yes, that is both wrong and racist.

The Nazis did the same thing, just because there were a lot of Jews in a successfully finical careers in Germany, the Nazis took that to mean that "Jews control the economy, they made Germany lose World War I and were plotting to destroy Germany".

This meme fits a similar message, just because there are some successfully Jewish members of the media, doesn't mean Jews control the media, like the meme suggests.
 
Deuce said:
It's clearly the Stormfront "Jewish-controlled media" theme, so I'm going to go with yes.
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This is how I see it as well. its the motive behind it. Clearly it saying the jews control the media as you mentioned. So there is an apparent prejudicial theme.
 
phattonez said:
But is the meme wrong? Is pointing out the reality anti-Semitic?
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Is it wrong? I don't know, because I can't say I know the faith of every member of CNN. It's entirely possible that every person in that photo is somehow connected to the Jewish faith. It's also entirely possible that the creator of the photo is either lying or using a very loose definition of "Jewish" when calling all these people Jewish.

By itself the picture doesn't really mean much. If it's just to show case how many Jews work for CNN, then presumably there should be a picture out there showing how many Christians, Muslims, or even atheists work at CNN. If this was just to point out how many persons of a specific religion work at CNN, a bar graph would've been far more efficient.

But that's clearly not the intention of the photo. Given the title of the post and the character of the person behind it's creation, the picture is clearly trying to make some kind of point about Jews running the media, and thus is almost certainly anti-Semitic in intent and purpose.
 
Yes_Minister said:
What's the message of the meme? That "Jews control the media" if so yes, that is both wrong and racist.
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The message of the meme is that there are a lot of Jews in high positions at CNN. Is that incorrect?

The Nazis did the same thing, just because there were a lot of Jews in a successfully finical careers in Germany, the Nazis took that to mean that "Jews control the economy, they made Germany lose World War I and were plotting to destroy Germany".
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So it's racist to point out when there's disproportionate racial representation in high positions? So then CNN is racist?

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SocialD said:
This is how I see it as well. its the motive behind it. Clearly it saying the jews control the media as you mentioned. So there is an apparent prejudicial theme.
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So pointing out facts is racist?
 
Jredbaron96 said:
Is it wrong? I don't know, because I can't say I know the faith of every member of CNN. It's entirely possible that every person in that photo is somehow connected to the Jewish faith. It's also entirely possible that the creator of the photo is either lying or using a very loose definition of "Jewish" when calling all these people Jewish.

By itself the picture doesn't really mean much. If it's just to show case how many Jews work for CNN, then presumably there should be a picture out there showing how many Christians, Muslims, or even atheists work at CNN. If this was just to point out how many persons of a specific religion work at CNN, a bar graph would've been far more efficient.

But that's clearly not the intention of the photo. Given the title of the post and the character of the person behind it's creation, the picture is clearly trying to make some kind of point about Jews running the media, and thus is almost certainly anti-Semitic in intent and purpose.
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So if there is in fact overrepresentation of Jews in the media, would it be anti-Semitic to point out that fact?
 
phattonez said:
So if there is in fact overrepresentation of Jews in the media, would it be anti-Semitic to point out that fact?
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Merely pointing out that there are a lot of Jews in the media isn't by itself an act of antisemitism. But it raises the question; why does it matter?
 
Jredbaron96 said:
Merely pointing out that there are a lot of Jews in the media isn't by itself an act of antisemitism. But it raises the question; why does it matter?
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Is white privilege a problem?
 
phattonez said:
So pointing out facts is racist?
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Pointing out irrelevant information in a deliberate attempt to paint Jews as a sinister cabal controlling the world is anti-semitic.

Imagine this conversation:

Person A: "I think Obama was a good president."

Person B: "But he's black."

Person B has pointed out a fact. Somehow, context ****ing matters. For some reason, racists often have trouble with that concept.
 
phattonez said:
Is white privilege a problem?
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Is there a reason you dodged the question? Did the question make you uncomfortable, or did your answer to it make you uncomfortable?
 
phattonez said:
The message of the meme is that there are a lot of Jews in high positions at CNN. Is that incorrect?



So it's racist to point out when there's disproportionate racial representation in high positions? So then CNN is racist?

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Come on, there are Nazi propaganda posters that do the exact same thing.

This is not a gray issue, its pretty black and white, the meme is racist and if you don't accept that then I have nothing more to say about this.
 
phattonez said:
Is white privilege a problem?
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That does not answer my question. It's a complete non-sequitur.

So I'll ask again: Why would it matter if there are a lot of Jews in CNN?
 
Deuce said:
Pointing out irrelevant information in a deliberate attempt to paint Jews as a sinister cabal controlling the world is anti-semitic.

Imagine this conversation:

Person A: "I think Obama was a good president."

Person B: "But he's black."

Person B has pointed out a fact. Somehow, context ****ing matters. For some reason, racists often have trouble with that concept.
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How is the fact that Jews are overrepresented at CNN irrelevant "in a deliberate attempt to paint Jews as a sinister cabal controlling the world"?
 
Jredbaron96 said:
That does not answer my question. It's a complete non-sequitur.
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It's completely relevant. If white privilege is a problem, then why is talking about Jewish privilege anti-Semitic? It's a double-standard.
 
Deuce said:
Is there a reason you dodged the question? Did the question make you uncomfortable, or did your answer to it make you uncomfortable?
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It's totally related. If people make the argument that white privilege is a problem because whites are overrepresented in many leadership positions, then why is it anti-Semitic to note the exact same thing about Jewish overrepresentation?
 
Yes_Minister said:
Come on, there are Nazi propaganda posters that do the exact same thing.

This is not a gray issue, its pretty black and white, the meme is racist and if you don't accept that then I have nothing more to say about this.
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So pointing out facts is racist. Got it.
 
phattonez said:
It's completely relevant. If white privilege is a problem, then why is talking about Jewish privilege anti-Semitic? It's a double-standard.
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And where in any of my posts did I use the words "Jewish privilege"?
 
phattonez said:
It's totally related. If people make the argument that white privilege is a problem because whites are overrepresented in many leadership positions, then why is it anti-Semitic to note the exact same thing about Jewish overrepresentation?
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Whites being over represented in leadership positions is an effect of white privilege, not the problem of itself.
 
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