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RFK Jr. denies comments on ‘ethnically targeted’ Covid-19 were anti-Semitic

www.politico.com RFK Jr. denies comments on ‘ethnically targeted’ Covid-19 were anti-Semitic

The longshot presidential candidate suggested that the virus could have been engineered to spare Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people.

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denied allegations of racism and anti-Semitism Saturday after he reportedly suggested Covid-19 could have been genetically engineered to reduce risks to Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people.

Politics @beehaw.org trashhalo @beehaw.org 1 yr. ago

RFK Jr. denies comments on ‘ethnically targeted’ Covid-19 were anti-Semitic

www.politico.com /news/2023/07/15/rfk-jr-covid-19-ethnically-targeted-00106478

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Racist tries to explain why they’re not racist by doubling down on racism
- Sounds like we can look forward to welcoming him to the moderation team shortly
- Bigoted, unless you think Judaism is a race of people.
  
  Edit: Race, ethnicity, heritage and immigration among U.S. Jews
  
  It’s both a religion and a race.
  
  Pedant tries to distract from anti-Semitism by doubling down on pedantry.
  
  As a Jew, I'd go with "bigoted" over "racist" to describe antisemites.
  
  That being said, white supremacists see Jews like me as a different "race." Despite my very white skin and Polish/Russian ancestry, a white supremacist wouldn't say that my race is white/Caucasian. Instead, they'd say that my race is "Jewish." So an antisemite could, in a way, be employing racism against Jews by their own definitions.
How is it that conservatives think the left can’t see him as the plant that he is?
- Polling at 20% with Dems right now, but probably because they just see the last name and say they’d take him over Biden
  
  So, Trump then.
- Maybe he hopes Republicans will vote in the Democratic primaries and elect him.
  
  He’s still a Republican so at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter.
Seriously just fuck off into irrelevance already. Were it not for the Kennedy name no one would give two shits what this guy has to say about anything.
A famous conspiracy theorist finally said something anti-Semitic, this is not at all surprising. Unfortunately it probably doesn't bother anyone who already supports him.
Uh… how were they not?
RFK Jr. Denies comments on 'ethnically targeted' COVID-19 were anti-Semitic.

Lol k, I'm sure he does.
This man looks like a pile of shit. Is that what not vaccinating your children / a lifetime of stupidity does to you? Big yikes.
- What's wrong with your face?!?
  
  My face is fine, it's my working brain you should be afraid of.
Well yes, deniability is the whole point of a dog-whistle.
He's not mad we think he's racist, he's mad we called him racist

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