The rich are universally rich entirely by continually choosing to ignore the plight of the poor and slinging bootstrap condemnations. No identity sustained by evil choosing can be equated with racism.
this post was submitted on 06 May 2026
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Does this make "rich" the new R-word?
Retrobate?
"Don't call me that, I'm a person of wealth!"
Guess I'm racist then...
And in some cases "anti-Semitic" I'd bet.
LOP
lol
Ah yes, a fine addition to my collection
I want him to cry more
Then it would have been the first class that actually deserved the slurs, because you chose this
Poor rich, if they tax our landlords they will just have to pack up and go gentrify tax havens overseas, so we have to exempt them from taxes, or else the chinese will win the race to the bottom! /s
It's almost too stupid to satirize.
He really won't like what people replace 'tax' with if they're not allowed to say "tax the rich."
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Haha wow he really tried to throw some antisemitism in there too.
“I must say that I consider the phrase tax the rich — [..] to be just as hateful as some disgusting racial slurs, and even the phrase ‘from the river to the sea,’” Roth said.
I think you get a good peek into the psyche of powerful people when they use inappropriate terms from marginalized communities as a shield against just actions or comments made against them. It implies they see those genuine complaints from minorities as something merely performative - a tool for sympathy, a shield from criticism. It reveals narcissism and a lack of empathy.
Is he implying that he believes "rich = Jewish"? Because if so, how anti-semitic of him.
I have no qualms with working-class Jews.
Likewise, I think all billionaire oligarchs need to be taxed at higher rates. (Currently they're taxed less than the working class; being compelled to pay your fair share isn't prejudicial!). Race/ethnicity/religion simply doesn't factor into it.
From the river to the sea is not antisemitic. In the Palestine before 1947 Jews, Christians and Muslims all lived side by side as neighbors, and none of them had spwcial rights or was threatened.
What that sentence does mean though, is that there would be no jewish apartheid ethnostate that is actively stealing land left and right, and starting wars with people they see as inferior.
Oh I know, that's just the card he's trying to play (the same card Israel uses regularly, 'any support of Palestine = antisemitism', 'any criticism of Israel = antisemitism').
Appreciate your comment though.
Ah, I misunderstood your comment then, it's true that Israelis try to play that card (quite successfully so).
I'd recommend putting the fake "antisemitism" (because not all anti Zionism is antisemitic) in quotes, to make it more clear.
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Well, then you’ll like this even less: