Why does Keith Ellison win St. Louis Park every two years?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Seeing as how he is supposedly an anti-Semite.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Why did Jesse Helms hire James Meredith as a domestic advisor on his Senate staff?  Seeing as how he is supposedly a racist.  

[DC Al Fine]

Why did Jesse Helms hire James Meredith as a domestic advisor on his Senate staff?  Seeing as how he is supposedly a racist.  

It's almost as if people are complex and their habits can't be distilled into simple tropes...

[DrScholl]

James Meredith supported David Duke's run for Governor. That's all that needs to be said about Helms hiring him.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

James Meredith supported David Duke's run for Governor. That's all that needs to be said about Helms hiring him.

*facepalm*

My point is that BRTD's argument is basically another version of "____ has black friends, so he can't be racist."  If you're gonna give Ellison a pass on his anti-Semitism because of that insane logic, you also have to do the same for anyone James Meredith supported.  What dc al fine said is also true, of course.

Why did Trump do better than Romney with Hispanics?  Seeing as he is supposedly a racist.  Better?

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

Because a lot of liberal Jews are willing to forgive soft anti-semitism on the left if the candidate hits all their other progressive buttons. This isn't new.

[Bigby]

James Meredith supported David Duke's run for Governor. That's all that needs to be said about Helms hiring him.

That's... an eye opener. Truth really is stranger than fiction.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Why did Jesse Helms hire James Meredith as a domestic advisor on his Senate staff?  Seeing as how he is supposedly a racist.  

The equivalent to this would be Helms overwhelmingly winning the black vote. This would be an acceptable counter example only if I cited Ellison as having a Jewish domestic advisor.

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

Because a lot of liberal Jews are willing to forgive soft anti-semitism on the left if the candidate hits all their other progressive buttons. This isn't new.

No comment on the rest (Keith Ellison is not a frickin' anti-Semite), but this ignores the woeful degree to which right-wingers routinely ignore hard anti-semitism on the right.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

I might be breaking with some conservatives here, but he isn't an anti-semite.  People are way too quick to accuse people of being some sort of -ist, -phobe, or anti-, when there are very, very, very few of those sorts of people left alive in this country (and certainly none in elected office at any level).

[Chief Justice Keef]

It's kinda funny how some Republicans are accusing Ellison of being an antisemite when Steve Bannon is now an influential figure in their party.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

It's kinda funny how some Republicans are accusing Ellison of being an antisemite when Steve Bannon is now an influential figure in their party.

Kind of funny how so many liberals are quick to dismiss allegations of anti-semitism when they pioneered the "if someone is offended, take them seriously" philosophy that led to half the garbage going on at college campuses today.

[Devout Centrist]

James Meredith supported David Duke's run for Governor. That's all that needs to be said about Helms hiring him.

That's... an eye opener. Truth really is stranger than fiction.

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[justfollowingtheelections]

Keith Ellison isn't an antisemite.  Next.

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

Because a lot of liberal Jews are willing to forgive soft anti-semitism on the left if the candidate hits all their other progressive buttons. This isn't new.

No comment on the rest (Keith Ellison is not a frickin' anti-Semite), but this ignores the woeful degree to which right-wingers routinely ignore hard anti-semitism on the right.

Until recently it was almost nonexistent.  Accusations of racism come mostly from the left and accusations of Antisemitism mostly came from the right until last year.

[SATW]

Yea, no Steve Bannon is not even close to as bad as Keith Ellison.

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

Yea, no Steve Bannon is not even close to as bad as Keith Ellison.

Neither are anti-Semitic, but the anti-Semitism Bannon is being accused of is far worse than the "anti-Semitism" Ellison is.

[Horus]

Because most Jews are smart enough to see that he doesn't have an antisemitic bone in his body.