U ponedjeljak, reagirajući na vijest da je New Yorker festival zakazao intervju sa Stephenom K. Bannonom, bivšim glavnim strategom predsjednika Donalda Trumpa, a Economist je također pozvao Bannona da učestvuje na svom Open Future festivalu 15. rujna, Chelsea Clinton optužila je festivale za “normaliziranje bigotizma”.
For anyone who wonders what normalization of bigotry looks like, please look no further than Steve Bannon being invited by both @TheEconomist & @NewYorker to their respective events in #NYC a few weeks apart. https://t.co/u0TDfCYrQ1
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) September 3, 2018
Stanley Pignal iz Economista pokušao je obraniti odluku ugošćavanja Bannona:
For anyone who wonders what normalisation of bigotry looks like, I'd argue first consider that Steve Bannon was chief strategist under the current president. I don't see how not hearing "the other side's" viewpoint helps anyone better understand the world. https://t.co/vueF4kAO8j
— Stanley Pignal (@spignal) September 3, 2018
Chelsea Clinton je odgovorila:
Hi Stanley – you’re absolutely right that the President has done more to normalize bigotry. There is no “other side” to racism, xenophobia, misogyny, homophobia, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism. It’s simply wrong. https://t.co/jX7X1qgFXS
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) September 3, 2018
Gospođa Clinton očito ima kratko pamćenje. Samo prošli tjedan, njezin vlastiti otac, bivši predsjednik Bill Clinton, sjedio je pokraj trojice ljudi koji su svi od reda prihvaćali rasizam:
Mmmmmm hmmmmm pic.twitter.com/zLASLlSmow
— Rebecca Alana (@rebeccaactually) September 4, 2018
Trio je sjedio pored Clintona, uključujući Jesse Jacksona, koji je pokazao svoj antisemitizam 1984. nazivajući Židove “Hymies” (pogrdni naziv za Židova), a New York City “Hymietownom”; Al Sharptona, koji je Grke nazivao “pederima” i predvodio marš u kojem su sudionici vikali “Ubijte Židove” i Louisa Farrakhana, čiji je opaki rasizam protiv bijelaca i Židova obilno dokumentiran.
Clintonino totalno neznanje prozvano je na Twitteru, čak i od novinarke uobičajeno-prijateljskog CNN-a, koja je reagirala instinktivno:
(both of your parents just shared a stage for hours on end with Louis Farrakhan)
— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) September 4, 2018
Ljevičari su sasjekli Bennett na Twitteru. U međuvremenu, Clinton je malo popustila:
Hi Kate – I’ve heard this a lot today. Almost a drumbeat. A few thoughts: 1) Aretha’s family had every right to invite whomever they wanted to celebrate her life. 2) As I’ve said before, Farrakhan‘s anti-Semitism is wrong. Bigotry is always wrong. 3) … I’m not my parents. https://t.co/HHSZiKuVYM
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) September 4, 2018
Totally agree with points 1 & 2. And very fair on 3. I hear you.
— Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) September 4, 2018
Drugi nisu:
Normalizing bigotry? Your daddy was hanging out with Chicago's leading bigot, Louis Farrakhan — Clean up your own house first. https://t.co/X4BcZJoU3g
— Mike Opelka (@stuntbrain) September 3, 2018
Your father literally just shared a stage with Louis Farrakhan https://t.co/CNzq5na6uX
— The H2 (@TheH2) September 3, 2018
Bilo je prilično jasno u kakvom društvu se Bill Clinton nalazio:
"Judaism [is a] gutter religion.”
-Farrakhan '84"If the Jews want to get it on…pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house."
-Sharpton '91"[Jews are] hymies…[NY] is Hymietown.”
-Jackson '84"A few yrs ago, [Obama] would have been getting us coffee."
-Clinton '08 pic.twitter.com/K42753mlEE— Larry Elder (@larryelder) September 3, 2018