02-15-2019, 07:50 PM
(02-15-2019, 07:07 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Sure it can. To many, including large swathes of Democrats, the tweets were clearly antisemitic. As they see it thus, the statement can absolutely be seen that way. Poor gestalt Fred.
Sorry, but "no".
In order for the term "Sometimes a banana is just a banana" to apply there case to be 100% agreement on what the plain meaning is. "Many" is not good enough. No matter how "many" people think a banana means something else sometimes it is "just a banana".
You can still claim they can be interpreted as anti-Semitic, but only through a hidden symbolic meaning. Taking her words on face value she is talking about lobbyist influence instead of old Jewish stereotypes.
