What do you think of Ramaswamy’s Ten Truths

It is kind of a random list. What is a “bromide” please? @ServantOfTheGoddess

@jackjjackson "an idea or remark that is intended to make someone feel calmer or more comfortable, but that is not original and has no effect" (Oxford Learners' Dictionaries online)

I guess I could see how some of that might kindasorta apply here. @ServantOfTheGoddess

@ServantOfTheGoddess [quote]It is really too bad that a person of colour has been sucked in to believing them (presumably) and representing them.[/quote]

that's racist and patronizing

Sure as hell is @SW-User

@SW-User I don't think so. I'm Jewish and I would say the same if a fellow Jew were spouting this nonsense. These "truths" are those of white nationalists.

Please explain. @ServantOfTheGoddess

@jackjjackson Look around, pay attention to who is saying this kind of stuff.

@ServantOfTheGoddess so am I

"a fellow Jew"...what? 🙈

[quote]These "truths" are those of white nationalists.[/quote]

I can tell you've really thought about this 🙄

@ServantOfTheGoddess

@SW-User Cool! We should be nice to each other then :D

What do you not like about the expression "a fellow Jew"?
I am honestly curious. It is so difficult to communicate in these bits and pieces.

And yes I have. It's a pretty common pattern for movements whose overall outlook is hostile to minorities, to enlist some members of those minorities and make them spokespeople. I do find it sad.

@jackjjackson Yes, exactly.

@ServantOfTheGoddess [quote]Cool! We should be nice to each other then[/quote]

I guess, but...why exactly? Why should being Jewish affect how we treat each other?

[quote]What do you not like about the expression "a fellow Jew"?
I am honestly curious. It is so difficult to communicate in these bits and pieces.[/quote]

Because expressions like that only serve to confine a person to their racial, ethnic, or religious identity. To an extent, labels and categories can't be avoided, but it's generally [i]not[/i] good when they are used to limit people and suggest they should think or be a certain way because they are Jewish, or any other identity that would apply here.

[quote]And yes I have. It's a pretty common pattern for movements whose overall outlook is hostile to minorities, to enlist some members of those minorities and make them spokespeople. I do find it sad.[/quote]

This is horribly patronizing. You really need to consider the possibility that as a person who isn't defined or controlled by his race, he will form his own views, which are a part of his own being.

For whatever reason, he sees the world or more specifically the U.S as he does, and in his mind, the "ten truths" mentioned by the OP are how it can be improved. There is absolutely nothing to suggest that this is due to the influence of white nationalism, that he has been "enlisted" as a spokesperson for white nationalism, or that these views are unique to white nationalists.

Or to be succinct the “servant” is a partisan hack in addition to a jackass. @SW-User

@jackjjackson I thoroughly disagree with everything "exotic" is saying here, but at least she isn't stooping to baseless personal insults.

@SW-User Thank you for explaining more. I respect your thoughts. It would be good to have a real conversation about these questions but I don't feel like social media is the place for such conversations. All good wishes.

Servant isn’t capable of even a semi intelligent conservation. Referring to servant as a jackass is factual accuracy as opposed to name calling. @SW-User @ServantOfTheGoddess

@jackjjackson Now you're just being obnoxious for no reason. This does not make whatever perspective you are representing look good.

Exposing you is an excellent reason. From every perspective you don’t look good. @ServantOfTheGoddess