What effect do you think it has on roads, crime, school, and development, if people on your city council think someone is controlling the weather? And are surprised to find that this is not mainstream thinking?
What I find surprising, and a little disheartening, is when someone says “the Jews are causing global warming so they can take over” and the part that gets the most attention is “the Jews”.
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Shodan
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Not much. I don’t think he thinks much about it. Generally I would prefer my elected officials not to hold bizarre beliefs, but I don’t think it’s that big a deal in a city councilman. We have national senators and representatives who believe the earth is 6000 years old and global warming is a hoax. Unlike Councilman White, these people make decisions about national energy and environmental policies. As far as I can tell–and again I should probably learn more about this guy, though I can’t vote in his ward–Councilman White’s main concerns are things like after school programs and interventions for at-risk youth. I don’t see how his going down some internet rabbit hole and coming across a bizarre conspiracy theory affects his work here. Also, unlike the fundamentalists, he seems ready to acknowledge his foolishness and learn.
And of course he doesn’t make national policy, so I’m not sure why anyone who doesn’t live here cares, except of course for the point and laugh value LHOD mentioned.
Some of my students are really hoping for a snow day. I was tempted to say “I think I’ve still got some pull with the Rothschilds. Lemme give them a call and see if I can make that happen.”
I’m torn, because on the one hand, I tend to clump all supernatural beliefs together in the same box (“Nah”) and don’t see much percentage in trying to draw distinctions between “not true, but plausible,” “not true, and ridiculous,” etc. So believing that there are people who secretly control the weather but we’ll never know–is that really so different from believing that there are supernatural entities that guard over certain people and violate the laws of physics to create miracles? It’s all “nah”, innit? And don’t I tolerate folks’ supernatural beliefs even though I don’t share them?
On the other hand, the Rothchilds bit becomes unacceptably real-world: by implicating an antisemitic conspiracy, it suggests this dude may not treat Jews fairly. And that real-world aspect is what makes me think he may not be fit for public service.
“Weather is deliberately caused to further the agenda of an intelligent actor,” is a pretty mainstream belief. Usually the “intelligent actor” is God, not the Jews, but the idea is no less ridiculous.
Right, I get that and it is a real concern. My social media feed and real world conversations have been all about this lately. But from what I can tell–and I know how ridiculous this sounds, but from what I can gather it is the case–apparently Trayon White had no idea the Rothschilds were Jewish. He is not, I think, the sharpest knife in the drawer, but again, that puts him on par with all too many of our elected officials, including the current President of the USA, Bast help us. I think he just fell down a rabbit hole and isn’t too good at critical thinking. Again the Jewish members of the DC city council have reached out to him and apparently he is remorseful and working with them. My own Councilwoman, Brianne Nadeau–who is Jewish–reports that she’s always had a good relationship with him. Again, I really don’t know what kind of job he’s doing. He doesn’t seem corrupt, which puts him leagues above Barry, and he does seem concerned about the poor people of DC. I myself am half Jewish and I’m willing to put this to one side. As I said he appears embarrassed and remorseful and wants to make amends.
What everyone seems to be missing here is an even more egregious crime by Farrakhan: he refers to himself continually in the 3rd person during his tirades. That’s the mark of a self-absorbed individual, like Leon from the old Bud Light commercials.
Both parties try to tie the others with radicals. Remember how Hillary was excited to learn David Duke of the KKK supported Trump?