# Trump's Star of David tweet **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 4, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090 "2016-07-04T19:58:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/181 "2016-07-06T23:53:02Z")
What gets me is the claim that “Stars of David are NEVER filled in” when ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS USES OF THE STAR OF DAVID AS A MARK OF RACISM WAS FILLED IN. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/182 "2016-07-06T23:58:57Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > [https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zombietime.com%2Fzomblog%2Fwp-content%2Fimages2009%2Fgeorge-w-bush-wanted-2.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zombietime.com%2Fzomblog%2F%3Fp%3D621&docid=iWIA-fdNcXEOpM&tbnid=8TQQkd\_ebVtSIM%3A&w=500&h=611&itg=1&bih=508&biw=884&ved=0ahUKEwjuz5bE\_9\_NAhWCfhoKHSlcBT0QMwhHKCIwIg&iact=mrc&uact=8](https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zombietime.com%2Fzomblog%2Fwp-content%2Fimages2009%2Fgeorge-w-bush-wanted-2.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zombietime.com%2Fzomblog%2F%3Fp%3D621&docid=iWIA-fdNcXEOpM&tbnid=8TQQkd_ebVtSIM%3A&w=500&h=611&itg=1&bih=508&biw=884&ved=0ahUKEwjuz5bE_9_NAhWCfhoKHSlcBT0QMwhHKCIwIg&iact=mrc&uact=8) > Not that I’m apologising for him in the first place. Just saying, I find it believable that they failed to notice the anti-Jewish message in the image. Yeah…that doesn’t look like a Star of David at all. The thing is…not a lot of stuff does. The six pointed star isn’t exclusively jewish, it’s used by Hindus, Rastafarians and Mormans too. Maybe he was trying to compare her to one of those groups? Is that better? As we all know “money grubbing rastafarian” is a common trope. As is “crooked mormon” and who hasn’t said someone was “sneaky like a hindu” before? Sometimes it’s used by the Sheriff’s Department. Like in my hometown of Los Angeles, where we would say all the time “that person is corrupt like a sheriff” Oh wait, no, none of those are things. You could replace all of those with JEW and it would work though. Yup. Crooked Jew, Sneaky Jew, Corrupt Jew, Money Grubbing Jew. Yeah, that just feels right. My guess is that it probably means Jew. Oh and [https://www.google.com/search?q=google+image:+star&rlz=1C1CHFX\_enUS582US582&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwja3by3heDNAhWMNT4KHaS\_AXEQsAQIJQ&biw=1242&bih=585#tbm=isch&q=star](https://www.google.com/search?q=google+image:+star&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS582US582&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwja3by3heDNAhWMNT4KHaS_AXEQsAQIJQ&biw=1242&bih=585#tbm=isch&q=star) You sort of have to go out of your way to find a six pointed star. ---
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/183 "2016-07-07T00:05:04Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > What gets me is the claim that “Stars of David are NEVER filled in” when ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS USES OF THE STAR OF DAVID AS A MARK OF RACISM WAS FILLED IN. I would characterize my initial confusion not as stemming from the star being filled in, but from the fact that the star didn’t have the two triangles outlined. The triangle outlines are visible in both the Israeli flag as well as on the stars I presume you allude to. It’s fine if the star on this particular tweet immediately jumped out at you as being a Star of David. But this attempt to characterize it as some form of will blindness to not have seen it as such originally is bizarre and unproductive. The fact that one would choose not to see it as anti-semitic knowing the full context is willful ignorance; the initial failure to see anti-semitism in the tweet alone is not. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/184 "2016-07-07T00:06:51Z")
> [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](#): > > It’s fine if the star on this particular tweet immediately jumped out at you as being a Star of David. But this attempt to characterize it as some form of will blindness to not have seen it as such originally is bizarre and unproductive. The fact that one would choose not to see it as anti-semitic knowing the full context is willful ignorance; the initial failure to see anti-semitism in the tweet alone is not. The most famous and ubiquitous yellow star was unlined in any way. It has been linked to 4 times in this thread by my count, once by me. But you are right. It is entierly possible that someone who doesn’t have a lot of experience with Jews or Jewish people wouldn’t notice that. Someone like Donald Trump and his staff. ---
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/185 "2016-07-07T00:15:03Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > The most famous and ubiquitous yellow star was unlined in any way. It has been linked to 4 times in this thread by my count, once by me. [Looks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_badge) outlined to me. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/186 "2016-07-07T00:21:10Z")
You think there was only one badge? [Look again](http://www.holocaustcenter.org/holocaust-badges). (incidentally, that’s the link that **NAF1138** specifically mentioned. Five times now.) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/187 "2016-07-07T00:24:59Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > The most famous and ubiquitous yellow star was unlined in any way. It has been linked to 4 times in this thread by my count, once by me. Some were lined, some weren’t. Sometimes it wasn’t even a star. > **[Photographs & Overview of Jewish Badges in the Holocaust](https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/photographs-and-overview-of-jewish-badges-in-the-holocaust)** > > Encyclopedia of Jewish and Israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from anti-Semitism to Zionism. I couldn’t tell you which was the most ubiquitous, but I mostly know the lined one with “Jude” in the middle. ---
**Author:** ![Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/do_not_taunt/32/2968_2.png) [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/188 "2016-07-07T00:25:17Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > You think there was only one badge? [Look again](http://www.holocaustcenter.org/holocaust-badges). > > (incidentally, that’s the link that **NAF1138** specifically mentioned. Five times now.) The majority of those are outlined. While I was admittedly unaware that some of the badges were unlined (thanks for fighting ignorance there), I think this largely contradicts LEAPER and supports my point. ETA: Actually, LEAPER didn’t make a claim about lining, only about them being filled in. Sorry for calling you out here incorrectly, LEAPER. I should have referred to NAF’s claim about the most ubiquitous one being unlined. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/189 "2016-07-07T00:27:43Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > You think there was only one badge? [Look again](http://www.holocaustcenter.org/holocaust-badges). > > (incidentally, that’s the link that **NAF1138** specifically mentioned. Five times now.) And related to Trump, it should not be surprising to find out that the closest star to the image made by the white supremacist was used in [del]V[/del]Bulgaria. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/190 "2016-07-07T00:30:46Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > The most famous and ubiquitous yellow star was unlined in any way. It has been linked to 4 times in this thread by my count, once by me. > > But you are right. It is entierly possible that someone who doesn’t have a lot of experience with Jews or Jewish people wouldn’t notice that. Someone like Donald Trump and his staff. Exactly, we can’t expect everyone who, like Trump’s staff, goes searching through white supremacist websites for anti Hillary images, to know which ones are or are not bigoted, can we? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/191 "2016-07-07T00:36:53Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > And related to Trump, it should not be surprising to find out that the closest star to the image made by the white supremacist was used in [del]V[/del]Bulgaria. 🙂 What is the significance of the crossed out V? I’m sure you’re implying something here, but I don’t know what. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/192 "2016-07-07T00:38:16Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > What is the significance of the crossed out V? I’m sure you’re implying something here, but I don’t know what. It is a reference to our [Short Fingered Vulgarian](http://www.salon.com/2015/10/08/dont_call_donald_trump_a_short_fingered_vulgarian_or_he_will_send_you_pictures_of_his_fingers_for_the_next_25_years/). And now I expect Trump to send me pictures of him with gold sharpie circling his fingers claiming that he is not. ---
**Author:** ![Pearl\_Clutching\_Provocateur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pearl\_Clutching\_Provocateur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pearl_Clutching_Provocateur)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/193 "2016-07-07T00:42:09Z")
Maybe Trump was trying to communicate Hillary’s true feelings? “Former Clinton consultant Dick Morris said that in a dispute over money, you said to him, “That’s all you people care about is money.” He took that to be a slap at him because he is a Jew.” [http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2007/12/07/14\_questions\_id\_ask\_hillary\_after\_i\_hooked\_her\_up\_to\_a\_lie\_detector](http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2007/12/07/14_questions_id_ask_hillary_after_i_hooked_her_up_to_a_lie_detector) ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/194 "2016-07-07T00:46:56Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > Yeah…that doesn’t look like a Star of David at all. The thing is…not a lot of stuff does. > > The six pointed star isn’t exclusively jewish… > > My guess is that it probably means Jew. > > You sort of have to go out of your way to find a six pointed star. (post shortened) Yes, YOUR guess is that it probably means Jew and you do sort of have to go OUT OF YOUR WAY to find 6-pointed stars. Unless you search for 6-pointed stars. :rolleyes: This is simply politics. You wanted to see a Star of David, or someone told you it must be a SOD, and you saw one. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/195 "2016-07-07T00:53:24Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > (post shortened) > > … it probably means Jew and you do sort of have to go OUT OF YOUR WAY to find 6-pointed stars. Unless you search for 6-pointed stars. :rolleyes: Post shortened. Right. That’s actually my point. Thanks! If you search out six pointed stars you can find them. If you search “stars” it’s sort of hard to find a random clip art six pointed star. If you are specifically searching for six pointed stars it must be for a reason. Good summation of my point. I’m glad you have come around to seeing that the original image was clearly intentionally racist and that Trump should own up to the mistake and apologize. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/196 "2016-07-07T00:54:46Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Certainly they don’t. A sheriff’s badge, for instance, is not a Star of David. Its six points come directly from the center. > > Rather than, as I am sure you know, having a straight line along the top of the two points below the top point, and a straight line along the bottom of the two points above the bottom point. Which is a Star of David. > > Are you high? Or on drugs? Or what? What the fuck is wrong with you? That’ll earn you a warning, Frank. You should know better than this. Please don’t do it again. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/197 "2016-07-07T00:55:48Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Please don’t do it again. Very well. Although it would help if I knew exactly why I was warned. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/198 "2016-07-07T00:56:31Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > When a picture with a 6 pointed star comes from a white supremacist website, then any questions about what the star is meant to represent are kind of moot. Yeah, when I first saw it, I could have bought that it was just an extremely unfortunate mishap, especially since it was deleted within about 15 minutes. My first thought was actually that it was meant to look like one of those stickers that you put on something to draw attention to a fact, like “now with extra bran fiber!” or “reduced price!” or something like that, and the creator just didn’t select enough points. Once it was revealed where it came from? There’s no way it wasn’t intentional. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/199 "2016-07-07T01:04:24Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > …Why? Are you outing yourself as Donald Trump? (post shortened) For free ice cream? Is this a trick question? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/200 "2016-07-07T01:05:29Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Very well. > > Although it would help if I knew exactly why I was warned. You don’t believe your final line in that post is insulting? If not, then let me disabuse you: it is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090.md?page=11)