# 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:** 12
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/221 "2016-07-07T14:26:02Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > I don’t know who’s running Hillary Clinton’s social media, but they deserve an award. > > Trump [tweets](http://gawker.com/donald-trump-cant-let-it-charges-of-anti-semitism-go-1783249704) a picture of a Disney “Frozen” book with a six-pointed star, asking “Where’s the outrage for this Disney book? Is this the ‘Star of David’ also? Dishonest Media! #Frozen” > > Clinton’s tweeted response: “Do you want to build a strawman?” Trump should just let it go. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/222 "2016-07-07T14:27:28Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > Bigots have have finally grasped that bigotry is wrong No; they’ve grasped that it’s become socially unacceptable to get caught at it. ---
**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, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/223 "2016-07-07T14:48:56Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > Does it make any difference? > > Are you trying to suggest that had he seen the tweet - he would be ok with it? Even given it’s providence? It makes a difference to me. I’m looking for clarification and understanding of Ryan’s answer. Was Ryan’s answer based on having actually seen the tweet with the 6-pointed star OR did a reporter describe the tweet to Ryan while claiming that the 6-pointed star was a Star of David? Assuming that Ryan had only a reporter’s description of the tweet when he answered, I wonder if Ryan’s answer would have been different if the 6-pointed star had been described as a 6-pointed star, instead of as a Star of David? ---
**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, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/224 "2016-07-07T14:51:23Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > I don’t know who’s running Hillary Clinton’s social media, but they deserve an award. > > Trump [tweets](http://gawker.com/donald-trump-cant-let-it-charges-of-anti-semitism-go-1783249704) a picture of a Disney “Frozen” book with a six-pointed star, asking “Where’s the outrage for this Disney book? Is this the ‘Star of David’ also? Dishonest Media! #Frozen” > > Clinton’s tweeted response: “Do you want to build a strawman?” Conservative radio talk show Erick Erickson tweets to El Trumpo: > [@](#): > > Hey jackass, last I checked this Disney book did not first show up on a neo-Nazi website like your graphic did. ---
**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, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/225 "2016-07-07T14:57:17Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > I don’t know who’s running Hillary Clinton’s social media, but they deserve an award. > > Trump [tweets](http://gawker.com/donald-trump-cant-let-it-charges-of-anti-semitism-go-1783249704) a picture of a Disney “Frozen” book with a six-pointed star, asking “Where’s the outrage for this Disney book? Is this the ‘Star of David’ also? Dishonest Media! #Frozen” > > Clinton’s tweeted response: “Do you want to build a strawman?” Hillary should be the go-to guy if anyone is looking for advice on building a strawman. While some Hillary worshipers insist on claiming a 6-pointed star must be, can only be, a SOD if the Trump campaign uses it and a 6-pointed star is only a 6-pointed star if Disney uses it, this sounds like a double standard to me. Or another example of politics as usual. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/226 "2016-07-07T14:58:34Z")
Really? How very interesting! Tell us less! ---
**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, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/227 "2016-07-07T14:59:02Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Hillary should be the go-to guy if anyone is looking for advice on building a strawman. > > While some Hillary worshipers insist on claiming a 6-pointed star must be, can only be, a SOD if the Trump campaign uses it and a 6-pointed star is only a 6-pointed star if Disney uses it, this sounds like a double standard to me. Or another example of politics as usual. When an image with a six pointed star comes from a white supremacist website, then it’s clear what it represents. Disney’s image didn’t come from a white supremacist website. ---
**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, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/228 "2016-07-07T15:00:33Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Trump should just let it go. Or the Hillary worshippers should just let it go. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/229 "2016-07-07T15:08:46Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Hillary should be the go-to guy if anyone is looking for advice on building a strawman. > > While some Hillary worshipers insist on claiming a 6-pointed star must be, can only be, a SOD if the Trump campaign uses it and a 6-pointed star is only a 6-pointed star if Disney uses it, this sounds like a double standard to me. Or another example of politics as usual. You don’t think people are objecting to the “6-pointed star” all by itself, do you? There’s nothing objectionable about “a 6-pointed star”: showing it alongside talk of corruption and money is objectionable; showing it alongside stickers and a Disney princess, not so much; showing it alongside Superman would probably be kind of awesome; showing it on my yarmulke is merely appropriate. And so on. ---
**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, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/230 "2016-07-07T15:11:18Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > When an image with a six pointed star comes from a white supremacist website, then it’s clear what it represents. > > Disney’s image didn’t come from a white supremacist website. Many people in this thread have said that they originally saw a 6-pointed star in the tweet. Others saw a SOD. While still others have been trying to tell people what/how to think about the 6-pointed star in the tweet. I’m under the impression that if Hillary’s poll numbers were higher, or she was better liked by the public, or if she were a more trusted individual, this 6-pointed star/SOD issue would never have become so popular. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/231 "2016-07-07T15:11:45Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > While some Hillary worshipers insist on claiming a 6-pointed star must be, can only be, a SOD if the Trump campaign uses it and a 6-pointed star is only a 6-pointed star if Disney uses it, this sounds like a double standard to me. Or another example of politics as usual. The most succinct rebuttal is an Erick Erickson tweet directed to Trump: > [@](#): > > Hey jackass, last I checked this Disney book did not first show up on a neo-Nazi website like your graphic did. > [@doorhinge](#): > > I’m under the impression that if Hillary’s poll numbers were higher, or she was better liked by the public, or if she were a more trusted individual, this 6-pointed star/SOD issue would never have become so popular. You need to develop more accurate and realistic impressions, then. Try “If Trump weren’t being endorsed by people like David Duke”, or “If Trump didn’t have [a history of this sort of thing](http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/donald-trump-tweets-apparent-neo-nazi-supporter)”. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/232 "2016-07-07T15:13:41Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Or the Hillary worshippers should just let it go. Well known Hillary worshipper [Paul Ryan condemns Trump’s use of anti-semitic images](http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Paul-Ryan-Slams-Trump-Star-of-David/2016/07/05/id/737124/). ---
**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, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/233 "2016-07-07T15:17:18Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > You don’t think people are objecting to the “6-pointed star” all by itself, do you? > > There’s nothing objectionable about “a 6-pointed star”: showing it alongside talk of corruption and money is objectionable; showing it alongside stickers and a Disney princess, not so much; showing it alongside Superman would probably be kind of awesome; showing it on my yarmulke is merely appropriate. And so on. Are you suggesting that people can have different opinions about this, or any other, 6-pointed star? And that this should somehow be acceptable to the general public? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/234 "2016-07-07T15:18:19Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > When an image with a six pointed star comes from a white supremacist website, then it’s clear what it represents. Maybe the Trump campaign ought to look into getting one of those parental-control Internet filters installed on its computers so their graphic designers won’t be able to continue perusing neo-Nazi websites. Admittedly, they’d have to come up with cash up front unless they’re lucky enough to find a vendor unfamiliar with Trump’s reputation, which might be a bit of a problem for them given their anemic fundraising, but they ought to at least give it a try. ---
**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, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/235 "2016-07-07T15:21:16Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Well known Hillary worshipper [Paul Ryan condemns Trump’s use of anti-semitic images](http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Paul-Ryan-Slams-Trump-Star-of-David/2016/07/05/id/737124/). Old news and already under discussion. But thanks for your participation. 🙂 ---
**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, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/236 "2016-07-07T15:23:14Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Maybe the Trump campaign ought to look into getting one of those parental-control Internet filters installed on its computers so their graphic designers won’t be able to continue perusing neo-Nazi websites. Admittedly, they’d have to come up with cash up front unless they’re lucky enough to find a vendor unfamiliar with Trump’s reputation, which might be a bit of a problem for them given their anemic fundraising, but they ought to at least give it a try. Maybe Hillary could recommend her IT people? You know, the ones who handled her server. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/237 "2016-07-07T15:24:30Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Old news and already under discussion. But thanks for your participation. 🙂 Oh I assumed you must have missed it. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/238 "2016-07-07T15:25:07Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > You don’t think people are objecting to the “6-pointed star” all by itself, do you? > > There’s nothing objectionable about “a 6-pointed star”: showing it alongside talk of corruption and money is objectionable; showing it alongside stickers and a Disney princess, not so much; showing it alongside Superman would probably be kind of awesome; showing it on my yarmulke is merely appropriate. And so on. Context hard! Brain hurts! Pictures mean one thing! Thag confused! ---
**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, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/239 "2016-07-07T15:25:14Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Old news and already under discussion. But thanks for your participation. 🙂 Yep, old news that can not be dismissed as much as you like it, and it is better to reply to a repeat ot that bit of news rather than to what conservative radio talk show host Erick Erickson tweeted to El Trumpo. The source of the graphic is a very important reason why Trump is being criticized, and not just by the left. ---
**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, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090/240 "2016-07-07T15:28:19Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Many people in this thread have said that they originally saw a 6-pointed star in the tweet. Others saw a SOD. While still others have been trying to tell people what/how to think about the 6-pointed star in the tweet. > > I’m under the impression that if Hillary’s poll numbers were higher, or she was better liked by the public, or if she were a more trusted individual, this 6-pointed star/SOD issue would never have become so popular. I don’t care about the star – what I care about is why is Trump’s campaign going to white supremacist websites to get their attacks on Hillary? Someone in Trump’s campaign is digging through white supremacist websites and tweets, showing them to Trump and suggesting that they would be good attacks, and he’s saying “sure, go ahead”. Or else he just doesn’t care. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-star-of-david-tweet/759090.md?page=13)