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28. I had never heard that phrase before.

Sun Jan 5, 2025, 09:10 PM

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Court Jew

In early modern Europe, particularly in Germany, a court Jew (German: Hofjude, Yiddish: הויף איד, romanized: hoyf id) or court factor (German: Hoffaktor, Yiddish: קאַורט פאַקטאַר, romanized: kourt faktor) was a Jewish banker who handled the finances of, or lent money to, royalty and nobility. In return for their services, court Jews gained social privileges, including, in some cases, being granted noble status.

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Why do MAGA's hate George Soros? [View all] Cyrano Jan 5 OP

Projection. Baitball Blogger Jan 5 #1

Precisely BoRaGard Jan 5 #5

Exactly hot2na Jan 5 #8

Same reason we hate the Koch brothers and Musk MichMan Jan 5 #2

This is correct. TheProle Jan 5 #16

trying to neometalfan Jan 5 #35

Hi! I was wondering where you were. GP6971 Jan 5 #39

Odd reply, does it take one to know one? KS Toronado Jan 5 #40

I don't think simply agreeing with another poster warrants your accusation. TheProle Jan 6 #50

Does Soros live at Biden's house? Kingofalldems Jan 5 #24

I don't recall Charles or David Koch ever living at Mar a Lago n/t MichMan Jan 6 #51

I'm not aware that he's ever had the kind of influence on public policy Crunchy Frog Jan 5 #27

He's a mega donor. He backed our progressive DA. We had another Democrat, who was more conservative LeftInTX Jan 5 #41

Thats it! And they hate it. But trumps Treasury pick was Soro's PARTNER! Callie1979 Jan 5 #29

Yup. As a result of his life experiences under authoritarian governments, wnylib Jan 5 #48

Three reasons usonian Jan 5 #3

There's other Jewish billionaires with more money than Soros Polybius Jan 5 #34

Soros became a worldwide lightning rod for anti-semitism. usonian Jan 5 #36

Fox News and Infowars tell them who they should hate. Initech Jan 5 #4

Because they've been told to. They don't actually know anything about him. Scrivener7 Jan 5 #6

Everything that MAGA accuses Soros of, Musk is doing the same x1000000. Yavin4 Jan 5 #7

Good question. They are reverential of billionaires in general and how are theirs supporting R's different? hlthe2b Jan 5 #9

Sheldon and Miriam Edelson Deep State Witch Jan 5 #22

Miriam wanted to add a Book of Trump to the Bible. Crunchy Frog Jan 5 #30

OOH can I write that. I love satire and Mark Twain is one of my heroes. usonian Jan 5 #37

But they pretty much worship Elon Musk the richest person in the world ArnoldLayne Jan 5 #10

I thought they hated him Tickle Jan 5 #11

The name "George Soros" is a right wing synonym for "Jew." Cyrano Jan 5 #12

He's a mega donor. And yes, he backs progressives. He backed our DA. $1 million was just for the primary! LeftInTX Jan 5 #43

K&R spanone Jan 5 #13

they have the kochs and such, and fantasize that we musr hhave such sponsors as well. rampartd Jan 5 #14

Yes. It's to deflect from their own nests of billionaire vipers. Crunchy Frog Jan 5 #31

soros is a donor. maybe a big one rampartd Jan 5 #32

Soros has been demonized in Hungary by Orban as well andym Jan 5 #15

Because they were told to Fullduplexxx Jan 5 #17

Soros and Trump were once business partners Locutusofborg Jan 5 #18

Because they are told to Johonny Jan 5 #19

Jew don't know? Behind the Aegis Jan 5 #20

Because Jews shouldn't have all that money, power, and influence. no_hypocrisy Jan 5 #21

I had never heard that phrase before. underpants Jan 5 #28

he's one of the redmeat codewords repukes use to manipulate their bigoted base Skittles Jan 5 #23

Thanks, Skittles. That's precisely the point of this OP Cyrano Jan 6 #53

Soros was a frequent target of Rush Limbaugh. In my rural area of Fla., Limbaugh's radio allegorical oracle Jan 6 #55

Wow---I see some Trump/Musk hall monitors stepped into this thread. Kingofalldems Jan 5 #25

Yep. Their stench is like dog poop on your shoe. Cyrano Jan 6 #54

And yet somehow they don't seem to mind the Adelsons. Crunchy Frog Jan 5 #26

It's about funding the other side iemanja Jan 5 #47

The fact that Soros is Jewish is icing on the hate cake. dgauss Jan 5 #33

he's a Jewish billionaire elleng Jan 5 #38

Bingo. roamer65 Jan 5 #42

explain Sheldon & Miriam Adelson, Jan Koum, Stephen Schwarzman, Ryan Cohen cadoman Jan 5 #45

"They've been taught to hate him" Ferrets are Cool Jan 5 #44

Because he funds Democrats. Just like Dems hate Peter Thiel and others. iemanja Jan 5 #46

Reminder. Soros became a worldwide lightning rod for anti-semitism. usonian Jan 6 #49

Same thing woth Hannibal Lector. If Trump can put applegrove Jan 6 #52