I wonder why the reluctance.
Really?
Alright.
Consider: If one declares,
"Hey, someone says you're a criminal; here, give me some DNA and prove you're not," does it matter who is accusing or why? Or are people expected to provide DNA evidence on demand for every ill-considered appeal to hatred finding convenience in accusing?
What I wonder is what world one imagines that tropes like the question at hand should have that sort of credibility, which in turn is something of a rhetorical question, or, at least, one with a glaringly obvious answer. There are, of course, alternatives, but I still don't get why the people who
aren't something might somehow so consistently fail to behave or present themselves differently than those we might otherwise agree
are.
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In 2015, two suicides were linked to allegations of a whisper campaign; that it wasn't a whisper campaign was not the best explanation. Still, though, it is entirely possible that a former Missouri State Auditor and his spokesman would be alive had he simply taken a DNA test to disprove accusations that he was Jewish. Tom Schweich killed himself in the middle of a Republican primary because someone accused him of being Jewish. His spokesman, Spence Jackson, followed suit a month later, despondent over the disaster and his perceptions of the future.
A bunch of racists want to say what racists say, I don't see why anybody else is required to hop on the bandwagon. Still: Is this a one-time thing, or should genetic screening be prerequisite of running for public office?
You know, like, what if someone doesn't look enough like his dad? Why not take a genetic test to prove one's whole life isn't a lie just because some idiot who perceives interest decides it's a good idea to make the point?
We might, then, wonder:
Why the appeasement?
Is this because a bunch of magagagas are finding out they have nonwhite and Jewish genes?
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Perhaps the
Berkshire Eagle might fund a proper study: What is Sen. Warren's genetic makeup compared to others at her valence of asserted or documented descent? In the future, these questions will be easier to address if everyone just gives over their genes and a collection of family stories. I, for instance, don't specifically and absolutely
know my heritage is
actually Japanese and Norwegian; that's just what got written down because that's what the people involved—including the mother who bore me to life—said at the time. We should, then, consider that what the appeasement asks is, essentially, that Sen. Warren have her television advert moment like the ethnicity-obsessed customers finding out, for instance, that one of the
particular reasons she married her husband turns out to be untrue, and isn't that funny and how charming can life be, except this time we really, really need it to be some manner of horrendous scandal. At any rate, maybe the
Eagle can get a volume discount for the mail-in genetic tests.
