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Schwarzenegger’s Neoliberal Mantra: Bigots are Losers so pull yourself up from your Bootstraps

Source: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Twitter

Earlier this year, Arnold Schwarzenegger put out a video, calling out hate and antisemitism, which he denounced as a horrible loser ideology. This was probably in response to Kanye West and Nick Fuentas meeting with Trump, though it was reposted after the Hamas terror attack. Schwarzenegger made a similar video in response to Charlottesville, that called out Trump’s “both sides” comments, proclaiming that “there are no two sides to hate, there are no two sides to bigotry.”

Schwarzenegger’s video is mostly about antisemitism, but address bigotry in general. He starts off speaking about visiting Auschwitz with the message of “never again,” and asks how do we stop this from ever happening again. However, he makes the point that he does not want to preach to the choir but rather wants to talk to those who hold bigoted views, as he’s seen enough people who have followed hatred, referencing a personal angle with his father, who was a Nazi.

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