Art critic New York Magazine tells Instagram followers to ‘shun’ family and friends who vote for Republicans: ‘You owe it to yourself… and any notion of moral harm’
- The veteran New York magazine art critic is known for his professional portfolio and his incredibly outspoken hatred of Donald Trump
- He recently advised his hundreds of thousands of followers to quietly disown the Republicans in their lives
- While some agreed, many took an anti-Saltz stance on the issue, saying that shunning family and friends is an unreasonable response to political disagreements.
Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic for New York magazine Jerry Saltz advised his social media followers to “shun” absolutely anyone in their lives who voted for Republican political candidates.
To his 603,000 Instagram followers on Sunday, Saltz wrote, “If you know anyone who voted Republican — including friends and family — avoid them.”
“You don’t even have to tell them you’re no longer communicating with them or why.
“You own it (sic) yourself, for them, your country and every idea of moral harm.”
He closed the post by writing, “And yes, they want to bring back the lynching.”
New York magazine art critic Jerry Saltz tells Americans to avoid friends and relatives who vote Republican
Saltz is an outspoken critic of Donald Trump and the Republican Party in addition to his day job
Saltz, one of many high-society liberals in New York shocked and appalled by the election of Donald Trump in 2016, offered the sage advice in response to a post of an old photo of Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, dressed in drag.
The original post objects to a law recently signed by Lee that bans cross-dressing performances for children.
Saltz, in addition to his professional work, has become known for firing off hot takes of leftist persuasion from his Instagram and Twitter accounts.
However, not everyone agreed with Saltz’s latest unsolicited advice.
One Instagram user wrote, “It’s called hate to shut people up just because they believe differently than you do.”
“Little people who cannot survive in life unless everyone and everything believes as they do.”
“You don’t shy away from relatives,” another user wrote.
“While I can appreciate the feeling, with this mindset how can you ever expect progress or healing or a vision of a positive future,” a third wrote.
Canadian evolutionary behavior professor Gad Saad tweeted in response: “I disowned my kids for using the verb ‘trump’.”
The original post to which the unsolicited comment was added was a photo of Tennessee Governor Bill Lee dressed in drag. Lee recently signed a bill that would ban performing drag shows for children
Self-proclaimed journalist Glenn Greenwald also added to the disagreements, writing, “Excluding anyone in your life who has different political views than you — including your parents, siblings, and children — seems psychologically very unhealthy to me.”
‘Doing that as a journalist seems deadly for the job, and also psychologically ill,’ he concluded.
Saltz replied to Greenwald, “Republicans, as they are, no longer have what might be termed your polite ‘political views.’ They are anti-democratic, authoritarian.’
“But you already know this and want to obscure things to ‘both sides’. I’m fine with that.’
Saltz continued his diatribe Tuesday, writing on Twitter, “To all #Maga Republicans, their sympathizers and apologists, if you buy the ticket for betraying your country like you did, you’re taking the ride.”
