Mensches for Kamala Gets It Wrong [UPDATED with Jimmy Cagney]

Here is the pitch for a new group called Mensches for Kamala, announcing: "We are a group of mensches. We want to elect Kamala. We'll be in touch about the menschiest ways to make that happen."

All good intentions aside, that is just wrong.

As all Yiddish speakers will attest, you don't call yourself a mensch. It is a distinction to be noted by others, not self-bestowed. At most, you could say something like, "I want to be a mensch," but that's it. Otherwise, you might as well call yourself a "stable genius."

Also, the plural of mensch is menschen, not mensches.

And speaking of menschen: