Why does Les say he is not demeaning Jewish people?
He is not demeaning Jewish people because he is acknowledging their ability and talent, not speaking in derision. He notes their historical prominence in leadership and says he is not saying it as any derision whatsoever. He concludes that this does not demean the race one bit.
Les explains that he is not demeaning Jewish people because he is acknowledging their ability and talent, not speaking in derision. He points to Jewish men who became top leaders—such as Karl Marx, leaders of communism, men in Hitler's Reich who were apostate Jews, and many top American political leaders—and says he is not saying this as any derision whatsoever. He credits them with ability and talent, so recognizing their prominence does not demean the race. He then notes that even the false prophet of the tribulation will quite possibly be an apostate Jew.