Reply To: What's with the left wing and kitniyos

The religious left has a tendency of acting like Sphardi minhagim are categorically better than Ashkenazi. This probably comes from the tendency of all forms of leftists to act like all things Western are bad. Kitniyos is probably the epitome of Ashkenazi minhag because it’s one of the few that’s kept in all corners of the Ashkenazi world (Yekkes, Chasidim, Litvaks, Oberland…).