When I run into Anti-Semites, I like to point out that for around 3500 years people have been trying to Kill The Jews. And with a notable Lack of success. I also point out that Maybe They have..Outside Help.
The Colemans of this world are Democrats first, and Jews only when convenient. The party is their religion. They are the Yevsetskaya ‘Jews’ of the US - and will be dealt with the same way their traitorous Communist predecessors were.
Your welcome. That was written four years ago. It’s as relevant today, post Shabbat Massacre, as it was one hundred years ago.
I’ve noticed as I’ve gotten older all the butt-kissing that transpires between the victim and the victimizer. The latter receives all the kisses. The former wants to be “the cool kid”. Wants to be invited to the cool parties, etc.
As Oliver said to Hardy (or visa-versa), that’s another fine mess you’ve gotten us into.
{ Yevsektsiya-style anti-Semitism, or Hannukah-style anti-Semitism, always promises Jews a kind of nobility, offering them the opportunity to cleanse themselves of whatever the people around them happen to find revolting. The Jewish traits designated as repulsive vary by country and time period, but they invariably contradict the specific values that the surrounding culture has embraced as “universal.” }
I see this parallel today: those who aspire to be part of today's societal and/or political elites - regardless of "where they come from" - are inclined to make the all-in investment in their elite status – financially, professionally, politically, even in terms of reputation and their own self-esteem. They have built their ENTIRE lives around being perceived as the elite.
And they are sometimes willing to broad-brush the ordinary folks they have left "behind" in their pursuit, as ignorant and/or evil, as part of that investment.
{ The reason for this is clear: There is actually nothing “universal” about those particular values, except the insecurity of the societies hoping to enforce them. }
Today, the perceived value of that elite status depends upon the rest of us continually needing … and therefore deferring to … the elite and their “enlightened” guidance. Hence the motivation to encourage its imposition as The One True Way in every area, through both social pressure and in some cases the coercive force of law.
Our conscientious refusal - regardless of "where we come from" - to extend that deference erodes the perceived value of elite status in this society. Which is why the elites are motivated, to the point of trampling upon our life and liberty, to coerce that deference.
Do you think it could also be their inability to live up to being a Jew (with all the history, knowledge, and study it encompasses)? They’re ashamed of being different? To be a Jew means something. It’s not congenital. It’s hard work.
As a non-Jew I marvel at the longevity of Judaism.
Empires are created and perish (see Ozymandias), but this way of life continues.
I think the modern day Yevsektsiyas are slackers who want to be popular.
I think you are on to something, although I would say it's more to do with their lack of interest than their inability. Those of us born Jewish remain Jewish whether or not we are observant. There is a genetic component, same as with other races and ethnicities. To be an observant Jew is definitely hard work. That is where Chabad excels! A gateway inviting people to take steps at their own pace. Always nudging but never discouraging.
I’m vaguely aware of Chokmah, Binah, Da'at - Chabad.
One is born de facto a Jew, but to live as one is de jure, in that there are certain rules to learn, then, more importantly, to live by. You are de facto, while Sammy Davis was de jure.
And yes, “inability” was the wrong word to use. “Disinterest” was the more appropriate one.
With the caveat that I am in no way qualified to answer this question, let me try. There's not really a simple answer. In theory and historically, sort of yes. In practice and in modern times, extremely rarely. I realize that is not particularly helpful : ) Also, because Judaism is not structured liked Catholicism with one controlling hierarchy, the "excommunication" is more akin to a shunning or censuring by one branch or community.
The UN has morphed into a useless group of entitled, self-serving persons who are more interested in their personal needs than in societies’ needs and should be closed down. It has drained money from American taxpayers for decades, and Its mission is no longer to protect the world from evil wars. When formed back in 1945 and ratified in San Francisco, there was no thought as to how to handle entities like terrorist (inhuman) states which have become prevalent in modern times. Your synopsis and screenplay script capture perfectly—through wonderful snarky and funny humor—the types of people who work as staffers to the “elites” who pretend to discuss the world situation. In actuality, these staff people are a microcosm to the do-nothing elites whose main job is to make sure that they and their families don’t get sent home—ever. As for Coleman at the College Board: He has done more to dumb down and brainwash students in high schools and colleges in our country via the tests like the PSAT AND the SAT which the College Board oversees. As a high school English teacher, I enjoyed helping my students to prepare and take these tests. It was my mission to encourage the students to question any item on a practice test because even the College Board can be wrong. My favorite story about this issue came when a student received his scores on his SAT test and had paid to receive a copy of his answers and the ”correct” answers. He felt his answer marked wrong was correct. Other students thought the same thing about that answer that was marked wrong on their tests, too. That day I taught the students how to register a complaint and to ask that the score on their tests be revised. While we waited for an answer from the College Board, and because it was at the close of the school year, I attended an awards ceremony in which my daughter and a student in my class were receiving scholarship awards. The guest speaker was a writer who shared a story about his being asked if the College Board could use some of his work in the reading section of one of the SAT tests. He was honored to have his work used. Then he revealed his surprise that the piece used in the test was about the author’s intent. He announced that question when he selected from the answer choices provided by the test makers, and he learned that he had answered incorrectly!!!
That is quite a story, Cathy! But of course, post modern critical theory completely devalues the author's intent anyway. What a reactionary question. ; )
And I asked my students, when I told them what happened to the author who couldn’t identify “his intent”, do they now agree with me that this question causes major concern for reasonable thinkers?
Do you have a list of the member states that voted for, against and in abstensions? I was the founder of TN Against Common Core so I am very familiar with the demon David Colemen. We also tried to fight his rewrite of AP US History but obviously to no avail.
First, the UN isn't just a joke but a corrupted failure that needs to be disbanded, or at best reconstituted without the current security council structure.
Second, those who write history are injecting their views from a biased perspective creating taken as true fiction.
Third, novel idea for a comedy sitcom that should have pushed all the right buttons in Hollywood but probably scared them more.
Hollywood has had no sense of humor for a long time. Hope an independent studio will give your script a try - if done properly, "The Peacemaker" would surely be a hit! I LOVE the character descriptions...
Hopefully, when DJT is back in office where he always should have been, he will get the US out of the UN and then the UN out of the US. I recognize the difficulty in this mission because apparently, in a fit of poor-sighted largesse, NYC gave, deeded, or otherwise granted the UN presence in their compound footprint in perpetuity. Perhaps G-d will intervene. Does NYC have earthquakes?
The United States should withdraw from any United Nations funding or support of any kind. The organization is the most corrupt in the world, even more than the WHO. And, they provide NO VALUE at all. It may have been a good idea after WWII, but not anymore.
May 28, 2021 The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay
The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Episode 37
Is Critical Race Theory Marxist, as many insist, or is it not? What is the relationship between Marxism, neo-Marxism (Critical Theory), and Wokeness? All three criticize one another, and yet all three have a great deal obviously in common. Is there some common underlying thread between these clearly similar yet obviously different worldviews? The answer is yes, and by tracing back to one of the most influential speculative idealist philosophers of the early 19th century, namely George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, we can gain a great deal of insight into how these decidedly leftist movements—the Marxist Old Left, the neo-Marxist New Left, and the intersectional Woke Left—share at least one deeper philosophical architecture in common. From Hegel, the Left since his time has, wittingly and not, adopted several of the pillars of Hegelian philosophy, these including his statism, historicism, and, much more importantly, his dialectical approach and metaphysical worldview. In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, James Lindsay takes a long, deep dive into the ways that Hegel's philosophy is at the root of the entire "Dialectical Left" since, naming the dialectic the "operating system" of all activist Leftism since the early 1800s.
To tickle your Ashkenazi funny bone:
What is Jewish History? — “They tried to kill us, we survived, let’s eat.”
When I run into Anti-Semites, I like to point out that for around 3500 years people have been trying to Kill The Jews. And with a notable Lack of success. I also point out that Maybe They have..Outside Help.
Those people generally believe history began two minutes prior to their births. With no hindsight there is no foresight.
And sad to say, they have, from time to time, successfully Killed the Jew (see Bogdan Khmelnitski, Yahya Sinwar, inter alia).
Will they have Mogan David in heaven?
Since we survived, of course: served with potato latkes and coconut sweet roles as dessert.
What's the difference between Trump and a reformed Jew? Trump has Jewish grandchildren. People like Coleman are JINOs
Love this!!
The Colemans of this world are Democrats first, and Jews only when convenient. The party is their religion. They are the Yevsetskaya ‘Jews’ of the US - and will be dealt with the same way their traitorous Communist predecessors were.
You’ve hit the nail on the head, MM. The list of Yevsektsiyas in this country, as well as Israel, is a long one.
That is true with almost any interest group in the Democrat spectrum.
Progressives first, (insert cause here) second.
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/the-cool-kids
For your reading enjoyment!
Thank you for posting this. Fascinating. We are swimming in Yevsektsiyas.
Your welcome. That was written four years ago. It’s as relevant today, post Shabbat Massacre, as it was one hundred years ago.
I’ve noticed as I’ve gotten older all the butt-kissing that transpires between the victim and the victimizer. The latter receives all the kisses. The former wants to be “the cool kid”. Wants to be invited to the cool parties, etc.
As Oliver said to Hardy (or visa-versa), that’s another fine mess you’ve gotten us into.
Shabbat Shalom
Sort of like Catholic pro-choicers? Or Catholic Democrats?
{ Yevsektsiya-style anti-Semitism, or Hannukah-style anti-Semitism, always promises Jews a kind of nobility, offering them the opportunity to cleanse themselves of whatever the people around them happen to find revolting. The Jewish traits designated as repulsive vary by country and time period, but they invariably contradict the specific values that the surrounding culture has embraced as “universal.” }
I see this parallel today: those who aspire to be part of today's societal and/or political elites - regardless of "where they come from" - are inclined to make the all-in investment in their elite status – financially, professionally, politically, even in terms of reputation and their own self-esteem. They have built their ENTIRE lives around being perceived as the elite.
And they are sometimes willing to broad-brush the ordinary folks they have left "behind" in their pursuit, as ignorant and/or evil, as part of that investment.
{ The reason for this is clear: There is actually nothing “universal” about those particular values, except the insecurity of the societies hoping to enforce them. }
Today, the perceived value of that elite status depends upon the rest of us continually needing … and therefore deferring to … the elite and their “enlightened” guidance. Hence the motivation to encourage its imposition as The One True Way in every area, through both social pressure and in some cases the coercive force of law.
Our conscientious refusal - regardless of "where we come from" - to extend that deference erodes the perceived value of elite status in this society. Which is why the elites are motivated, to the point of trampling upon our life and liberty, to coerce that deference.
GREAT observations!
Do you think it could also be their inability to live up to being a Jew (with all the history, knowledge, and study it encompasses)? They’re ashamed of being different? To be a Jew means something. It’s not congenital. It’s hard work.
As a non-Jew I marvel at the longevity of Judaism.
Empires are created and perish (see Ozymandias), but this way of life continues.
I think the modern day Yevsektsiyas are slackers who want to be popular.
I think you are on to something, although I would say it's more to do with their lack of interest than their inability. Those of us born Jewish remain Jewish whether or not we are observant. There is a genetic component, same as with other races and ethnicities. To be an observant Jew is definitely hard work. That is where Chabad excels! A gateway inviting people to take steps at their own pace. Always nudging but never discouraging.
Sorry for being verbose. Won’t happen again.
Thank you very much.
I’m vaguely aware of Chokmah, Binah, Da'at - Chabad.
One is born de facto a Jew, but to live as one is de jure, in that there are certain rules to learn, then, more importantly, to live by. You are de facto, while Sammy Davis was de jure.
And yes, “inability” was the wrong word to use. “Disinterest” was the more appropriate one.
Baby steps. Baby steps.
Well said! I could not agree more.
This is so great! Thank you so much 😊
Amazing what the proposition “The UN is a joke” leads one 👍
Can unfaithful Jews be excommunicated?
With the caveat that I am in no way qualified to answer this question, let me try. There's not really a simple answer. In theory and historically, sort of yes. In practice and in modern times, extremely rarely. I realize that is not particularly helpful : ) Also, because Judaism is not structured liked Catholicism with one controlling hierarchy, the "excommunication" is more akin to a shunning or censuring by one branch or community.
The UN has morphed into a useless group of entitled, self-serving persons who are more interested in their personal needs than in societies’ needs and should be closed down. It has drained money from American taxpayers for decades, and Its mission is no longer to protect the world from evil wars. When formed back in 1945 and ratified in San Francisco, there was no thought as to how to handle entities like terrorist (inhuman) states which have become prevalent in modern times. Your synopsis and screenplay script capture perfectly—through wonderful snarky and funny humor—the types of people who work as staffers to the “elites” who pretend to discuss the world situation. In actuality, these staff people are a microcosm to the do-nothing elites whose main job is to make sure that they and their families don’t get sent home—ever. As for Coleman at the College Board: He has done more to dumb down and brainwash students in high schools and colleges in our country via the tests like the PSAT AND the SAT which the College Board oversees. As a high school English teacher, I enjoyed helping my students to prepare and take these tests. It was my mission to encourage the students to question any item on a practice test because even the College Board can be wrong. My favorite story about this issue came when a student received his scores on his SAT test and had paid to receive a copy of his answers and the ”correct” answers. He felt his answer marked wrong was correct. Other students thought the same thing about that answer that was marked wrong on their tests, too. That day I taught the students how to register a complaint and to ask that the score on their tests be revised. While we waited for an answer from the College Board, and because it was at the close of the school year, I attended an awards ceremony in which my daughter and a student in my class were receiving scholarship awards. The guest speaker was a writer who shared a story about his being asked if the College Board could use some of his work in the reading section of one of the SAT tests. He was honored to have his work used. Then he revealed his surprise that the piece used in the test was about the author’s intent. He announced that question when he selected from the answer choices provided by the test makers, and he learned that he had answered incorrectly!!!
That is quite a story, Cathy! But of course, post modern critical theory completely devalues the author's intent anyway. What a reactionary question. ; )
And I asked my students, when I told them what happened to the author who couldn’t identify “his intent”, do they now agree with me that this question causes major concern for reasonable thinkers?
Do you have a list of the member states that voted for, against and in abstensions? I was the founder of TN Against Common Core so I am very familiar with the demon David Colemen. We also tried to fight his rewrite of AP US History but obviously to no avail.
The only fault I find, your bombast isn't broad enough. Not only the UN but also the EU and sadly the US.
First, the UN isn't just a joke but a corrupted failure that needs to be disbanded, or at best reconstituted without the current security council structure.
Second, those who write history are injecting their views from a biased perspective creating taken as true fiction.
Third, novel idea for a comedy sitcom that should have pushed all the right buttons in Hollywood but probably scared them more.
Hollywood has had no sense of humor for a long time. Hope an independent studio will give your script a try - if done properly, "The Peacemaker" would surely be a hit! I LOVE the character descriptions...
On its best day, the UN is a joke…
"This time, as is often the case, it’s Israel that finds itself the target of the bloated grifting bullies, I mean diplomats."
No you were right the 1st time. bloated grifting bullies
The United Nations is a rouse for misguided and bad actors pretending to do good things.
Well said.
In the Resolution link I found the list of the vote. THANKS
Hopefully, when DJT is back in office where he always should have been, he will get the US out of the UN and then the UN out of the US. I recognize the difficulty in this mission because apparently, in a fit of poor-sighted largesse, NYC gave, deeded, or otherwise granted the UN presence in their compound footprint in perpetuity. Perhaps G-d will intervene. Does NYC have earthquakes?
The United States should withdraw from any United Nations funding or support of any kind. The organization is the most corrupt in the world, even more than the WHO. And, they provide NO VALUE at all. It may have been a good idea after WWII, but not anymore.
The "United Nations" is nothing but a cabal of Satanically deluded & worthless embusques (*),
without any socially or politically redeeming value. Like a part of the old definition of something
which is considered to be "obscene". The UN is a cesspool of every human depravity.
(*) Embusqué
Someone who avoids military conscription or service by obtaining a government job. A shirker.
Embusquer, a person who lays in ambush waiting to attack.
"How did we end up with student protestors on campuses all over the nation defending rape, torture and murder? I’m looking at you, David Coleman."
Hegel, Wokeness, and the Dialectical Faith of Leftism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf4R0gX7g3w
May 28, 2021 The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay
The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Episode 37
Is Critical Race Theory Marxist, as many insist, or is it not? What is the relationship between Marxism, neo-Marxism (Critical Theory), and Wokeness? All three criticize one another, and yet all three have a great deal obviously in common. Is there some common underlying thread between these clearly similar yet obviously different worldviews? The answer is yes, and by tracing back to one of the most influential speculative idealist philosophers of the early 19th century, namely George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, we can gain a great deal of insight into how these decidedly leftist movements—the Marxist Old Left, the neo-Marxist New Left, and the intersectional Woke Left—share at least one deeper philosophical architecture in common. From Hegel, the Left since his time has, wittingly and not, adopted several of the pillars of Hegelian philosophy, these including his statism, historicism, and, much more importantly, his dialectical approach and metaphysical worldview. In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, James Lindsay takes a long, deep dive into the ways that Hegel's philosophy is at the root of the entire "Dialectical Left" since, naming the dialectic the "operating system" of all activist Leftism since the early 1800s.
(Snip)