Absolutely. That he didn't flinch shows that he's heard it all before, and that he stood that operating the "sound equipment" to facilitate the hate speech shows he condones it. HE SHOUKD BE FIRED. |
And you objected to the Trump Charlottesville's comments? |
NP. Perhaps that PP needs to get the book "In Memory's Kitchen" and learn it's poignant history. PP also needs to understand that Jews NEVER stopped studying and learning, even IN the concentration camps. That Jews view the key to success as education, formal and informal. I was taught that when you are learning, your time is never wasted. And that nothing comes easy - if it's worth having it's worth working for. |
I am pleased to present y'all with a beautiful week - now don't piss me off or I'll make it snow in May!
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Yes. Learning is a commandment, and predates Jesus. What that PP is saying is that because Jews are more successdul, as a whole, than the average American, there can't be antisemtitism - and it's because of the converse. If he acknowledged bigotry AND that Jews do well (again, generally speaking), it would show that failure cannot be blamed entirely on prejudice. That is at the root of antisemtitsm against Jews from blacks: they are angry and resentful that people who have suffered such persecution can, repeatedly, can overcome it. |
And what's the root of racism against blacks from whites? They are ... ... ... ... Please, enlighten us. |
It's like the story of The Little Red Hen. "Who will help me bake the bread? Not I said the, lamb." "Who will help me eat the bread? I will said the lamb." Some people don't want to work hard and then resent the people who do work hard and reap the reward of hard work, grit and persistence. To be successful requires hard work. Everyone has that chance. |
This thread is not about racism against blacks. Not defending it, but we are talking about the city's seeming acceptance of blatant anti-Semitic behavior, particularly in its connection to the anti-Jew attitudes of the Nation of Islam - and how it is able to instill such bigotry against the Jewish people. Please don't turn a discussion about DC's tolerance for anti-Jew rhetoric into a discussion about anti-black racism and its wrongs. Start a new thread. |
Good analogy. Amazing how some folks were (rightly) outraged about Charlottesville and now defending anti-antisemitism, bigotry and hate just because Farrakhan "does some good work." |
Agree. My father, and his cohort of friends, grew up in a poor Lower Easr Side neighborhood, where his uneducated parents immigrated in the early 20th century. (Think Hester Street.) My dad shared his bedroom with his brother and a boarder, taken in to make ends meet. The bathroom was shared with neighbots down the hall. They had nothing, and both my dad and uncle worked through college to get an education. After class, they went to their jobs, getting home by 10 p.m. and then studying until 2:00a.m. Up six hours later, and back on the subway to class. It took grit, determination, a willingness to suffer through sleepless nights, and tons of sacrifices. My mother, on the other side, did the same thing. Her father had a 10th grade education and her mother 8th, and they lived with her two sisters in a tenement. All three girls shared one small bedroom. Mom went to college during the day, and then had a job from 6 pm to 10 pm every night. First hit the books when she got home. From parents without even a high school education to a college-educated professionals in a single generation. And all in the shadow of Nazi Germany. |
^^^ and all, I should add! within a few years of my grandparents losing their Europeam siblings and parents, and my own parents losing their cousins. |
| Well the Democratic primary is less than two months away on June 19th and Muriel Bowser is running unopposed. Why? Why no Jewish candidate challenging her to address the city's seeming acceptance of blatant anti-Semitic behavior? |
Can you blame them? I'm Jewish and would not want to serve on a City Council that has effectively announced that antisemtitic behavior among city officials is acceptable, and whose members stand by silently when one of their own is subjected to an antisemtic attack. |
Oops....just saw you were speaking of the mayoral race. You really think a Jew has a chance in hell of winning? |
Why not. It’s all intertwined. And stop trying to dictate what people can and cannot discuss. |