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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If born and bred individuals simply consider themselves visitors here in the US and they a strong urge to immigrate anywhere, or strongly support another nation before our own, perhaps it’s time to leave. Similar to an interpersonal relationship, our hearts need to be all in or why bother? Go find your true love. America deserves better than citizens half a$$ing it.[/quote]

Where are you getting this idea that American Jews have a strong urge to immigrate to Israel and consider themselves visitors in the US? That’s some antisemitic nonsense, frankly.

American Jews are by and large deeply patriotic. They have fought and died for this county. They have served in congress and on the Supreme Court and on the front lines of the fight for civil rights. They have contributed immeasurably to American culture - music, comedy, film, literature, science, academia. About four one hundredths of one percent of American Jews immigrate to Israel each year. Your obsession with those people is…….suspicious at best. [/quote]
It’s antisemitic to state that Jewish people refer to Israel as their homeland? If Israel is their homeland, what does that make the US? The US is my homeland, I find it antiAmerican of you to criticize me for stating the truth. [/quote]

First of all, I don’t know many American Jews that refer to Israel as their homeland. Second of all, among those that do - it is their figurative, RELIGIOUS homeland. Not their literal homeland. Otherwise they would be living there, not in America. It’s akin to Muslims praying in the direction of Mecca.

It is antisemitic to accuse American Jews, writ large, of harboring dual loyalties, which is exactly what you’re doing. It’s not like, a new brilliant idea you just thought of. It’s been around for generations:

“Simply referred to as the ‘dual loyalty’ charge, antisemites alleges that the true allegiance of Jews is to their fellow Jews and that therefore they are inherently disloyal citizens and cannot be trusted. In casting the Jew as the other, this antisemitic trope, which has existed for thousands of years, has been used to scapegoat, harass, and vilify Jews”
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No, I feel like the other’ in my circle of Jewish acquaintances. I am accepted and even sort of liked by them but never will be equal to them, or on the same level or network or whatever.[/quote]

Ok my friend you need to step away from the keyboard. This is clearly about your own personal feelings of inadequacy borne out of your relationships with individual Jews. That doesn’t justify you accusing all American Jews of being disloyal citizens. [/quote]

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