Though both my parents were Jewish and I went to Hebrew school as a kid, I haven’t been in a synagogue in decades. I’ve been an atheist since I was 13 or 14 and started reading about existentialism and Zen, and consider myself an American and Human before Jewish. But as a student of history, I know that in the minds of the bigots my ethnic heritage trumps my education and beliefs–and could cause me to be attacked or worse. Now watching the rollback of voting rights for minorities, protections for gay and trans folks, and the vicious attacks on immigrants, I am deeply worried about our nation.
One of the few Jewish things I paid attention to and was proud of as a kid was the Anti Defamation League. That they walked beside Blacks at Selma and Montgomery. That they understood that an attack on any minority is an attack on all minorities. That they stood up for our Muslim “enemies” when they were unfairly attacked. Then came the right-wing Republican Abe Foxman at the top of the ADL, and the knee-jerk defense of Israel no matter what failings and real awfulness that country perpetrated. I’m glad to see the ADL getting its mojo back. The current racism and anti-Semitism is the worst I’ve seen in some sixty years of being aware of hate as a human motivator. And yes, I attribute the current climate of hate towards all minorities as a direct result of Trump and his refusal to call out a core element of his supporters.
First of all, his pupils are huge. Second, he looks really evil. I read an article someone did about him a while ago about how normal and handsome he is and how surprising it was that he was just so laid back and easy going.
Screw that.
He’s also a fragile flower considering how he went down like a lamp when he got punched on Inauguration Day. Damn, that was awesome
The only person who might be “surprised” at this news is Dear Leader himself, who is shocked! shocked! that such things could in any way be attributed to anything he has said or done.
Not only do you get to pay a fortune for college, now you get to worry that your child is being approached by Nazi sympathizers who believe violence is the way to solve problems.
Think these guys take no for an answer?
Trump’s only gift to America: white nationalism and hatred
These are the same guy, right?
Nothing says American higher education like “White Studies 101: How the Jews Killed Jesus” and “Advanced White Studies Seminar: How the Jew and the Negro Pollute the White Bloodstream.” Of course, there’s plenty for grad students, too—"White Linguistics Theory 1: Racial Equality language is code for “Rape Your Daughters”.
Andrew Auernheimer
Now there’s a white name if I ever heard one.
Any chance that good citizens of America, of whatever colour/origin/creed/background/religion etc might wake up to what’s happening to your country and do something effective to stop this drift…?
I am amazed at how people I thought were normal all my life have now become racist morons. And if you gently point out to them that they are indeed racist morons using articles like this they just blink and deny it. Either they don’t care at all or they argue back with something that is transparently false. I don’t see how to argue against this behavior successfully and still remain civil.