Curing Jews of Leftism
American Thinker,
by
Jacob Fraden
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
11/27/2023 7:20:32 AM
Holocaust-2 that broke out in Israel on October 7 may suddenly have a positive impact on many left-liberal American Jews. The recent tragic events will cause an upheaval in liberal heads and shift their political mindset to the right: the American Jews will wise up, move away from a liberal worldview, and become more conservative. I will try to explain this seemingly unexpected prediction.
From the 8th century B.C. to the middle of the last century, Jews have been persecuted and periodically expelled. Unlike many other peoples, who sometimes were also persecuted by their neighbors, the Jews until 1948 did not have their own country,
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 11/27/2023 7:41:12 AM (No. 1605645)
Let's hope that these ostensibly smart Jews also get a lick of Common Sense.
About time.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
plomke 11/27/2023 7:45:31 AM (No. 1605647)
Highly unlikely.
Most of the libs I know who are Jewish,identify only racially as a Jew.
Sad to say most of them wouldn't go near a synagogue to save their lives or souls...
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
bpl40 11/27/2023 7:50:15 AM (No. 1605648)
In the minds of American Jews, Republicans are the party of white gloved country club WASPS. And Democrats are the redeemers of the middleclass. In their minds Democrats are instrumental in extending government protection to minorities in face of Christian America. It is very difficult to erase this view and bring them to reality. Let us hope Oct 7 does it. But I doubt it.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
DVC 11/27/2023 8:13:42 AM (No. 1605659)
While all his predictions seem logical, sensible survival oriented and normal......I remain skeptical. If the effects of WW2 didn't teach Jews to value individual freedom over government control and government "solutions", I doubt that this will make a dent.
We keep hearing how smart Jews are, and on many fronts the evidence is clear that they are, but politically, there is some bizarre blind spot that seems to prevent them from moving away from "the government is here to help me" mentality, even after they were herded into cattle cars and exterminated by one government.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Venturer 11/27/2023 8:44:53 AM (No. 1605684)
Dream on. I mean no disrespect to the Jewish religion, but the American Jew will always be on the left.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Felixed 11/27/2023 8:57:30 AM (No. 1605691)
"Leftism is a mental disorder" is descriptive to some but very off-putting to others. Reciprocity calls for us to accept other views as having equal value to ours, whether one or the other be more true or not.
But if "ye may know a tree from its fruits", then such answers beg the question... what is it in a person's character that leads them to believe so firmly in things that are demonstrably so destructive?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
VietVet68 11/27/2023 9:15:59 AM (No. 1605707)
I'd like to think the author's assumptions will come to fruition but it might take more than the atrocities of October 7th to wake liberal Jews from their complacency. The pro Palestine protests of late, and the hate that comes with those protests, should be a teachable moment for American Jewish liberals. If they can't see where all the anti-Semitic hate is coming from then they're not paying attention. Let's hope that the trickle of Jews moving to the right, after seeing the true face of liberalism, will become a flood.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Laotzu 11/27/2023 9:25:59 AM (No. 1605712)
In a world in which 95 percent of Black Americans vote for the party of Jeff Davis, I do not expect the American Jew to do anything different than he or she has always done, even after 10/7.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
kennedylaw 11/27/2023 9:43:37 AM (No. 1605719)
That's not going to happen, at least not on any measurable scale. Hard core leftism is a mental disorder that does not respond to mere reality. Most will simply become even more deranged.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 11/27/2023 9:54:31 AM (No. 1605728)
Not going to happen.
Leftism is a much stronger religion than Judaism to those folks. There is no such thing as a "leftist Jew." They are thoroughly devoted to leftism - - without a smidgen of religious Judaism. American leftists will never vote for a Pubbie.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
klezmer 11/27/2023 10:09:23 AM (No. 1605737)
Jews are a small demographic and won't matter much in national elections
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
faceincrowd 11/27/2023 10:51:57 AM (No. 1605771)
Disagree. The Jews in Israel are very different from the Jews living in America. The Jews here treat Christians in much the same way as Muslims do. They may not try to physically murder us, but boy oh boy do they lie to us.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
andyboy 11/27/2023 11:36:17 AM (No. 1605800)
Orthodox Jews and Israeli Jews favor the Republican Party by a wide margin. With Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist Jews ("Judaism Lite"), it goes the other way. For many in the latter category, left-wing politics is their true religion. Sadly, there is a similar split in many Christian denominations -- religiously devout conservatives vs. woke leftists who think Democrat talking points are religious precepts.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Mofongo 11/27/2023 11:36:57 AM (No. 1605802)
#12 In Singapore you’d be caned for religious defamation. What the h*** are you talking about?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
faceincrowd 11/27/2023 12:14:14 PM (No. 1605832)
In case you haven't noticed, I am not in Singapore. I am speaking specifically about lying politicians and government officials, some of which happen to be Jewish. Adam Schiff, Jerrold Nader, Debbie Wasserman-Shultz, Jaime Raskin, Chuck Schumer, Bernie Sanders, Merrick Garland, Antony Blinken, Rahm Emmanuel, Alejandro Mayorkas and Janet Yellen. Just to name a few.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
mc squared 11/27/2023 12:54:07 PM (No. 1605857)
'From the 8th century B.C. to the middle of the last century, Jews have been persecuted and periodically expelled. ..
But Israeli citizens aren't allowed to defend themselves.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Roberto 11/27/2023 2:34:21 PM (No. 1605910)
Sorry, wishful thinking! It's not going to happen!
Tom Wolfe revealed in "Radical Chic" (1970) how the NY Jewish elite was shocked to find that their chic Black Panthers supported the PLO, wanting to destroy Israel.
But apparently Jews forgot this lesson. Now here we are, 50 years later: BLM supports Hamas? Who knew??
Wolfe practically slapped them across the face with this widely-read essay. Why didn't American Jews learn this lesson over 50 years ago??
https://forward.com/culture/401311/that-time-tom-wolfe-lampooned-leonard-bernstein-and-radical-chic
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
cor-vet 11/27/2023 3:05:14 PM (No. 1605933)
You might convert some leftist Jews, but like seemingly intelligent blacks, most will still vote democrat when push comes to shove. As bad as either Obama is, if either ran for pResident in 2024, 99% of blacks would flock to vote for them. Can't be explained by any rational person!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
chefrandy 11/27/2023 8:14:19 PM (No. 1606034)
Unfortunately, the odds of this happening are about the same as "pro-life" Catholics figuring out the murder vs. social justice conundrum that keeps them squarely in the Dems camp for some oblivious reason.
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