jakelafort

I know a guy who grew up in Utah and while the Mormons were not his friend he never heard any Jew hating rhetoric. Was surprised to learn how prevalent it is.

Here is Seinfeld on some of these issues and how it has touched his life. Interestingly Simon, he attributes extremism to i think he said consensus and the need for agreement as part of…[Read more]

He said it.

Ha ha.

Ok so i have not even read these but quick search and here are a few among many indicating the trajectory.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/02/british-jews-experience-more-antisemitism-as-middle-east-war-escalates

https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-details-terrible-normalized-antisemitism-at-uk-universities/

History of England is immensely oppressive of native peoples. Sun did not set. Exploitation on steroids. Fucked over the Irish to a degree that is shameful. Not much freedom of expression in the star chamber. Ya did beat the Americans in outlawing slavery first. USA gave the vote to women a bit sooner.

Regardless it is a woeful history. A…[Read more]

Enco writes, What Jake has copiously said addresses this as a human condition, not exclusive to the U.S.A. But I might add that the indigenous tribes here warred and enslaved each other for centuries before Europeans arrived and Africans were dragooned along for the ride. And these Europeans and Africans brought along their own tribalist wars and…[Read more]

Strega,

“You’re much more tribal here in America. People really like labels and grouping terms. Maybe it’s because you had to invade the land you live in, and had to manage indigenous peoples, so it’s a Cowboys and Indians mentality. Or Us vs Them

It seems to me that when we feel besieged, frightened, angry or fearful, we seem to enter fight…[Read more]

Strega,

Also grew up in an atheist family. No hiding my ancestry because of my surname or half of my ancestry and the only half that matters. Obama is Black but half White so he is Black. I have been keenly aware of racist mofo all of my life. First really vivid recollection i was a little kid and my dad had a ‘friend’ who we were visiting. I…[Read more]

Strega,

Our biases are always in play and that is part of the trap of confirmation bias. We are all human and to one degree or another vulnerable.

I agree labels can be misleading. I don’t consider you a lets say doctrinaire lefty. If one adopts some aspects of an ideology but rejects others that is commendable. The problem is Ideologies sweep…[Read more]

Just watched Trump and his cabinet of sycophants. What a stable genius! His cognitive decline is accelerating. When he goes on for a few minutes at a time the tangents and non sequiturs are launched and he simply can’t stay cogent. What a jaw dropping spectacle of the movie Idiocracy in real time.

“Extremists care about the one cause more than human welfare.”

Is it true?

Lets agree on a subset of extremists. Nazis? Obviously. Islamic suicide bombers? Obviously. White Christians out on a Sunday afternoon to take in some entertainment so they watch an innocent Black man being lynched. Asked AI for a famous incident. I have read about m…[Read more]

“Pediatrician fired for vile post suggesting Texas flood victims were Trump supporters who got what they voted for. New York Post”

In the comments the following appears.

“Leftists, liberals and Democrats need to be rounded up and put into concentration camps for treason.”

Moving right along singing a song it won’t be long till Murica aint…[Read more]

Simon,

Are you othering Maga-heads? Do you differentiate the far right from far left in those terms? Your terms that follow. If you were socked in a snow storm and without a shovel would a Maga-head be less likely than a lefty moron to help you dig out your car? Are lefties smarter than Magas? Do there political affiliations or ideologies…[Read more]

Yes, values.

Far right values authoritarianism and in murIcA the value of lionizing our fearless cult hero. There and then to encourage a cozy fascist and Christian nation. Democracy was apparently only a brief experiment and was never fully achieved. Immigrants who are for most part peaceful and escaping terror and deprivation are villified.…[Read more]

Imposing values?

Opposing values we value.

Enco,

Israel & jews the world over need to fight back. Produce documentaries that give the history of Israel, history of Jews in the middle east, history of Jew hatred all over the world, history of the Jewish smear by the Soviets, Arab/Muslims, Nazi influence and how those have culminated in modern progressives ideology.

And then a showdown…[Read more]

There was racism in my high school. Only perhaps 8 Black kids who were “shipped” in using the Metco program. Not sure how many Jews. I guess i must have been one of perhaps 20. It was bad for Jewish students and worse for Blacks.

Can’t remember any Blacks in Carlisle or Concord. Just a few Asians. The racism and elitism at that regional high…[Read more]

Man oh man how i despise the Zionist who keep lyin to us. I need to hear from Al Jazeera, Gaza Health Ministry, and other lefty reliable sources to prove what i already know about the Genocidal, war crime committing, apartheid splitting, colonialist settler shitting.

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-859614

* I meant to say the lefties in Belgium.

Enco,

I have read about that guy. So much for Jew York.

The lefties are competing with each other for being zealots and demanding conformity of thought.

This philosophy professor in Belgium says the lefty religionists take the cake. The university is the secular church. You can quote me on that.

Disparate thoughts on a Sunday is fun day unless you are in Bay of Fundy and fundamentalists are instrumental in attacking you, shellacking you and then smacking you. Sunday afternoon on the Island of la Grand Jatte vibes.

Excellent thoughts expressed like a box by our fearless Fronky Farmer in re. to current US administration and lack of…[Read more]

Reg, you just described my last physician. One MD. Two person staff. And he told me last few years was not even drawing a check.

I can well imagine the boon delivered by you in those time saving services.