1—Texas applied to join the US more than once and was rejected, so much so that at one point Texas considered becoming a protectorate of the British Empire.
2—In supporting MD, do you support what was done to the Native American?.
3—The stopping of Jewish immigration in 1945-46 was not due to anti-semitism and anyone know that time in history knows it. And remember how restrained the British were in Palestine and in the UK to the Jews at that time, a time when Jewish terrorists (the Irgun and the Stern) were bombing and murdering and torturing British soldiers and civilians (British, Jewish and Arab). There were no anti-semitic riots in the UK and no rise in antisemitism despite the disgust at what the Irgun et al were doing to British boys.
As for today, like many Americans, and esp conservative pro-israeli Americans, you confuse dislike of Israel and its policies with antisemitism. I dont always agree with Israel, does that make an anti-semite?.
Equally, blind support of Israel (and this gods chosen people nonsense) is not healthy.
A blinkered patriot is no patriot at all.
4—Where in England was Leo Frank lynched?.
Firstly, do you apologize for calling me a liar? I’ve yet to hear it although I quoted you to your face when you accused me of telling lies.
I have some sympathy for the Indians (as I like to call them) but they often gave as good as they got. Do you visit America? The Northeast is littered with burial grounds due to Indian massacres and many of the ancient homes around places like Deerfield and Salem have prototypical “panic rooms” where women and children would hide during raids. And don’t believe every story you read of disease-infected blankets. I have tremendous sympathy for the troopers sent out West to fight the Indians - many untrained immigrants led by battle-hardened Civil War generals who were bewildered by their unruly soldiers and who often had no appetite to shove Indians around - although they were ordered to do so from Washington.
I believe there was plenty of British anti-semitism behind Jewish immigration to the Holy Land, despite (or because of) the excesses of the Irgun and Stern gang. I consider myself a proud Zionist and will always support the only democracy in that crazy region. I assume from your comments that you “dislike” Israel?
No, Leo Frank was murdered here in the good ole US of A. He has been memorialized in books, plays and films. It was a shameful act but I do not blame the American people for that terrible crime. I blame the murderer and the times he lived in for what happened. But at least I acknowledge the crime. You are completely silent on the subject of English cruelty toward Jews during the Middle Ages and into Shakespeare’s time.
P.S.: You guys should have taken in Texas when they asked (if they, in fact, did ask). You would then know how to protect yourself against marauding looters in the high streets of beautiful England.