“How many, I have no idea, but to deny that jews are just as capable of bigotry and hate as any other demographic is plain dogcrap stupid.”
No one denies their are Jewish people who dislike Christians or vice versa for that matter. But to say, as a blanket like Ann Archy routinely does, that Jewish people are Democrats because “they hate Christians” is a stupid blanket statement.
“If you need a waker -upper, recall the way they treated Sarah Palin in 2008.”
The members of our shul hosted a fund raiser for her that raised over $300,000. I guess that’s bad.
Thank you, Jewbacca.
As for nonobservant secular liberal Jews who hate America and hate conservatives — assimilation is solving that problem. My guess is in a couple more generations we won't hear much more about the “liberal Jewish vote” because many liberal Jews won't bother to identify themselves with an ethnicity that is only 1/4 or 1/8 of their ancestry. People for whom their liberalism is more important than their Judaism don't tend to preserve their identities very well in an American culture where they can assimilate virtually without prejudice.
As for Ann Archy, I don't know what's going on with her. You've followed her more than me.
What I do know is we need to encourage people like you, not discourage you. There are lots of patriotic Jewish people who love America and the freedoms it provides, and that is not a new development. In the 1770s and 1780s, the freedoms provided to Jewish people in most American states were available virtually nowhere else in the world to Jewish people, with the possible exception of the Netherlands.
I happen to think America's support for Israel and history of encouragement of the Jewish people when other nations were organizing pogroms is a major part of the reason for America's success, due to divine favor.
But even from a secular perspective, Israel is virtually our only consistent ally in a very dangerous part of the world. What kind of idiot would throw Israel under the bus under those circumstances? As far as I can tell, only someone who doesn't know or doesn't care about the threat from Islamofascism.
We've got enough problems in the conservative world without anti-Jewish bigotry. Let's blast liberals, who deserve it, and accept help from conservatives who love America whether their name is Wilson or Weinstein.