holzmantweed:goldhornsandsteel:jewish-privilege:theropoda-carnosauria:jewish-privilege:If you want a
holzmantweed:goldhornsandsteel:jewish-privilege:theropoda-carnosauria:jewish-privilege:If you want a summary of why the Right hates us, this works. And yet, the Right supports Israel, a Jewish state. So I dunno where this is going.The Right supports the Jewish state for three reasons, none of which have the slightest bit of actually liking Jews, especially American Jews, for our own sakes: 1. Support of Israel allows the American nationalists to continue the narrative of America The Jew Savior, Who Singlehandedly Won World War Two. Nevermind that before and during the war, the US State Department knew about the Final Solution and yet sent boatloads of Jews that were trying to escape right back into the maw—[sarcasm] that kind of ‘Murica-hurting, leftist ‘ganda ain’t taught in our schools! It makes us look bad and feel bad! See, we support Israel! [/sarcasm]2. The eschatology of the fundamentalist Christians who make up a good portion of the American Right requires that Jews return to Israel. Their belief is that when we all return to Israel, The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ will occur. They actually get massively impatient—at best—with those of us who refuse to go. In essence, they are not supporting Israel for Israel’s benefit, or for the benefit of the Jews, but out of self-serving, explicitly Christian religious belief—a belief that, in many forms, culminates in the mass death of every Jew to herald the return of Christ.3. And finally, there is another Right Wing narrative—of Israel being the Sole Democracy in the Middle East amidst hostile barbarians (i.e. Muslims; to the typical Islamophobic right-wing American, the two terms are perfect synonyms). So Israel is seen as an ally against the Horde, which, well, [sarcasm], it’s Judeo-Christian tradition, isn’t it, not Judeo-Islamic![/sarcasm], and the Jews are seen as Christian allies against the Muslims. In this narrative, Israel is supported as a proxy state, and not necessarily on its own merits—but because, “it is fighting The Good Fight” ™. I’ll also note that this is a wonderful illustrative case of “But Israel!” derailment. We talk about Right wing/Republican antisemitism in an American Jewish context, using the above screencaps that are pretty explicitly American in nature and origin, and the conversation is immediately derailed into “But Israel!”The GOP doesn’t like Jews. It likes middle eastern wars.The GOP doesn’t like Jews. It likes middle eastern wars.The GOP doesn’t like Jews. It likes middle eastern wars.The GOP doesn’t like Jews. It likes middle eastern wars. -- source link
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