I try to take people at face value, and also try to see the best in what they’re saying, and not take things personally unless it’s a “you so-and-so”.
And I am not defending Spitzer at all. Adultery is inexcusable, be it Clinton, Craig, Vetter, Hart, McGreavy, etc. I also don’t know how religious Spitzer is, but that is irrelevant in this context.
I was disappointed Ann targeted his/my religion TWICE in the column. I wasn’t sure if she attacked his religion because she thinks Jews are more likely to commit adultery, or more likely to use call girls, or behave as total hypocrites. Whatever her implications, his religion is NOT A FACTOR, and had no business being brought up. If Spitzer was Catholic, and Ann had made reference to that, Bill Donohue would be up in arms. And he’d be right.
Wanna make fun of The ex-gov’s education, great (I make fun of Ivy League grads all the time). His politics, fine. His immense hypocracy, ABSOLUTELY. I’ll be happy to pile on to any and all of these CHOICES.
Granted, Ann is difficult for some people to “get”, but there is nothing antisemitic in this column.
And there was hardly any “again and again” in it either.
No attacks, no targeting.
It's easy enough to find religious prejudice without squishing it in some where it is not.
Your posts are more anti-Christian than Ann's comments are anti-Jewish.
I wouldn't say that. Whether or not Jews are more likely to be unfaithful I would never discourage someone from raising the issue.
We need to know as much as we can about people who misbehave. I want to know his race, religion and where he went to school. I want to know how he was raised. I want to know what rock he crawled out from under. I'll decide if his religion was a factor.
If someone sets off a bomb in the public square we should know if he was Jewish, Christian or Muslim.