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To: Vicomte13
I agree that Henry Ford's good qualities easily outweigh his antisemitism, and that it shouldn't really be a modern concern, certainly not fodder for a 21st century election. I seriously doubt the sincerity of those who brought it up regarding Romney. But:

"Just because people have idiot religious beliefs, as, in my opinion, anybody who hates the Catholic Church does, doesn't make them a target for slime."

In no way can I agree with that statement. Considering the inhuman history of antisemitism, when an international public figure, such as Henry Ford, publicly embraces and champions such a thing, he becomes a legitimate target. Unless one is comfortable with the continued existence of antisemitism and similar evils, it is not a "so what" happenstance as you assert. Continued animosity toward the Ford Motor Company is not appropriate from Jews probably, and certainly does them more harm than good, but it is also somewhat understandable, considering the purposeful and public animosity directed at them by the founder of the company.

"George Washington had a small personal devotional statue to the Virgin Mary..."

How you draw a parallel to George Washington's Christianity and Henry Ford's anitsemitism is beyond me.

"Jews are not the center of history..."

I hardly think that has even been suggested, although Christianity does recognize them as the Chosen People, which may count for something.

"Every Southern Founder of note was a slaveholder..."

Perhaps, but Washington came to doubt the wisom and morality of slavery, and left his slaves their freedom in his will. Jefferson openly recognized the evils of slavery.

"Ford did more for America than the Jews.

I don't know if it's appropriate to compare Ford the individual to "the Jews" as a category here, and I don't think there's a useful point served by it. And it's open to argument.

"To put is succinctly, in this criticism of Romney declaring at the Henry Ford Museum, the Jews are completely full of shit."

One hopes your use of the phrase "the Jews are completely full of shit" is not meant to be all inclusive, as it unfortunately sounds. As I noted previously, the attack on Romney should not be seen as a collective whine by Jews against Christians, but as an insincere political attack by leftists on a "conservative."

"...it's time to start ignoring Jews..."

Perhaps that would be a welcome change.

145 posted on 02/14/2007 8:28:13 AM PST by Sam Cree (absolute reality)
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To: Sam Cree

Vicomte13 is responding to grievence politics with those of her own. It's sad.


215 posted on 02/14/2007 6:05:47 PM PST by rmlew (It's WW4 and the Left wants to negotiate with Islamists who want to kill us , for their mutual ends)
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