I don’t want to derail this conversation, but it is a little tiresome to read on every thread about Israel that a majority of American Jews traditionally have voted for Democrats. These comments tend to tar all of us with the same brush. I imagine that it is hard for a black conservative to constantly rub up against comments about how black Americans overwhelmingly vote for Democrats. Facts are facts, but in my opinion it is not worthwhile to rub people’s noses in them for no constructive purpose.
One of the admirable things about Christian support for Israel is that it is so heartfelt, and it is there because of the belief among those supporters that it is the right thing to do. I know this in part because this support continues to come regardless of the distrust that liberals of all religious identification (”identification”, and not “belief”), including Jews, show for religious Christians. It is an amazing thing that Glen Beck (a Mormon man of faith), to name a target of leftist vituperation, can continue to be so outspokenly pro-Israel despite liberal groups screaming that he is an anti-semite. Similarly, the repulsive distrust for Pastor Hagee has not dampened his enthusiasm for doing what he believes is the right thing. G-d bless them both.
You’ll have to forgive me. I’m a little irritated at one poster.
However, my point isn’t that most American Jews tend to vote Democratic; it’s that pointing this out is considered anti-Semitism.
Irrelevant, maybe. Aggravating, possibly. But why should the truth offend? And even if it does, does that make it anti-Semitism? I don’t think it does.