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How the Democrats betrayed the Jews
The Unherd ^ | 23 Oct 2023 | David Mamet

Posted on 10/25/2023 3:31:14 PM PDT by Rummyfan

The sick thrill of antisemitism has a price

I grew up in a tiny Jewish enclave on Chicago’s South Side. When I first saw New York, in the Sixties, I was awed as by no subsequent marvel of nature: stretching north from Columbus Circle, up the West Side, was a Jewish metropolis.

New York, in my lifetime, had always been a Jewish city: the rhythms, the accent, the humour always felt to me like home. Because they were home. The populace, of whatever ethnicity, was formed or noodged by Yiddishkeit, much as the Chicago of my youth was by the culture of the Irish and the Poles.

The New York Times and The New Yorker were run by Jews; they were both our Rialto and our Bible. New York Theatre, in my lifetime, had always been Jewish. The playwrights were Miller, Odets, Elmer Rice, Ben Hecht, Sidney Kingsley; and, later, Arthur Laurents, Lillian Hellman, Neil Simon, Woody Allen, Norman Mailer, Wallace Shawn, and myself.

We New York Jews have always voted for the Democrats, as their policies appealed to the immigrants and the first generation (my parents). A Fair Shake, a safety net, and unionism were manna to the newly arrived — in spite of (in both their and my lifetime) quotas and antisemitic discrimination. The immigrant Jews did well here, and voted for Franklin Roosevelt. And we are voting for him still.

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To: rrrod

“Nazis from Ukraine are in Israel stirring things up” are two quotes I’ve heard in the last two weeks.”

That doesn’t even make any sense. If someone said that to me I’d laugh right in their face and tell them I wouldn’t have believed anyone could be so mind numbingly stupid as to actually say that out loud in front of people.

Not until they actually said it anyway.

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21 posted on 10/25/2023 4:12:35 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: ought-six

Perhaps slightly more to the right than Joe Lieberman. Check out that interview from the 18 minute mark he goes right into his thoughts about marriage and sexual promiscuity; on economics he seems to have been converted by Friedrich Hayek. He says he’s a supporter of the Tea Party. He says he listens to Hugh Hewitt and quotes Thomas Sowell and Shelby Steele on socioeconomic commentary.

Only he knows, but it’s a convincing interview - he has no overt reason to misstate his views given where he makes his money.


22 posted on 10/25/2023 4:20:44 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: thegagline

Unless they wise up, which I doubt will happen.


23 posted on 10/25/2023 4:29:11 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: llevrok

Sadly.


24 posted on 10/25/2023 4:29:28 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: MNJohnnie

I asked numerous over the years-
they’re mostly no different than the avg leftist imbecile.
They believe in an alternate reality.

Even some of the more accomplished ones convinced themselves of stupidity. One has a nice Hollywood business-I get her having to get along to succeed-I don’t get deluding oneself into believing nonsense.


25 posted on 10/25/2023 4:35:34 PM PDT by Freest Republican (This space for rent)
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To: Rummyfan
How the Democrats betrayed the Jews

Simple, they planned to, all along.

26 posted on 10/25/2023 4:43:38 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Rummyfan

Red diaper doper babies.


27 posted on 10/25/2023 4:49:13 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Rummyfan
It’s all one horrific attack, and its earliest recorded instance is John 8:44 (of the Jews): “You are of your father, the Devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the Beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth because the truth is not in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.”

I've been an admirer of David Mamet, and he has been on his way to the center, if not an entire red pill, for some years now. But he has misinterpreted and overgeneralized the above quote. Jesus was not talking about all Jews, but rather that particular set of Pharisees to whom he was speaking, and who did want to imprison or kill him.

Jesus, a Jew, was calling out the Pharisees' empty ritualism and self-admiration as important men rather than having true belief and the spirit of humility conveyed to Moses directly by God on Mount Sinai.

There is no set of important officials on earth who are entirely above corruption just because of their position. Look at the Deep State.

28 posted on 10/25/2023 4:53:46 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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To: Lurker

I was on my bike, stopped to say hi when he told me that exactly. I laughed and just rode away. The world has gone nuts.


29 posted on 10/25/2023 5:03:16 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: Lurker

I was on my bike, stopped to say hi when he told me that exactly. I laughed and just rode away. The world has gone nuts.


30 posted on 10/25/2023 5:03:42 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: Rummyfan

betrayed them? Democrats want them dead!


31 posted on 10/25/2023 5:07:45 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: thegagline

And in 2024, the Jews will betray themselves by voting Democrat.

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“The more things change, the more they stay the same.”

Any Conservative who thinks the Jewish vote is going to change is a glutton for punishment. Conservatives need to hunt votes where the demographic hunting is good, not chase a made up illusion by this joker.


32 posted on 10/25/2023 5:13:33 PM PDT by unclebankster ( Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel)
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To: Rummyfan

Yet another installment in the “How the Democrats betrayed ...” series.


33 posted on 10/25/2023 5:14:19 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Rummyfan
A painting that hangs in David Mamet’s house

That framed yellow Star of David in the above-captioned photo at the end of the article does not look like a painting. It looks like an actual printed cloth star that has been framed— the I.D. star that the Nazis compelled Jews to sew on their clothing. You can see the unevenly cut edges and slight unraveling, a loose thread, and some wrinkling of the cloth.


34 posted on 10/25/2023 5:15:36 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (Either ‘the Deep State destroys America, or we destroy the Deep State.’ --Donald Trump)
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To: Rummyfan
David Mamet is partially right; the American Communist party publicly stated they wouldn't run presidential candidates anymore because they could further their agenda through the Democrat Party.

Apparently, according to David Mamet, the Communists need to run their own candidates again.

The Communist Party USA Plans to Begin Actively Running Candidates Again
https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2021/04/the-communist-party-usa-plans-to-begin-actively-running-candidates-again21/

They say "again" but Bernie Sanders has already run twice. They might mean that he doesn't intend to run in 2024.

35 posted on 10/25/2023 5:19:16 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Taxman

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37 posted on 10/26/2023 1:58:58 PM PDT by Taxman ((SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2023 AND 2024!))
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