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To: Jonty30
I know the article said it, but you said it too, without quotation. I took that (perhaps incorrectly) to mean that you were sympathizing with the sentiment.

Most religious Jews are open about their Jewishness faith and wear religious garb in devotion to it. Are Catholics who wear a cross said to be "openly Christian" just because they wore a religious symbol unique to them?

I reject the notion of replacing one's expression of faith as being "Jewishness" or "Christianness" or "Musllimness" or whatever. The police officer and/or the writer of the article were being lazy in their description of the individual. Devotion to a creed or faith is just that; both of them could just as easily said the man was "openly devout" instead of calling him "openly Jewish."

"Openly Jewish" implies that it is something best kept in private.

-PJ

27 posted on 04/21/2024 1:26:30 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Political Junkie Too

I just stated facts, as the article presented it. I was not giving my position or expressing my agreement.

The only I can say is that, using an Arabic parable, you sometimes can only close the tent door until the sandstorm passes. Afterwords, you can go after the protestors in your leisure.


33 posted on 04/21/2024 1:34:20 PM PDT by Jonty30 (He hunted a mammoth me, just .because I said I was hungry. He is such a good friend. )
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