[Your Nightmare]

So now if I use the term "neocon" I'm "singling out identifiably Jewish policymakers (Wolfowitz, Perle, etc.) as being part of a mysterious, shadowy cabal with ulterior motives." And who's the bigot here?

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

So now if I use the term "neocon" I'm "singling out identifiably Jewish policymakers (Wolfowitz, Perle, etc.) as being part of a mysterious, shadowy cabal with ulterior motives."

The word -- as clearly, crushingly demonstrated (to your evident distress) -- has a widely-recognized meaning, on both the left AND the right. The fact that you (purportedly) wish to ascribe it an entirely new meaning, Humpty Dumpty-like, is interesting, in a low-key sort of way... but, in the final analysis, irrelevant to the real world discussion at hand.

And who's the bigot here?

Never ask questions when honest answers to same would only upset you, ultimately.

[wardaddy]

I used to think NeoCon meant a zealous conservative who was hawkish on foreign policy but had little of the same zeal for the culture war. I admire the former quality but loathe the latter aspect.

Now, I'm told that the term NeoCon strictly means Jewish and hence they have neutralized my right to complain about their quasi-conservative shortcomings out of fear of being called an anti-Semite.

And better yet, they have succeeded here into labeling most Paleos as anti-Semites and culture warriors (like me) as Talibanistas.


Damn...they are clever. I bet the libertarians wish they'd thought of that defense and neutralizing "corner paint".

Btw....we have a crapload of NeoCons here....arguably a plurality....and only a few I know are Jews.

And....the most dependable branch of the Republican party is White Southern Christian males and I can tell you that we usually vote from a culture right perspective and are hardly Neos in the true sense (which ain't all about being Jewish) so I'd be careful about pinning my hopes on NeoCons strictly.

Btw...did I say I'm tired of this Paleo-Neo shite here on FR? Well I have been since before Palpatine/OPH got booted......it's a stinky old wound and we ought to be thinking more about Hanoi John than creating a new victim class of God forbid....conservative.