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All American lib's - Jews are no exception - suffer from a severe case of "Stockholm Syndrome" where they inevitably come to sympathize more with their attackers than they do with those who would free them.
Kinda like the little kid on the playground who, out of fear and the hope of currying favor, feigns frienship with the kid who bullies him when the teacher comes to find out what the problem is.

There's something to that,when it comes to Jews - but it's not just American Jews. There's a cultural trait of masochism and self-hatred among us, that developed throughout the centuries after the Diaspora. Psychiatrists have long recognized it in Jews, and you can see it reflected in the rabbinical scribblings of the Middle Ages.

It's a developed trait, though, not a congenital one, I think. One of the Roman Emperors (Caligula, maybe?) had to dispatch troops to Greece to quell an uprising when the Christians and Jews started quarreling, and the Jews took up arms and took to the streets. (Ah, those were the days...)

Having grown up in New York, I'm absolutely convinced that many American Jews (not all) have been brainwashed by the media and the schools into believing that Hitler was a practicing Christian. Therefore, when they see a Christian (especially a conservative one), they see not just a political opponent, but a potential threat to their very survival. The saddest part about it is that American Christians are some of the staunchest supporters of Israel in the entire world.

There's a cultural trait of masochism and self-hatred among us, that developed throughout the centuries after the Diaspora. Psychiatrists have long recognized it in Jews, and you can see it reflected in the rabbinical scribblings of the Middle Ages.

I think the Diaspora had a lot to do with it. The Jews found themselves in relatively small groups surrounded by Gentiles who they could not safely piss off. So any anger and rage had to be redirected internally. A couple millenia of that would make it very ingrained