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While I feel sympathetic to this girl's plight at that rally, the underlying problem that she has is her own fault: her worldview is a jumble of contradictory opinions.

Her letter is sprinkled with a variety of "blood and soil" phrases that have specific philosophical ramifications:

"my Jewish identity was rekindled"

"together with my Jewish bretheren in our homeland" (is she an American? If so...isn't America her "homeland"?)

"could I let them disrespect this symbol of my people?"

Tragically, many Jews have been playing a double game for many decades now. They have been relentless in attacking an destroying any manifestation of group identity amongst non-Jewish white people. The main strategy has been to ally with various non-white racial groups and propagate the idea that any such manifestation of white group identity is the equivalent of racism and Nazism.

Meanwhile, they have been equally relentless in supporting a nation that is founded on the very same group-based identity that they have found so horrible in other whites.

Should Israel have a Jewish star on its flag? If so...would she accept a cross on the US flag? (nope...it would make her feel like an outsider)

Should Israel bar immigration by anyone who isn't Jewish? If so....why shouldn't France or the UK only allow French and English descended people to immigrate? (nope....that would be 'racist')

As Ayn Rand once said "contradictions don't exist, if you find one, check your premises".

The Faustian bargain that many Jews have made (namely, to attack non-jewish white ethnic identity to prevent Jews from feeling like 'outsiders' and 'excluded' by working to radicalize nonwhite racial groups and promoting universalist philosophy) is coming home to roost.

In my years at various universities, Jewish liberals were at the forefront of "antiracist" movements aimed at placing all whites under the universalist microscope. South Africa was evil because it didn't allow blacks to vote....third world immigration had to continue unabated regardless of the demographic consequences across Europe and the US....affirmative action was sacrosanct because whites had to be punished for "past discrimination".....etc etc etc.

Now...this same universalistic ideology is being applied to Jews.

My entire college experience revolved around my being villified for my race, my gender, and my religion. I was the epitome of evil in the universe. I lost count of the number of times that the historic accomplishments of Western Man were smeared and my ancestors were maligned....slavery, Indian massacres, global warming...you name it.

And many of the folks doing the smearing and maligning were just like dear Sarah here.

I'm sorry if I sound a little cynical...but she's only upset that this stuff is being thrown her way for the first time. If this anti-Israel stuff blew over tomorrow...she'd be back on the anti-white political bandwagon in a NY minute.

Excellent. BUMP!

It is ironic that the demonization of Israel, aside from that which comes from the extreme fringe of the right, comes largely from minority groups and the far Left, isn't it?

Do me a favor and send this to her address above. This is the kind of post she needs to see for even more clarity. Liberals are always talking about the roots of a problem so this should be of interest to her where the roots of liberal hatred of Jews came from(partly thier own making).

Many good points.

Excellent post, you are dead-on.

Tragically, many Jews have been playing a double game for many decades now. They have been relentless in attacking an destroying any manifestation of group identity amongst non-Jewish white people. The main strategy has been to ally with various non-white racial groups and propagate the idea that any such manifestation of white group identity is the equivalent of racism and Nazism.

Yep. It is an action based in fear by most and hatred by a few.

Meanwhile, they have been equally relentless in supporting a nation that is founded on the very same group-based identity that they have found so horrible in other whites.
While it is wrong to do so, some perspective is needed. In Europe, nationalism was almost universally tied in with viruelent if not violent anti-Semetism.

Should Israel have a Jewish star on its flag? If so...would she accept a cross on the US flag? (nope...it would make her feel like an outsider)
Bad analogy. The defining characteristic of Americans is not Christianity. If it were, how would we be differnt than European countries? We are A Christian nation, not the Chrsitian nation.
Israel is THE ONLY Jewish nation.

Should Israel bar immigration by anyone who isn't Jewish? If so....why shouldn't France or the UK only allow French and English descended people to immigrate? (nope....that would be 'racist')
Sounds like a good proposal to me.

Now...this same universalistic ideology is being applied to Jews.
Nothing new. Read "On the Jewish Question" by Marx.

I'm sorry if I sound a little cynical...but she's only upset that this stuff is being thrown her way for the first time. If this anti-Israel stuff blew over tomorrow...she'd be back on the anti-white political bandwagon in a NY minute.
She may or may not. However, many people do grow up after being mugged.