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To: amnestynone
Let us hope so.

Unfortunately, even Charedi Orthodoxy isn't always a sign of Republican or conservative affiliation. Historically, the traditional leaders of Jewish communities have had to be on good terms with whomever is in power (and in urban America, that means liberals). Furthermore, they have looked to whomever is in power to protect them from the mob (which in Europe was rural chrstian "bumpkins"). Those same rulers often used the Jews to do their dirty work (such as collecting taxes), which took the wrath of the masses off themselves and put it squarely on the Jews.

There are other issues at work as well. As a largely parochial, inward-focused community (and one for which the society gets "multiculturalism" points), Charedi Jews simply have not had to deal with the sewer directly. They have had the luxury of living in islands of Theocracy championed by liberals who regard their religion merely as a de-criminalized deviancy in need of protection from "decent people" (much like "gays"). But Jews are far from the only population group to benefit from this. The ancient oriental chrstian communities (Syrian, Coptic, Ethiopian, Armenian, Indian, Assyrian) and even Eastern Orthodoxy are extremely quietistic and extremely ethnic, living in worlds of their own where confrontation with secular political authority simply does not exist.

And yes, these groups still see the majority population as a danger as great as or even greater than the State itself. And American-style Fundamentalist Protestants living in other cultures have the exact same attitude.

33 posted on 06/22/2014 7:55:59 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Throne and Altar! [In Jerusalem!!!])
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To: Zionist Conspirator
thank you, for commenting I remember another post on this subject that I posted and you also commented. Your posts are direct first hand experience and are very valuable.
36 posted on 06/22/2014 8:31:04 AM PDT by amnestynone (Lindsey Graham is a feckless, duplicitous, treacherous, double dealing backstabbing corksucker.)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

Please see my post # 53.


56 posted on 06/23/2014 5:50:26 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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