The "Jewish" Dilemma (take 2)

The post Poor Jews or Evil Jews? Or Something In Between?
has caused such a flurry of discussion, among both Jews and Gentiles, that I wanted to update it.

To be frank, I was surprised to find so much discussion, so much concern, about "The Jews" among serious thinkers, on the Web, and in recent opinion books, history books and ongoing current discussions—and on this blog. And it spans the spectrum from intense, angry defense of all things Jewish, and accusations of Anti-Semitism being hurled indiscriminately in all directions—to what I would call true and irrational Anti-Semitism.

(These two extreme positions, by the way, are not treated equally. The Jews hurling epithets are considered justified, their opposites are considered dangerous, vile and evil extremists.)

I have found a confusing whirlpool of information and opinion. But one single fact presents itself with monotonous regularity: The sense among Gentiles and Jews that "the Jews" are a monolithic group, separate and different, whose goals and aims are not necessarily in sympathy with those of the majority America culture.

Of course, Gentiles suspicious of Jewish influence maintain this position, and warn against it. But Jewish thinkers also speak of the Jewish world view, and how it affects their actions, choices and politics. And they themselves speak of "The Jews" as a people engaged in group-think...and also of having extraordinary influence in America, particularly relative to their small numbers.

The influence wielded by Jews in America is acknowledged to be very powerful by groups on either side of the Semitic divide.

I think that we can, for the moment, stipulate that this is true.

As to the direction that influence is moving America, there also seems to be little disagreement: secular; anti-Christian; supporting open-borders and massive non-European immigration; multiculturalism; multi-lingualism; and a very high degree of "Liberal" Political Correctness, which includes affirmative action, racial preferences, speech codes, hate crime laws, gun control, gay rights, radical feminism, on-demand abortion, etc.

Those of us who are Conservative are strongly and vociferously against these positions. We see them as the rot ruining America.

To sum up, as acknowledged by Jews and Gentiles alike: Jews are a self-identified "out" group that evidences, in many ways, a sort of group-think, monolithic mindset; has an inordinately powerful influence in American culture, media and politics, and is pushing an agenda that many of us consider terminally dangerous and destructive for the America we love.

Is it therefore completely unreasonable and baseless anti-Semitism to suggest that America has a "Jewish Problem"?

If the Jews didn't have this agenda, but had influence, it wouldn't be a problem.
If they had this agenda, but little influence, it wouldn't be a problem.
But the combination of the two...makes it a damn problem.

Does this knowledge change how we combat the creeping Liberal crud overtaking our culture? It is what it is no matter who's pushing it down our throats. And without the army of Gentiles working for the same sick goals, they'd never get anywhere.

And let us not forget, there are plenty of individual Jews on "our" side!

I guess the reason I 've been examining this issue is that I've always assumed that people who claimed that "The Jews" were a powerful and negative influence in America were, well...nuts. I never listened to a word they said, and wrote them off as loony, Neanderthal bigots.

But recently, for some reason, I stopped long enough to listen for once, and the arguments, surprisingly, were non-hysterical and fairly cogent. It made me wonder if I'd been wrong all this time.

My reading from Gentile and Jewish sources, suggests that Jews as a group have evolved certain strategies that make them feel safer and more secure within alien "host" cultures, in which they have been fated to live since the loss of their homeland—the final destruction of Jerusalem and Second Temple in 70 A.D. by the Romans if I remember correctly.

They keep themselves a sort of nation within a nation, remaining unassimilated, exclusive, alien and thereby readily identifiable...at the same time, engaging in those evolved strategies, which, it turns out, are usually not in the best interests of the Host Culture.

Eventually people will, as people do, figure out what's going on...and resentment and "purging" ensues. The history of Jewish troubles is suggestive of this pattern.

This does not make Jews evil, they are just trying to stay alive and safe; trying to do what I want to do, secure the survival of my race and culture, and the future for our children.

But, if the Jews are to succeed in this ultimate quest, using power, money and influence to the detriment of the majority cultures in which they live, is NOT a winning strategy. At least it hasn't been in the last 2,000 years. (What's that line about insanity: doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results?)

As someone who has never been anti-Semitic, and as a perennial and strong supporter of Israel, I feel rather betrayed to find I am considered an enemy from whom Jews as a group feel they need to protect themselves...enploying strategies that are destructive to my nation, my people, my culture, my traditions, my heritage, and ultimately my future.

If Jews as a group are, indeed, working against my best interests as a White Gentile American, is it unreasonable for me to consider them the "bad guys"?

And if I consider them "the bad guys" for overtly working for the destruction of all I hold dear, is that anti-Semitism or just normal, healthy self interest?

Please understand, I'm not saying that all Jews are bad and should be hated. I adamantly reject that. But I am saying that the philosophical, historical, political position held by many that the Jews as a group are responsible—at least in part—for a lot of whats going so wrong in our country, is not entirely a wild figment of their overheated and bigoted imaginations.

The Gunslinger