[quote=pri_dk][quote=SK in CV]Hanukkah is nothing like Christmas. [/quote]
Understood. I was being silly.
You do see the dilemma in your “Nazi narratives” claim, though?
Is it possible to speak critically of pro-Israel lobbyists without invoking Naziism?
I once worked at a financial firm in Beverly Hills. Most of the other offices in the building were businesses in the film/TV/entertainment industry (law firms, talent agencies, etc.) There were about a hundred firms in our building, and almost every one of them had a Mezuzah on the door (including ours.)
Let’s not kid ourselves. There is a disproportionate number of Jews who have power over what we see in movies, television, etc. Not because of any sinister design, but simply because of history. And most folks in the entertainment business – regardless of their religion – probably don’t have any agenda except to make money like everyone else. However, in the aggregate, there probably is some cultural bias.
In other words, I don’t think anybody “controls” the media. But I do think it is likely that some organizations and cultural groups have more influence than others.
Millions of non-Jews died in the Holocaust alongside the Jews. And yet the standard description of the Holocaust is “6 million Jews.” We don’t often hear the story of the other groups, simply because they don’t have the means to tell their story as well as the Jewish community does. Again, I don’t see this as evidence of any ethical issue, it’s just a reality of the situation.
I don’t believe that Jews “control” anything in America. But it would be dishonest to ignore the fact that Israel is unique when it comes to US foreign policy. Like any political topic, anyone should be free to have an opinion on this issue. And they should be free to put forward positions that others may not like.
Ultimately, there does need be limits on what people can say. But those limits should only be invoked when there is talk of violence or crime. We are nowhere close to that here.[/quote]
I recognized that you were being silly. No problem there. And your point about shifting the direction of the conversation was well placed.
I don’t really disagree with much of anything you said here. I tend to avoid using the 6 million number when it isn’t applicable. And I didn’t actually use it. But the reference was applicable because asshat didn’t say anything about Romanians controlling the media. If he had, I would have included a reference accordingly.
I think there’s a huge difference between pointing out that there’s a disproportionate number of any group within an industry and claiming that group controls it. (Do Latinos control MLB? or African Americans control the NBA?)
And when it comes to politics (or any other subject for that matter), to identify any group as homogenous regarding a certain trait, particularly a negative trait, well that is the very genesis of bigotry. I certainly don’t have any undue influence over the media. If i did, Weeds would have at least a 24 episode season.
Forgive me if I’m a little touchy on some catch phrases. But “jews are un-american” is a whole lot like “jews are un-german”. Doesn’t sound very violent. Until it turned violent one night 73 years ago. The violence didn’t end well.
