tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306935107490146994.post6272732517666129964..comments2023-10-20T05:32:59.237-04:00Comments on Culturism: Coulter, Jews and CulturismAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13125582808962457170noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306935107490146994.post-82745003233056775082009-01-02T06:29:00.000-05:002009-01-02T06:29:00.000-05:00"We can start to ask ourselves why we Jews, of all..."We can start to ask ourselves why we Jews, of all people, would be so enthusiastic about a disciple of Farrakhan’s friend, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, who wants to have discussions with Ahmadinejad."<BR/><BR/>Yes indeed. It has to start somewhere, it is difficult to go against the tradition of supporting democrats, it's like going against your parents, but it has to start somewhere.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by A Western Heart by the way. A fellow blogger let me know who you are, and we are honored. I must put your book on my growing to-read list. :)MathewKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14385674205383405783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306935107490146994.post-66744737431574888122009-01-02T00:57:00.000-05:002009-01-02T00:57:00.000-05:00A friend of mine and I (we are both Christian) wer...A friend of mine and I (we are both Christian) were pondering the same question: Why are most Jews in the US democrats? Your answer is as good as any. But it still makes no sense that the party and the political philosphy that supports Arabs over Jews and that doesn't recognize the fascist heart of Islam would be supported by Jews. When will this change. What will it take?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306935107490146994.post-52599414535976587112008-12-31T03:30:00.000-05:002008-12-31T03:30:00.000-05:00C.J., thank you for visiting.I think you're monoli...C.J., thank you for visiting.<BR/><BR/>I think you're monolithically conflating two cultural types within one culture and make apologies for one type on behalf of another.<BR/><BR/>It's like explaining American atheist Michael Newdow's (sp.?) militancy against theism as resulting from the same cultural forces that produced the missionary zeal of American evangelist Billy Graham.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps there is something to that, certainly our excellent Constitution creating a culture which allow both opposites to operate.<BR/><BR/>I can't use the word "co-exist" because Newdow doesn't want co-existence, but segregation and marginalization of theists, and that--(conservative) theism vs. (liberal) atheism--is at the crux of the Culture War.<BR/><BR/>I qualify theism and atheism with "conservative" and "liberal" because there are liberal theists and conservative atheists, and in many respects the conservative theist is more intellectually (if not spiritually) kin with the conservative atheist (often a Libertarian, votes Republican) than he/she is with a liberal theist (often a socialist, votes Democrat).<BR/><BR/>So there are, for the sake of this argument, two types of Americans: Not theist and atheist, but conservative and liberal.<BR/><BR/>And there are two types of Jews, liberal and conservative.<BR/><BR/>And two types of Europeans, liberal and conservative.<BR/><BR/>And so on. <BR/><BR/>These--liberals and conservatives--are distinct ideological factions--cultures unto themselves-- within distinct cultures, even those that are (traditionally) politically monolithic, like the African-American one, and the Jewish one (if only by the ratios of Ds and Rs within that culture).<BR/><BR/>And so the Culture War in the United States--a great melting pot--is not between cultural ethnicities, but of broader, cultural ideologies, the conservative and liberal ones.<BR/><BR/>I myself am a first-generation American from Europe, and although I try to maintain some sort of authentic, ethnic identification with my country of origin--whether through the appreciation of language, by associations (though few and far between), preservation of the best traditions, etc.-- I am nevertheless a hyphenated American who does the same for that part of me, i.e. maintain some sort of authentic, ethnic identification (i.e. an American one, if that itself can be called an "ethnicity") through appreciation of (the English) language, by associations (I have more American friends than I do from the country my parents were born in), and the preservation of the best American traditions, which I consider conservative ones (i.e. Classically liberal).<BR/><BR/>Because of that, I relate more on essential levels to a fellow conservative--whether American of any ethnicity, or foreigner--than I do with a liberal who shares my ethnic heritage (most of whom are liberal), or from wherever. <BR/><BR/>This is because, essentially, liberalism is the inverse, the photographic negative, of conservatism.<BR/><BR/>Such a stark contrast is not so evident among the mass of Americans/humans who lean right or left or are all over the map in their own complex way, but study, say, the writings/outlook of Adam Smith vs. the writings/outlook of Karl Marx, and, more importantly, the respective fruits they bore (cf. the United States of America and the Soviet Union in the 20th Century, in terms of human liberties, standards of living, dynamism, technological innovation and progress, created national wealth, deaths by firing squad, etc.) and the philosophical divergence--indeed, the polarity-- is quite evident. <BR/><BR/>And so when a fellow European from the same locale--perhaps even a relative--votes one way or another contrary to the direction of my vote, I do not explain his political impulses in terms of our shared heritage (as you seem to be arguing--though well--about your fellow Jews), but in terms of political ideology--liberal or conservative--which knows no national boundaries.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00812877792709736341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306935107490146994.post-12411664807704613572008-12-30T12:21:00.000-05:002008-12-30T12:21:00.000-05:00By the way..case in point: Larry King, Jewish, gig...By the way..case in point: Larry King, Jewish, giggling over Ahmedinejad (who is the first guest I've seen get flowers on the set during an interview with King) "GEE!! You don't LOOOK old enough to have grown kids!" giggle giggle. <BR/><BR/>Here's a man who HATES JEWS and King's kissing his behind because IT'S A BIG SCOOP. WHORES is what I'd call us, especially when we champion the comfort of those who mean harm to our country and Jews just to look inclusive.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306935107490146994.post-37110183205019217122008-12-30T12:09:00.000-05:002008-12-30T12:09:00.000-05:00Jews have been and are an integral part of our Ame...Jews have been and are an integral part of our American culture, John, I agree.<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry Ducky's here telling you that Jews are "tiresome" in validating misery when, really, misery's been about all they've had.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306935107490146994.post-50841881120393213982008-12-29T22:52:00.000-05:002008-12-29T22:52:00.000-05:00Culture Man!! I like it. My post is a criticism...Culture Man!! I like it. <BR/><BR/> My post is a criticism of Jewish ideals. Did you understand that? It also states that it people within the Western tradition - I include here Slavs and Jews - do not disrespect the West by holding true to their cultures. Did you get those ideas? <BR/><BR/>If so and you still think I think the Jews are the touchstone of all misery and you can't be Slav and Western, it must be my fault. I hope you don't think I think that.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, JohnAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13125582808962457170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5306935107490146994.post-56705883353908817272008-12-29T11:32:00.000-05:002008-12-29T11:32:00.000-05:00Hey culture man, my recently departed great uncle ...Hey culture man, my recently departed great uncle came to America after digging out of the Gulag in Ukraine. Yeah, he was an ethnic Slav.<BR/><BR/> Does that make him an anti-semite?<BR/><BR/> Should he have been allowed to maintain his culture?<BR/><BR/> Have you come to grips with the idea that Jews are not the touchstone for the misery of much of human experience and people do get tired of them constantly trying to validate that nonsense?Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.com