America became great based on the Puritanical idea that hard work and success were signs of virtue. Today success has become a sign of evil doing. That transformation leads to economic and social decay.
Bottom line is no stereotyping. Whether on the basis of race, religion, other ethnicity and yes political viewpoints. This means no more teaching using critical race theory ( and other ridiculous critical theories that are based in stereotypes and historical labeling. And it means no more intersectionality which reared its head 10-15 years ago and mandates viewing the groups not in favor as deserving of derision, disrespect and cancelation. This became crystal clear when women's march leaders Mallory and Sarsour mandated no zionists and few among the intersectionalists objected. One might argue that what we have seen on college campuses began with those exclusionary mandates. Finally, in the year 2026, the avowed Anti zionist pays no price whatsoever for their jew hatred but the racist will likely be fired or marginalized etc ( AS THEY SHOULD ). Different rules depending upon who is doing the hating and who is the target of the hate. Yes there are exceptions to the foregoing statement but we all know that this is how our society operates today.
Throughout this thoughtful and thought-provoking essay, my heart kept saying, but black people never fully made it into this idealized picture of America. The entire reason for the assertion, Black Lives Matter, is because, sadly they only ever mattered to some, not to all. And now, it is clear, Jewish lives don't matter, either. There is no way back from the current judgmental hellscape until people voluntarily reject it. One has to stop believing that news media captures of other groups and societies are fully interpretable by people who've never seen the realities they purport to portray. The idea of developing hatreds third hand rather than on personal knowledge seems rife in social media. We are so sure we know what we need to about ICE protestors, black shooting victims, Jewish congregation members, Israeli soldiers (even Israeli K-9s, for God's sake), liberals, MAGAs, WIC/SNAP beneficiaries, observant Muslims or whomever we wish to hate today. We need to redevelop our sense of shame and we should be ashamed. Ashamed of being vulnerable to a divisive agenda.
Wow. Very very scary and a massive warning to every sane person
America became great based on the Puritanical idea that hard work and success were signs of virtue. Today success has become a sign of evil doing. That transformation leads to economic and social decay.
Bottom line is no stereotyping. Whether on the basis of race, religion, other ethnicity and yes political viewpoints. This means no more teaching using critical race theory ( and other ridiculous critical theories that are based in stereotypes and historical labeling. And it means no more intersectionality which reared its head 10-15 years ago and mandates viewing the groups not in favor as deserving of derision, disrespect and cancelation. This became crystal clear when women's march leaders Mallory and Sarsour mandated no zionists and few among the intersectionalists objected. One might argue that what we have seen on college campuses began with those exclusionary mandates. Finally, in the year 2026, the avowed Anti zionist pays no price whatsoever for their jew hatred but the racist will likely be fired or marginalized etc ( AS THEY SHOULD ). Different rules depending upon who is doing the hating and who is the target of the hate. Yes there are exceptions to the foregoing statement but we all know that this is how our society operates today.
Throughout this thoughtful and thought-provoking essay, my heart kept saying, but black people never fully made it into this idealized picture of America. The entire reason for the assertion, Black Lives Matter, is because, sadly they only ever mattered to some, not to all. And now, it is clear, Jewish lives don't matter, either. There is no way back from the current judgmental hellscape until people voluntarily reject it. One has to stop believing that news media captures of other groups and societies are fully interpretable by people who've never seen the realities they purport to portray. The idea of developing hatreds third hand rather than on personal knowledge seems rife in social media. We are so sure we know what we need to about ICE protestors, black shooting victims, Jewish congregation members, Israeli soldiers (even Israeli K-9s, for God's sake), liberals, MAGAs, WIC/SNAP beneficiaries, observant Muslims or whomever we wish to hate today. We need to redevelop our sense of shame and we should be ashamed. Ashamed of being vulnerable to a divisive agenda.