They didn’t vote for him because of policy. They voted for him because, in their ideology, “that’s what good people do.” Voting is no longer about competence and credentials; it’s cartoon politics.
That’s a very cogent and focussed article, thank you, and it really does expose another modern myth - that cretinous:
“Be Nice”
And everything in the world will be OK.
It utterly ignores not just the savages of Hamas, but benefits their equivalents in Sudan, in Nigeria - and, God help us, in Birmingham UK (not to mention Manchester & London.
This article is by far one of the most outstanding of all that I read daily…ISLAMISM, DIVERSITY-MULTICULTURALISM, RACISM, has begun to flourish at a break-neck pace…all those whom I have encountered along the way, by getting involved have continuously told me: “ I AM JUST NOT POLITICAL!” Well living in a “closet” do to speak by not is helping promote terrifying behaviors. I urge everyone to open their eyes and ears to the extent they do become political, even in the smallest ways…do not wait for similar incidents as this wonderful writer has demonstrated to claim your family members & friends🙏🏻
Thank you for memorializing what I have felt but not articulated. I am a loud, proud Zionist Jew who is increasingly terrified by the abandonment of young Jews from their history, culture, and future safety. Glad I'm old.
Power. Hypocrisy. You nailed it Joshua. How many folks like Joshua's sister who buy into and preach that whiteness is uncultured ( really saying evil) that their stereotyping means mommy and daddy and gramps and all their ancestors were racist pieces of shit ( and had no culture). Because that would logically be an inescapable conclusion. Once you paint with the broad brush of stereotyping there is no " but my Nana was not like that. " But what i love best is how many folks like Joshua's sister never ask to be cut out of a will or trust fund or declare no interest in an inheritance. As for the boyfriend I loved the change in accent. Just like old Hillary said or new AOC and Jasmine Crockett. Great performers. Shallow thinkers with an unquenchable thirst for ..power.
Reminiscent of “the Kamala Harris phenomenon,” where Biden announced unapologetically that he was going to choose a black woman to run as vice president. How very morally virtuous of him!😉
Thank you for boldly exposing the violent undercurrent of the Mamdani puppets -the threats they pose whether to “boycott”-ostracize and shun are all backed up by violence -anyone who has not understood this yet will soon be faced with a harsh reality
You reflect a very sad reality.. Very well written. Almost same thing happened with my sister. She was offended when I told her the facts of Mamdani & his parents' support of terrorism. Demanded my "sources", as if what I said was heresy. When I provided several well documented factual based references in an email, without reading any of themn she wrote back that to preserve family relations we should never again talk politics. Hmmm. That reflects the very negative powerful influence of the intersectionality oppressor/oppressed narrative that the Red/Green alliance has successfully used to poison a generation. Its seductive.
I’m sorry about the wall that has been erected between you. It is happening to so many now. My son revealed his antisemitism to me over Oct 7. We used to be so close. Now we are distant. It just is what it is. You can’t change people. Deception strikes again!
I hope you are not conflicting anti-Zionism and not wanting to support genocide — a racist genocide for that matter — with antisemitism. Happens all too often. Just sayin, from one mother to another…
You just keep gulping the blood libels and spewing them about, polluting the world. History will record all of you useful ignorant idiots as it has all of the Jew haters who’ve come before you. Shame on you and your ilk.
Please, friends, ignore this crazy person. They are clearly here to attack, having engaged with zero of the author's ideas. Love to all of us NOT showing up only to insult our brothers and sisters.
Very important article. Joshua has a gift for defining every term by its core and in his deft, succinct writing.
The most shocking element for me is their incapacity to hear anything but their own opinions, and the emotional upheaval they display when even appearing to be contradicted. They are the definition of intolerant. It's why they can tolerate the intolerant of Islam.
No democracy for this people. Democracy demands dialogue and an informed, educated electorate. Totalitarianism is coming, says the canary in the mine.
As for " white culture", o my. All performers must be white in a white culture event? I remember their stunning Art Nuveau concert hall in Denver. There is theatre also in the city - with " mixed race" actors- , ballet, but...... what is " white culture to her"?
The inanity of the pretext to degrade white people - "white people ruin culture"- on a cultural issue shows what a long way has already been traveled in the poisoning and hollowing of their minds. Other major items must have been demoted and perverted about whites already. Many unprintable blips would qualify.
Deep down, we ,the whites, have been guilty of " suicidal empathy" for too long . We weaponised their ego, entitlement, our guilt, where we put " the other" first, we filled all visual media, entertainment, advertising , with a majority of black or brown or yellow images, to be sensitive and inclusive, presenting a reality where the majority people in the USA are black, or latino, or Asian.
We made mayor changes in our societies to cater to those minorities. We acted as fearful Jews and domesticated Westerners.
Ceding, fawning, deviating,promoting,
rejecting better candidates , yet unsuitable as white, in fact, we have facilitated monsters with their prejudices in a tow. just ready to pounce at the appropriate time. Mamdani is the voice of the movement.
And they, the non-white, have preserved and continue to keep maximising their sacred victimhood, casting it in a most racist manner, whilst projecting all the supremacy ambition that inspire them to degrade whites, their superiority complexes born from a man earlier sense of " lesser-hood" for their blackness, credible long ago, not anymore, but one raging power deficit - for which they have shouted vociferously and forces indoctrination in schools, advancing cross-culturally to become a pretext to " lesser" us, the "oppressor white Jews".
Yet there's minimal oppression of Jews amongst Jews in reality, even as we have been arguing and splitting in fashions since Sinai, and Jews are multi-color.
Thank you for writing this piece. It is this belief system/behavior exemplified by your sister (and so many “progressive” Jews that the groypers focus on—as if progressive Jews are the only guilty party—in their hatred and demonization of all Jews. I think there really is truth that so many people in the West support Hamas because they see Hamas/Palestinians as “people of color” and therefore righteous. No questions asked or allowed. No critical thinking, just desire for feeling virtuous. I’m so glad you called out your sister’s racism.
To be fair, the other two candidates in the race were objectively awful human beings. Even if Mamdani turns out to be as awful as you apparently think (which I’m not 100% convinced is true), I have a hard time envisioning an NYC under Cuomo or Sliwa that would be any better. Matter of fact, feels like those two in charge could be considerably worse. (….and may I not eat those words later, <ward away evil eye>)
Reading this article makes me very sad. Sorry you have to experience this and glad you have this outlet to vent/share your feelings. The immaturity and entitlement described here reveals much about the lack of ‘culture and moral fiber’ too many people have today. Wont be corrected until our current polarizing leadership is gone. 😞
Joshua, I don't discuss politics with my family. It's a mistake. I've trained my wife to kick me under the table if I start to discuss politics at family gatherings. (Literally) It works wonders and I highly recommend it. Shalom babait before all else, in my opinion. (Of course, your sister is full of it as are some members of my family, but that's less important than familial comity.)
That’s a very cogent and focussed article, thank you, and it really does expose another modern myth - that cretinous:
“Be Nice”
And everything in the world will be OK.
It utterly ignores not just the savages of Hamas, but benefits their equivalents in Sudan, in Nigeria - and, God help us, in Birmingham UK (not to mention Manchester & London.
Thank you again.
This article is by far one of the most outstanding of all that I read daily…ISLAMISM, DIVERSITY-MULTICULTURALISM, RACISM, has begun to flourish at a break-neck pace…all those whom I have encountered along the way, by getting involved have continuously told me: “ I AM JUST NOT POLITICAL!” Well living in a “closet” do to speak by not is helping promote terrifying behaviors. I urge everyone to open their eyes and ears to the extent they do become political, even in the smallest ways…do not wait for similar incidents as this wonderful writer has demonstrated to claim your family members & friends🙏🏻
Thank you for memorializing what I have felt but not articulated. I am a loud, proud Zionist Jew who is increasingly terrified by the abandonment of young Jews from their history, culture, and future safety. Glad I'm old.
Power. Hypocrisy. You nailed it Joshua. How many folks like Joshua's sister who buy into and preach that whiteness is uncultured ( really saying evil) that their stereotyping means mommy and daddy and gramps and all their ancestors were racist pieces of shit ( and had no culture). Because that would logically be an inescapable conclusion. Once you paint with the broad brush of stereotyping there is no " but my Nana was not like that. " But what i love best is how many folks like Joshua's sister never ask to be cut out of a will or trust fund or declare no interest in an inheritance. As for the boyfriend I loved the change in accent. Just like old Hillary said or new AOC and Jasmine Crockett. Great performers. Shallow thinkers with an unquenchable thirst for ..power.
Reminiscent of “the Kamala Harris phenomenon,” where Biden announced unapologetically that he was going to choose a black woman to run as vice president. How very morally virtuous of him!😉
Thank you for boldly exposing the violent undercurrent of the Mamdani puppets -the threats they pose whether to “boycott”-ostracize and shun are all backed up by violence -anyone who has not understood this yet will soon be faced with a harsh reality
You reflect a very sad reality.. Very well written. Almost same thing happened with my sister. She was offended when I told her the facts of Mamdani & his parents' support of terrorism. Demanded my "sources", as if what I said was heresy. When I provided several well documented factual based references in an email, without reading any of themn she wrote back that to preserve family relations we should never again talk politics. Hmmm. That reflects the very negative powerful influence of the intersectionality oppressor/oppressed narrative that the Red/Green alliance has successfully used to poison a generation. Its seductive.
Its spreading rapidly.
We're in trouble.
Am Yisrael Chai!
It was emotional propaganda, not using critical thinking, moral clarity
I’m sorry about the wall that has been erected between you. It is happening to so many now. My son revealed his antisemitism to me over Oct 7. We used to be so close. Now we are distant. It just is what it is. You can’t change people. Deception strikes again!
I hope you are not conflicting anti-Zionism and not wanting to support genocide — a racist genocide for that matter — with antisemitism. Happens all too often. Just sayin, from one mother to another…
Get over yourself and your antiZionist/antisemitic beliefs. I know what God has said. Turning you off now.
Gosh, it must be hard for you that so many people are getting so worked up about an ongoing genocide… Bye
You just keep gulping the blood libels and spewing them about, polluting the world. History will record all of you useful ignorant idiots as it has all of the Jew haters who’ve come before you. Shame on you and your ilk.
Please, friends, ignore this crazy person. They are clearly here to attack, having engaged with zero of the author's ideas. Love to all of us NOT showing up only to insult our brothers and sisters.
It is good to know family dinners follow the same script everywhere.
Very important article. Joshua has a gift for defining every term by its core and in his deft, succinct writing.
The most shocking element for me is their incapacity to hear anything but their own opinions, and the emotional upheaval they display when even appearing to be contradicted. They are the definition of intolerant. It's why they can tolerate the intolerant of Islam.
No democracy for this people. Democracy demands dialogue and an informed, educated electorate. Totalitarianism is coming, says the canary in the mine.
As for " white culture", o my. All performers must be white in a white culture event? I remember their stunning Art Nuveau concert hall in Denver. There is theatre also in the city - with " mixed race" actors- , ballet, but...... what is " white culture to her"?
The inanity of the pretext to degrade white people - "white people ruin culture"- on a cultural issue shows what a long way has already been traveled in the poisoning and hollowing of their minds. Other major items must have been demoted and perverted about whites already. Many unprintable blips would qualify.
Deep down, we ,the whites, have been guilty of " suicidal empathy" for too long . We weaponised their ego, entitlement, our guilt, where we put " the other" first, we filled all visual media, entertainment, advertising , with a majority of black or brown or yellow images, to be sensitive and inclusive, presenting a reality where the majority people in the USA are black, or latino, or Asian.
We made mayor changes in our societies to cater to those minorities. We acted as fearful Jews and domesticated Westerners.
Ceding, fawning, deviating,promoting,
rejecting better candidates , yet unsuitable as white, in fact, we have facilitated monsters with their prejudices in a tow. just ready to pounce at the appropriate time. Mamdani is the voice of the movement.
And they, the non-white, have preserved and continue to keep maximising their sacred victimhood, casting it in a most racist manner, whilst projecting all the supremacy ambition that inspire them to degrade whites, their superiority complexes born from a man earlier sense of " lesser-hood" for their blackness, credible long ago, not anymore, but one raging power deficit - for which they have shouted vociferously and forces indoctrination in schools, advancing cross-culturally to become a pretext to " lesser" us, the "oppressor white Jews".
Yet there's minimal oppression of Jews amongst Jews in reality, even as we have been arguing and splitting in fashions since Sinai, and Jews are multi-color.
Israel will teach her.
Thank you for writing this piece. It is this belief system/behavior exemplified by your sister (and so many “progressive” Jews that the groypers focus on—as if progressive Jews are the only guilty party—in their hatred and demonization of all Jews. I think there really is truth that so many people in the West support Hamas because they see Hamas/Palestinians as “people of color” and therefore righteous. No questions asked or allowed. No critical thinking, just desire for feeling virtuous. I’m so glad you called out your sister’s racism.
To be fair, the other two candidates in the race were objectively awful human beings. Even if Mamdani turns out to be as awful as you apparently think (which I’m not 100% convinced is true), I have a hard time envisioning an NYC under Cuomo or Sliwa that would be any better. Matter of fact, feels like those two in charge could be considerably worse. (….and may I not eat those words later, <ward away evil eye>)
Reading this article makes me very sad. Sorry you have to experience this and glad you have this outlet to vent/share your feelings. The immaturity and entitlement described here reveals much about the lack of ‘culture and moral fiber’ too many people have today. Wont be corrected until our current polarizing leadership is gone. 😞
This goes beyond rational arguments into a desire to belong to a larger group and then accept whatever beliefs it takes to join.
It's devastating when a family member abandons his people for the mob. Check Harvard Divinity new professor of Jewish studies
https://www.theeditors.com/p/harvards-new-hire-says-shes-boycotting-israel-avoids-synagogues-teaching-judaism-divinity-school-hasia-diner-israel-gaza
That's why אחב ישרעל is the most difficult of all the duties in the Torah.
The irony of the conversation is all in the title of the book "Why I'm no longer talking to white people about race"
Joshua, I don't discuss politics with my family. It's a mistake. I've trained my wife to kick me under the table if I start to discuss politics at family gatherings. (Literally) It works wonders and I highly recommend it. Shalom babait before all else, in my opinion. (Of course, your sister is full of it as are some members of my family, but that's less important than familial comity.)