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You Aren’t a Jew If I Say So

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I used to like Joy Reid. And then I turn on the news to wake myself before my very early flight and hear her announce with Glee that Roy Moore is a bigot because his wife said their lawyer is a Jew and “it turned out – get this! – that he’s a Christian!” As a Soviet dissident writer once said facetiously, “we thought he was a Jew but he turned out to be a drinking person.”

I understand it’s super crucial to prove Roy Moore is a bigot because he hasn’t yet lost the election in Alabama but would it be possible to do that without outdoing his presumed bigotry? ‘Cause this crap stinks to high heaven. 

11 responses to “You Aren’t a Jew If I Say So”

  1. The Dark Avenger Avatar
    The Dark Avenger

    You seem quite confused.

    First of all, Jones was certified the winner of the election by the Alabama SoS.

    Second of all:

    Wishnatsky, 73, was indeed born into a Jewish family, attended a Hebrew school and went to synagogue, as he told Al.com. But in his early 30s, he said, he had “an experience of the reality of God.” Initially, he attended a Mormon church, and later converted to evangelical Christianity.

    Now, he identifies as a Messianic Jew. “That’s the term they use for a Jewish person who has accepted Christ,” he told Al.com.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/01/05/roy-moores-real-jewish-lawyer-is-a-liberty-university-grad-who-has-accepted-christ/?utm_term=.5b0e8d1e78b5

    He certainly isn’t a practicing Jew.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar
      Clarissa

      I was being sarcastic about the election.

      As for the Jewish lawyer, “Jew” is an ethnicity. My father converted to Christianity and was baptized in the Russian Orthodox Church in his fifties. This didn’t make him any less Jewish, as would become very clear if you could take one look at him.

      By the way, Hitler enthusiastically exterminated Soviet Jews, none of whom practiced Judaism. And then they were persecuted by the anti-Semitic Soviet state for being Jewish. So let’s not start a discussion of whether people like my family members deserve to call ourselves Jews because we paid very dearly for our Jewishness no matter what we practice or don’t.

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      1. Clarissa Avatar
        Clarissa

        It’s also cute how the liberal mantra of “everybody’s identity is whatever they say it is and how dare you doubt it, bigot!” goes out of the window the second it’s convenient.

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        1. The Dark Avenger Avatar
          The Dark Avenger

          He hasn’t denied his heritage, and it would be accurate to say he’s a non-practicing Jew.

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          1. Clarissa Avatar
            Clarissa

            Yes, it would. But how does this relate to what I’m saying in the post?

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            1. The Dark Avenger Avatar
              The Dark Avenger

              In this country, unlike the USSR, we have German Jews, Polish Jews, French Jews, English Jews, etc, so Jews are considered here not an ethnicity but a religious group composed of people of different ethicities.

              Sorry if that hashes your mellow.

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              1. Clarissa Avatar
                Clarissa

                This is truly one of the most ridiculous comments anybody has left on this blog. And there has been a hundred thousand comments.

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  2. Shakti Avatar
    Shakti

    The election has been certified. I don’t get it either.

    But then again a full majority of white voters in Alabama voted for an extra on To Catch a Predator so I’m not sure what point triumphantly pronouncing what flavor of Jewish/not Jewish Moore’s lawyer serves.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar
      Clarissa

      I’m starting to suspect the point is to avoid ever discussing what Doug Jones actually stands for. I’m sure he has an agenda. But it’s no longer fashionable among Democrats to discuss agendas. All we do is whoosh in outrage.

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  3. The Dark Avenger Avatar
    The Dark Avenger

    Clarissa doesn’t argue for a reason, she simply likes to argue.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar
      Clarissa

      Buddy, time to move on for the day. You’ve trolled enough for the moment.

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