I agree with this take 100% except that I think as a practical political matter it has only negative value. I think it is an interesting question though I favor more grounded explanations that look at the demographic characteristics of Jewish people (income, education, intelligence, "minority status", professions) that already highly correlate with leftism/technocratic thinking. Add to that their own normal racial bigotry/nepotism and a, in some ways justifiable, paranoia of nationalism (outside Jewish nationalism, and the hypocrisy of Jewish people on these issues is dreadful but not unique). I think that makes Jewish people poor fellow citizens but extraordinary conspiracy theories require extraordinary evidence, particularly in light of more (IMO) reasonable explanations.
The question then is how "naming the Jew" moves the needle in any positive direction in a society and culture that is unready to have even more basic discussions regarding leftism than that (Walsh can't get people to stop mutilating their own children in a completely insane scheme to turn them into a different gender). All it does is play directly into a trap/narrative the enemies of the right have created. It allows the vast majority of people to dismiss everything you have to say and for the enemies of the right to smear and censor.
I agree with this take 100% except that I think as a practical political matter it has only negative value. I think it is an interesting question though I favor more grounded explanations that look at the demographic characteristics of Jewish people (income, education, intelligence, "minority status", professions) that already highly correlate with leftism/technocratic thinking. Add to that their own normal racial bigotry/nepotism and a, in some ways justifiable, paranoia of nationalism (outside Jewish nationalism, and the hypocrisy of Jewish people on these issues is dreadful but not unique). I think that makes Jewish people poor fellow citizens but extraordinary conspiracy theories require extraordinary evidence, particularly in light of more (IMO) reasonable explanations.
The question then is how "naming the Jew" moves the needle in any positive direction in a society and culture that is unready to have even more basic discussions regarding leftism than that. All it does is allow the vast majority of people to dismiss everything you have to say and for the enemies of the right to smear and censor.
I agree with this take 100% except that I think as a practical political matter it has only negative value. I think it is an interesting question though I favor more grounded explanations that look at the demographic characteristics of Jewish people (income, education, intelligence, "minority status", professions) that already highly correlate with leftism/technocratic thinking. Add to that their own normal racial bigotry/nepotism and a, in some ways justifiable, paranoia of nationalism (outside Jewish nationalism, and the hypocrisy of Jewish people on these issues is dreadful). I think that makes Jewish people poor fellow citizens but extraordinary conspiracy theories require extraordinary evidence, particularly in light of more (IMO) reasonable explanations.
The question then is how "naming the Jew" moves the needle in any positive direction in a society and culture that is unready to have even more basic discussions regarding leftism than that. All it does is allow the vast majority of people to dismiss everything you have to say and for the enemies of the right to smear and censor.
I agree with this take 100% except that I think as a practical political matter it has only negative value. I think it is an interesting question though I favor more grounded explanations that look at the demographic characteristics of Jewish people (income, education, intelligence, "minority status", professions) that already highly correlate with leftism/technocratic thinking. Add to that their own normal racial bigotry/self-dealing and a, in some ways justifiable, paranoia of nationalism (outside Jewish nationalism, and the hypocrisy of Jewish people on these issues is dreadful). I think that makes Jewish people poor fellow citizens but extraordinary conspiracy theories require extraordinary evidence, particularly in light of more (IMO) reasonable explanations.
The question then is how "naming the Jew" moves the needle in any positive direction in a society and culture that is unready to have even more basic discussions regarding leftism than that. All it does is allow the vast majority of people to dismiss everything you have to say and for the enemies of the right to smear and censor.
I agree with this take 100% except that I think as a practical political matter it has only negative value. I think it is an interesting question though I favor more grounded explanations that look at the demographic characteristics of Jewish people (income, education, intelligence, "minority status", professions) that already highly correlate with leftism/technocratic thinking. Add to that a, in some ways justifiable, paranoia of nationalism (outside Jewish nationalism, and the hypocrisy of Jewish people on these issues is dreadful). I think that makes Jewish people poor fellow citizens but extraordinary conspiracy theories require extraordinary evidence, particularly in light of more (IMO) reasonable explanations.
The question then is how "naming the Jew" moves the needle in any positive direction in a society and culture that is unready to have even more basic discussions regarding leftism than that. All it does is allow the vast majority of people to dismiss everything you have to say and for the enemies of the right to smear and censor.