Comments on: More on Assimilation as a Desideratum http://mondoweiss.net/2007/06/more_on_assimil.html The War of Ideas in the Middle East Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:54:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: George Ajjan http://mondoweiss.net/2007/06/more_on_assimil.html/comment-page-1#comment-72291 George Ajjan Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2007/06/05/more_on_assimil.html#comment-72291 <p>Phil, glad to see you enforce some moderate censorship. We're all for free speech, but this is your front lawn, so trim the grass as you see fit. Your neighbors do appreciate it.</p> <p>"Ethnic" conservatives like me ponder this assimiliation/immigration question constantly. I think the vitriol of Ann Coulter and her ilk do more to harm conservative causes than 1,000 liberal pundits could ever. The sensible views come from so-called paleoconservatives like those who write for Chronicles - a traditional conservative magazine that was a key influence on Buchanan and is more than willing to "go near" the issue of "anomalous citizens" - http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org.</p> <p>I, personally, have little tolerance for dual allegiance. You, Phil, have done a great job shedding light on the neoconservatives who share your background. For my part - I want to expose their minions: the con-men from my tribe who manage to get their hands on American passports and then snuggle up to unqualified hacks like Liz Cheney, lobbying the United States to settle their scores in the places where their hearts will always lie - http://www.antiwar.com/article.php?articleid=10940.</p> Phil, glad to see you enforce some moderate censorship. We're all for free speech, but this is your front lawn, so trim the grass as you see fit. Your neighbors do appreciate it.

"Ethnic" conservatives like me ponder this assimiliation/immigration question constantly. I think the vitriol of Ann Coulter and her ilk do more to harm conservative causes than 1,000 liberal pundits could ever. The sensible views come from so-called paleoconservatives like those who write for Chronicles – a traditional conservative magazine that was a key influence on Buchanan and is more than willing to "go near" the issue of "anomalous citizens" –

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]]> By: Gene http://mondoweiss.net/2007/06/more_on_assimil.html/comment-page-1#comment-72292 Gene Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2007/06/05/more_on_assimil.html#comment-72292 <p>Phil wrote: "My bottom line: There should be honor for Jews who say, Guess what, I'm a citizen of the United States, my heart is here, and I will place my country's interests above all other countries... "</p> <p>That's not a bad idea. Israelis honor Philosemetic non-Jews as "Righteous Gentiles." What we need in this country is a word for fully assimilated Jews who honor and love America first. Philweisserites? No, wait. I have an even better idea. Let's call them what they really are--Americans, pure and simple.</p> Phil wrote: "My bottom line: There should be honor for Jews who say, Guess what, I'm a citizen of the United States, my heart is here, and I will place my country's interests above all other countries… "

That's not a bad idea. Israelis honor Philosemetic non-Jews as "Righteous Gentiles." What we need in this country is a word for fully assimilated Jews who honor and love America first. Philweisserites? No, wait. I have an even better idea. Let's call them what they really are–Americans, pure and simple.

]]> By: Tom http://mondoweiss.net/2007/06/more_on_assimil.html/comment-page-1#comment-72293 Tom Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2007/06/05/more_on_assimil.html#comment-72293 <p>The clause, "the Supreme Court overturned centuries of tradition", is linked to another posting. However, I don't see, in the link, what Court decision you are referring to. Could you be more specific?<br /> Also, thank you for an excellent blog. It is must daily reading for me. </p> The clause, "the Supreme Court overturned centuries of tradition", is linked to another posting. However, I don't see, in the link, what Court decision you are referring to. Could you be more specific?
Also, thank you for an excellent blog. It is must daily reading for me.

]]> By: phil weiss http://mondoweiss.net/2007/06/more_on_assimil.html/comment-page-1#comment-72294 phil weiss Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2007/06/05/more_on_assimil.html#comment-72294 <p>Tom, Sorry about that. I think the case is the Afroyim case, mentioned below. You used to lose your U.S. citizenship for voting somewhere else or serving in their army. </p> <p>http://www.post-gazette.com/nation/20020515dual0515p4.asp</p> Tom, Sorry about that. I think the case is the Afroyim case, mentioned below. You used to lose your U.S. citizenship for voting somewhere else or serving in their army.

http://www.post-gazette.com/nation/20020515dual0515p4.asp

]]> By: Montag http://mondoweiss.net/2007/06/more_on_assimil.html/comment-page-1#comment-72295 Montag Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2007/06/05/more_on_assimil.html#comment-72295 <p>A good litmus test is the Jonathan Pollard case. Some American Jews support a possible presidential pardon because, "he's another Dreyfus." While other American Jews oppose the pardon insisting, "Dreyfus was innocent, you schmucks!" They regard Israel's recruitment of Pollard as a slap in the face of the Diaspora. Just as Voltaire insisted that the English have to kill an admiral from time to time, "to encourage the others," so they regard Pollard's life sentence as an educational experience on exactly where the red line is in "dual loyalty."</p> A good litmus test is the Jonathan Pollard case. Some American Jews support a possible presidential pardon because, "he's another Dreyfus." While other American Jews oppose the pardon insisting, "Dreyfus was innocent, you schmucks!" They regard Israel's recruitment of Pollard as a slap in the face of the Diaspora. Just as Voltaire insisted that the English have to kill an admiral from time to time, "to encourage the others," so they regard Pollard's life sentence as an educational experience on exactly where the red line is in "dual loyalty."

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