Comments on: American Jews Cannot Conduct a Discussion of Jewish Power Out of Earshot of ‘the Goyim’

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Rochester Scholar Says Jews ‘Overplay’ Holocaust

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/01/14/gandhi

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Be there ever a man with soul so dead, that never to himself hadth said,"This is my home, my native land". Phil,I have followed your site for over a year, and without hesitation, I can say, you are a good man, and a true patriot. The country needs wise men like you. Too bad you are not in government.

By: Charles Keating

Charles Keating — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Has there ever been more secrecy in the US government than there is now? This of course, takes it a few steps farther, considering the stakes. I can't be the only that resents it deeply.
Just try as a lone citizen questioning anything about our middle east policy, foreign aid, or anything at all regarding Israel–with your congressmen. Talk about absurdity, and being treated like a total moron…

By: Ed.

Ed. — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

One thing I’ve noticed about the religious, and this goes for religious Jews and gentiles alike, is their capacity for denial. After all, they quite literally take a huge component of their lives on “faith.” This can be good (social cohesion, psychological ability to persevere, etc) but it can also make a people totally blind and easily suckered. For example, a lot of Christians absolutely still refuse to believe Bush lied America into war, because they believe he is a Christian and thus incapable of that kind of epic deception. With regard to Jews, many of them absolutely refuse to believe the Jewish Neocons played a huge role in lying America into war on behalf of Israel. Both groups live in a fantasyland of denial, and as such are mere intellectual children. I don’t mean that to sound condescending, but it is truly their Achilles heel. No amount of logic will ever get through to them. Hence, those that suffer from this capacity for denial to the highest degree, and Jews seem to be disproportionately represented in this group , should never be put in charge of important matters. It will always end badly.

By: Crimson Ghost

Crimson Ghost — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

One thing elitists from Marie Antoinette to the Czar, to today's war mongering zionist billionaires forget is the old adage "if you give them enough rope they will hang themselves" — or in the case of Marie Antoinette lose their heads.

By: lester

lester — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

stuff like this is really a guilty pleasure for us goyim. it's like someone reading the minutes of a "elders of zion" meeting that we deny actually exists but secretly fear does. hahaha

By: LanceThruster

LanceThruster — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

I think I brought up this example somehwere else in here but I remember reading about Hannah Arendt speaking on the Holocaust in front of a mixed group at a Jewish senior center. She had mentioned in the some detail the extent of the Gypsy extermination. She said some of the Jewish audience members got up and left and others chided her afterward and told her, "Not in front of the Goyim!"

As someone else here mentioned, Philip is a wonderful human being and I am priviledged to read his work.

By: Jim Haygood

Jim Haygood — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

"The other remarkable thing about Goldberg's comments is that he thinks this is a discussion Jews can have among themselves out of earshot of the goyim, a derisive Yiddish word for gentiles. This is un-American."

Thanks, Phil, for pointing out this essential contradiction in Goldberg's views.

In his book "Jewish Power," Goldberg estimated that as much as half of the Democratic party's fundraising comes from Jewish sources. This is a rather astounding fact, which the press avoids discussing in front of the goyim, although it explains a great deal (including Democrats' complicity in the Iraq war).

Influence -- whether in the media or in political parties -- brings corresponding responsibilities. A constant theme in Goldberg's book is that despite their disproportionate representation in these fields, Jews want to be regarded just like any other Americans, and not singled out.

Well, we all want to have our cake and eat it too. It's rather naive of J.J. Goldberg to assume that Jews can quietly exult among themselves about their disproportionate public influence, but retain the right to lash out in fury when Walt and Mearsheimer rudely bring the same eye-opening facts to the attention of the great gentile unwashed. Gentiles read The Forward too, J.J.

By: alicel

alicel — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

I feel this idea of keeping it from the goyim pertains even between close friends, jew to gentile I mean. This has frustrated me no end. Trying to pretend to have a political conversation with friends who are as concerned as I am about our country yet avoid, skirt , distract, whenever these sensitive topics come up. I have almost felt there are talking points out there in the jewish world that are prepared for them to trot out for their gentile friends. It's a paranoia I have that they need to check first with the handlers to find out if it's okay to admit a certain truth or view. I have been shocked to find a great deal of intellectual dishonesty among very smart people who don't tolerate that in the rest of their life.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Know what you mean Alicel. I find the same with my African-American friends. They both get so uncomfortable when I bring up how much THEY are ruining our society.