I hate to be the one to break the news, but there were Jewish industrialists who supported Hitler and the Nazi party. I have heard that some Jews also continued to serve in the military during WWII and those who could cover up their background and appear more German would and I no doubt did also join the Nazi party. I think Edwin Black gets into this in The Transfer Agreement?
I can tell you that antisemitism then was considered as it is often by Jews who fully assimulated, merely a temporary hiatus. It seems human beings will always find reasons to hate those different than they are and we should blame the Christian gospel for promoting this antisemitism. Like now with gay marriage it is a religious issue. I'm not saying Jews should not assimilate because there will always be antisemitism; they should and people should get to know them. But the only way to overcome ignorance is to bust the myths they have about other people - about Jews and others too. There is entirely too much tribalism and nationalism. But the desire to be accepted has compelled many Jews to meld into the environment and become indistinquishable from everyone else -- and in some cases to become as bad as they are (or worse). It isn't a failure of character; it is human nature. Incidentally the last place German, Polish, other Jews thought about fleeing to was Israel during the Nazi period. They were always nationalistic about the country of their birth, not the country of their bible. I think anti-liberalism is like antisemitism in some respects. When things do not go well people find scapegoats and they support the oppressors. They supported Bush in 2004 because the believe the liberals (Kerry and the Democratic party) was the source of their economic - and social problems. They think the media is liberal without thinking that liberals don't have the money to own the media, conservatives do. Hank On Tue, 9 Nov 2004, Peggy wrote: > > My sentiment: A Gay joining the Republican Party is like a Jew joining > the Nazi Party. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/XgSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----- / o o \ ===OO=====OO============================================= (4)Portals (2)News Wikis (2)Conferences - No BuSHIT! Start here: http://pnews.org/ (On Internet since 1982) http://pnews.org/PhpWiki/ (West Coast News Wiki) http://g0lem.net/PhpWiki/ (East Coast News Wiki) ========================================================= FIGHT THE RIGHT! ================== Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rhetoric-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
