RJC condemns Arkansas GOP state senator (UPDATED) http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/rjc-condemns-arkansas-gop-state-senator/ The Republican Jewish Coalition criticizes a GOP state senator for calling Sen. Charles Schumer “that Jew.” en-us efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-05-16T;01:11:00-05:00 Comment by Sheldon Dan sdan5753@bellsouth.net Apparently the Republicans and the RJC aren’t the only ones who use “divisive language.” Sadly, it seems that Jews may be not as smart as they think, especially when they conflate Jewish “values” with Democratic party principles.  Especially when there is a lot of political correctness surrounding Democratic party policy, I wonder if it is really smart for us to be aligned 80% with any one party. What is really disturbing is that one commenter thinks that this is the mindset of all Christians.  I think that to paint everyone with the same brush invites trouble when someone else does that to us.  I suspect these commenters, with the “Democrats good, Republicans bad” mentality, still think this is the Democratic party of FDR and JFK.  Frankly, I think that these days we should be more independent than we are.  The state legislator shouldn’t have said what he said.  But I am equally concerned with the comments from my fellow Jews.  Some people seem so biased toward one political party that they cannot see that this is reprehensible regardless of which political party made the comment. Apparently the Republicans and the RJC aren’t the only ones who use “divisive language.” Sadly, it seems that Jews may be not as smart as they think, especially when they conflate Jewish “values” with Democratic party principles.  Especially when there is a lot of political correctness surrounding Democratic party policy, I wonder if it is really smart for us to be aligned 80% with any one party.

What is really disturbing is that one commenter thinks that this is the mindset of all Christians.  I think that to paint everyone with the same brush invites trouble when someone else does that to us.  I suspect these commenters, with the “Democrats good, Republicans bad” mentality, still think this is the Democratic party of FDR and JFK.  Frankly, I think that these days we should be more independent than we are. 

The state legislator shouldn’t have said what he said.  But I am equally concerned with the comments from my fellow Jews.  Some people seem so biased toward one political party that they cannot see that this is reprehensible regardless of which political party made the comment.

]]> 2012-02-10T;00:53:00-05:00 Comment by Penny Kessler penny.kessler@gmail.com “I made the mistake of referring to Sen. Schumer as ‘that Jew’ and I should not have put it that way as this took away from what I was trying to say.” Well, yes ... but it was in fact what he was trying to say: that because Sen. Schumer is a Jew, he obviously holds values that aren’t found on the Andy Griffith show. It’s not what Sen. Schumer believes as a politician that’s the problem, it’s what he believes as a Jew. Nice. “I made the mistake of referring to Sen. Schumer as ‘that Jew’ and I should not have put it that way as this took away from what I was trying to say.”

Well, yes ... but it was in fact what he was trying to say: that because Sen. Schumer is a Jew, he obviously holds values that aren’t found on the Andy Griffith show. It’s not what Sen. Schumer believes as a politician that’s the problem, it’s what he believes as a Jew.

Nice.

]]> 2012-02-10T;00:53:00-05:00 Comment by David Stolow dstolow@comcast.net Who better than the RJC to recognize divisive language, as they rarely use anything else. Jews know who has vlues and who are the bigot. Thgat’s why 80% of us vote for Democrats. With help from Matt Brooks and his Republican Party we can probably get that up to 90% in the next couple of years. Who better than the RJC to recognize divisive language, as they rarely use anything else. Jews know who has vlues and who are the bigot. Thgat’s why 80% of us vote for Democrats. With help from Matt Brooks and his Republican Party we can probably get that up to 90% in the next couple of years.

]]> 2012-02-10T;00:53:00-05:00 Comment by AARON LEVY AALEVY18@YAHOO.COM As for State Senator Hendren’s statement “That Jew,” What is In the Heart is In the Mouth.  We know just where he stands and what he conveyed.  He should be ashamed of himself in the 21th Century. As for State Senator Hendren’s statement “That Jew,”
What is In the Heart is In the Mouth.  We know just where he stands and what he conveyed.  He should be ashamed of himself in the 21th Century.

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