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November 20, 2007
Remember The Warsaw Ghetto
I just got an e-mail from one of my friends at Jewcy repeating in full and providing the url for this article trashing Thanksgiving because of the destruction of the Native Americans. Let me quote a bit of this noxious screed. After years of being constantly annoyed and often angry about the historical denial built into Thanksgiving Day, I published an essay in November 2005 suggesting we replace the feasting with fasting and create a National Day of Atonement to acknowledge the genocide of indigenous people that is central to the creation of the United States.That is the first paragraph and you know where this is going. Let me get a little deeper in the muck and see if there is a particularly Jewish angle. Imagine that Germany won World War II and that a Nazi regime endured for some decades, eventually giving way to a more liberal state with a softer version of German-supremacist ideology. Imagine that a century later, Germans celebrated a holiday offering a whitewashed version of German/Jewish history that ignored that holocaust and the deep anti-Semitism of the culture. Imagine that the holiday provided a welcomed time for families and friends to gather and enjoy food and conversation. Imagine that businesses, schools and government offices closed on this day.The thing is - it was not some round up and mass slaughter of the Indians. There was fighting all the way. Initiated by both sides. It is why we used to like giving our sports teams Indian names. Fierce Warriors. Even famous American Generals. William T. Sherman. You can look up what the T stands for. Funny thing is when the Indians stopped making war the war stopped. Indians joined the American culture. They fought in our wars. They have even written operas. Surprisingly it was about the attempted extermination of the Jews by the Germans. In any case it looks like the Hate America Holiday Season is in full force. Columbus Day was just a start. Here is the gist of what I had to say on Columbus Day about the myth of the white man's genocide. You know "the evil white man destroyed the noble Indians and we therefor wish to atone for the sins of our ancestors" types. Have I got news for them.So let us bring this back to the Jews. Here was my response to the person who sent the e-mail. You know the Indians regularly fought each other for control of territory.And I might add that had more Jews done that we might have some sports teams (besides the Maccabees) named after us. Which brought up thoughts of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership which is always good. Then it seemed like a good idea to see if Bad Eagle had something to say on the subject. And yes he does. I want to see change in Indian country. I'm not talking about new cars, dental work, or even Nikes. I'm talking about attitude. I'm talking about our view of ourselves in American history, and especially in our modern day.I think that shows there is a big difference between the defeated like Bad Eagle and the demoralized. Note that term de-moralized. Without morals. So let me see if I can bring this back on topic. Bad Eagle refers to a piece by I. Ahron Katz. Which made me think of a lot of things in a new light. It started when I noticed that in the escape from Egypt, a strange thing happened. At least it seemed strange to me when I read it. Especially in the context of what I'd learned. When the Hebrews came to the Red Sea, they were confronted with a dangerous and seemingly overwhelming dilemma. The sea in front of them, and the Egyptian army coming up behind. What were they to do?It is not about might makes right, but right makes might. If you are willing to fight. So how about a rousing cheer this Thanksgiving for the Indian Warriors. The Comanche, The Arapaho, The Sioux, The Cheyenne. And their great war leaders like Geronimo and Tecumseh. And the white men who brought a better civilization by eliminating all the warring over property by providing a system of secure property rights (excepting for Kelo). Cross Posted at Power and Control posted by Simon on 11.20.07 at 11:40 PM
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Absolutely, Joshua. Remember that fool who wanted "a million Mogadishu's?" I calculated the body count for the "brown folks" on the other side: 400 million killed and a billion wounded. Talk about genocide! SDN · November 21, 2007 07:40 PM Post a comment
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The thing is - it was not some round up and mass slaughter of the Indians. There was fighting all the way. Initiated by both sides.
Remember that it's the Left we're talking about here, and as far as they're concerned the bottom line is always the body count on the non-white/Western/Christian side. (See also the Vietnam and Iraq wars.) By this metric, "round up and mass slaughter" vs. "fighting all the way" is a distinction without a difference.
(also cross-posted at Power and Control ;)