Virginia Republicans can't help themselves

Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:35 AM EDT

Jon Chait joked yesterday, "The Virginia gubernatorial ticket has
managed to offend blacks, gays, women, immigrants.... Somehow they have
neglected the Jews."

That neglect promptly ended an event yesterday for Virginia
gubernatorial hopeful Ken Cuccinelli (R).

As the Washington Post reported, the far-right state attorney general
was "forced to distance himself from a local Republican official who
spoke ahead of the candidate and told an anti-Semitic joke."

People brought yellow lawn chairs with the motto "Don't tread on
me," and at least one tricorner hat was visible in the crowd. John
Whitbeck, 10th Congressional District Republican Committee chairman,
raised eyebrows when he kicked off the festivities by telling a joke in
which the head of the Jewish religion presented the pope with a long,
elaborate document that the Jewish leader said was a bill for the last
supper.

The crowd laughed uproariously. But American Bridge 21st Century, a
liberal political action committee, tweeted about Whitbeck's
"anti-Semitic" opener and the state Democratic Party later circulated a
video of the joke.

Chait added, "It's a great piece of humor because it combines the
Jews-are-cheap angle with the Jews-killed-Jesus angle in one joke."


http://tinyurl.com/lqnueoe

One look at the Virginia Repugnants in here and nothing would surprise me.
They seem to thrive on "unsociable" behaviour.

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On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 10:21:01 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

Virginia Republicans can't help themselves

Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:35 AM EDT

Jon Chait joked yesterday, "The Virginia gubernatorial ticket has
managed to offend blacks, gays, women, immigrants.... Somehow they have
neglected the Jews."

That neglect promptly ended an event yesterday for Virginia
gubernatorial hopeful Ken Cuccinelli (R).

As the Washington Post reported, the far-right state attorney general
was "forced to distance himself from a local Republican official who
spoke ahead of the candidate and told an anti-Semitic joke."

People brought yellow lawn chairs with the motto "Don't tread on
me," and at least one tricorner hat was visible in the crowd. John
Whitbeck, 10th Congressional District Republican Committee chairman,
raised eyebrows when he kicked off the festivities by telling a joke in
which the head of the Jewish religion presented the pope with a long,
elaborate document that the Jewish leader said was a bill for the last
supper.

The crowd laughed uproariously. But American Bridge 21st Century, a
liberal political action committee, tweeted about Whitbeck's
"anti-Semitic" opener and the state Democratic Party later circulated a
video of the joke.

Chait added, "It's a great piece of humor because it combines the
Jews-are-cheap angle with the Jews-killed-Jesus angle in one joke."


http://tinyurl.com/lqnueoe

Since Jesus was a Jew I am not sure where the offense was. He was
probably pretty dark to, in spite of all of those European depictions
of the blonde white guy.

That would be the ALLEGED Jesus.

On 9/18/13 6:41 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 12:46:59 -0400, iBoaterer
wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 10:21:01 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

Virginia Republicans can't help themselves

Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:35 AM EDT

Jon Chait joked yesterday, "The Virginia gubernatorial ticket has
managed to offend blacks, gays, women, immigrants.... Somehow they have
neglected the Jews."

That neglect promptly ended an event yesterday for Virginia
gubernatorial hopeful Ken Cuccinelli (R).

As the Washington Post reported, the far-right state attorney general
was "forced to distance himself from a local Republican official who
spoke ahead of the candidate and told an anti-Semitic joke."

People brought yellow lawn chairs with the motto "Don't tread on
me," and at least one tricorner hat was visible in the crowd. John
Whitbeck, 10th Congressional District Republican Committee chairman,
raised eyebrows when he kicked off the festivities by telling a joke in
which the head of the Jewish religion presented the pope with a long,
elaborate document that the Jewish leader said was a bill for the last
supper.

The crowd laughed uproariously. But American Bridge 21st Century, a
liberal political action committee, tweeted about Whitbeck's
"anti-Semitic" opener and the state Democratic Party later circulated a
video of the joke.

Chait added, "It's a great piece of humor because it combines the
Jews-are-cheap angle with the Jews-killed-Jesus angle in one joke."


http://tinyurl.com/lqnueoe

Since Jesus was a Jew I am not sure where the offense was. He was
probably pretty dark to, in spite of all of those European depictions
of the blonde white guy.

That would be the ALLEGED Jesus.

So we can assume there is no slight at all in this story .... cool.



You mean, aside from the obvious slights?

On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 23:34:33 -0400, wrote:

Nobody ever explained to me why saying Jewish people were good
businessmen was a slur.

I bet the Jewish guys were laughing the hardest.

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It has become politically and culturally incorrect to make
generalizations about any group of people even if there is strong
statistical evidence to back up the assertion.

Of course as we have seen, there are exceptions to every rule.

On 9/19/13 9:07 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 23:34:33 -0400, wrote:

Nobody ever explained to me why saying Jewish people were good
businessmen was a slur.

I bet the Jewish guys were laughing the hardest.

===

It has become politically and culturally incorrect to make
generalizations about any group of people even if there is strong
statistical evidence to back up the assertion.

Of course as we have seen, there are exceptions to every rule.



So, Gregg, do you think "Jewish people" are good businesspeople because
there is something inherent in the Jewish religion that genetically
encodes them to be that way, even though religion is cultural?

My liberal arts education taught me that in many parts of Europe for
hundreds of years Jews for the most part were not allowed to own real
property or go into the learned professions because of rampant
anti-Semitism and, as a result, lots of Jews became shopkeepers and
various other kinds of businessmen and women and artists. In this
country, for the longest time, Jews were for the most part were not
allowed to into the professions or into the upper levels of blue chip
corporations or into country clubs or into many of the most prestigious
universities.

In the late 1940's, Laura Hobson wrote a novel that was made into a
movie starring Gregory Peck..."Gentleman's Agreement." It tells the
story of anti-Semitism in this country and how Jews were kept out of
many businesses and social organizations.

If you understood any of this, perhaps you might understand why your
characterization might be considered a slur, the same sort of slur that
says black people have "rhythm."

I remember a sociology class in college (one of those many liberal art
courses) in which a fellow student said that if Jews hated Christians
the way Christians hated Jews, Doctors Salk and Sabin would have figured
out a way to withhold their anti-polio vaccine from Gentiles. But, of
course, Salk and Sabin didn't do that. Good businessman that Salk was
(Jewish, you know), he didn't patent his vaccine.

Gotta love rec.boats.

On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 10:26:35 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

I remember a sociology class in college (one of those many liberal art
courses) in which a fellow student said that if Jews hated Christians
the way Christians hated Jews, Doctors Salk and Sabin would have figured
out a way to withhold their anti-polio vaccine from Gentiles. But, of
course, Salk and Sabin didn't do that. Good businessman that Salk was
(Jewish, you know), he didn't patent his vaccine.

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Saying that Christians hate Jews is just as much of a sterotype as
saying that all Jews are good business people, and just as offensive
if not more so.

On 9/19/2013 4:19 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 10:26:35 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 9/19/13 9:07 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 23:34:33 -0400, wrote:

Nobody ever explained to me why saying Jewish people were good
businessmen was a slur.

I bet the Jewish guys were laughing the hardest.

===

It has become politically and culturally incorrect to make
generalizations about any group of people even if there is strong
statistical evidence to back up the assertion.

Of course as we have seen, there are exceptions to every rule.



So, Gregg, do you think "Jewish people" are good businesspeople because
there is something inherent in the Jewish religion that genetically
encodes them to be that way, even though religion is cultural?

It is cultural.
Most of the cultural factors are positive
Education
Low alcohol and drug use
Responsibility
Family structure
Community networks
Tradition.

Yeah that is a horrible thing to point out.


....the structure of the Catholic Church and the laws governing banking
back in, well, I don't know how far it goes back.