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Thread #80516   Message #1472931
Posted By: dianavan
28-Apr-05 - 12:25 AM
Thread Name: BS: More on left-wing Anti-Semitism
Subject: RE: BS: More on left-wing Anti-Semitism
Thanks Frankham for allowing people to understand that Martin isn't the only Jew around.

"I consider myself to be a secular humanist with Jewish roots. I adhere to the principles of "Haskala", the Enlightenment which frees from the restriction of organized orthodoxy in religion. I am therefore in discussion with those about religion in general, an atheist. I refuse to discuss openly my belief system with doctrinaire religious zealots. I am what's called a "Freethinker".

I think it's significant that many Left-wing intellectuals were culturally Jewish.
I would find it very difficult for someone of the Jewish tradition to claim that they were alone the spokesperson for all Jews. That would be tatamount to a kind of madness in my view."

I'm sorry to say, Martin despises Jews who actually think and would prefer that non-Jews accept the caricature that he presents.