The Paradoxes of Anti-Semitism
 By Dr. Tom Sunic

Jews happen to enjoy a privileged place in the Western world, with their entire past portrayed as a story of suffering at the hands of their non-Jewish enemy. There are tons of well documented books on the psychology of Judaism, which also examine the genesis of the concept of anti-Semitism and its multiple verbal distortions in daily political discourse. The word “anti-Semitism,” unlike words “anticommunism,” or “antifascism,” does not reflect political beliefs or critical views of the Jews. This term is exclusively used as a lexical label to depict a person’s grave mental illness. As a perceived medical or judicial illness, anti-Semitism must never be debated; an anti-Semitic patient must not be a partner in scholarly duels; his sick views must not be the subject of academic inquiry and counter-inquiry. As an element of medical pathology, anti-Semitism must only by treated by doctors, preferably by Jewish psychoanalysts, or legally, by a prosecutor in court.

The word “anti-Semite” will likely be studied one day as a telling example of distorted political discourse, i.e. as a signifier for somebody who advocates the reign of demonology. “Many world-known Jewish authors, haunted by the either real or surreal specter of anti-Semitism, consider it a sickness, which enables them to avoid any form of introspection.” 1 How does one dare critically talk about the predominance of the Jews in America without running the risk of social opprobrium, or, as in Europe, of landing into jail? While it is a common place for the vast number of white Euro- Americans to crack jokes in private about Arabs, Mexicans, Africans, or for that matter deride their fellow Gentile citizens, without looking over their shoulder, a critical comment about the strong influence of Jews in America, even when that comment is founded on empirical facts, is viewed as a grave insult to Jews.2 If a serious European and American scholar or a politician ventures into this forbidden field, his gesture is interpreted as a sign of an agent provocateur, or worse, as a sign of somebody who decided to write his obituary. Such a schizophrenic climate of self-censorship in the West will sooner or later lead to dramatic consequences for both Jews and Gentiles. The lack of healthy dialogue can last for a century or so, but feigned conviviality between Euro-American Gentiles and Jews cannot last forever and remained based on distorted perceptions of the Other and how this Other should behave. Mendacity carries the germ of a civil war. The entire Western history, particularly since World War II, has abundantly proven that distorted self-perceptions, as well as the romanticized perception of the “Other,” if based on negative wishful thinking, lead to war and chaos. Eventually, both Jews and Euro-American Gentiles will be pitted into an ugly clash from which there will be no escape this time. (more…)

The symbol used by the promoters of the Jena Six Myths. The fact is that the nooses put in the tree had absolutely nothing to do with Blacks and had absolutely no relation to the savage racial beating of White student Justin Barker by six blacks with criminal records.

Twelve Myths About the Jena 6
A Local Journalist Tells the Story You Haven’t Heard
OPINION By CRAIG FRANKLIN

JENA, La. By now, almost everyone in America has heard of Jena, La., because they’ve all heard the story of the “Jena 6.” White students hanging nooses barely punished, a schoolyard fight, excessive punishment for the six black attackers, racist local officials, public outrage and protests — the outside media made sure everyone knew the basics.

There’s just one problem: The media got most of the basics wrong. In fact, I have never before witnessed such a disgrace in professional journalism. Myths replaced facts, and journalists abdicated their solemn duty to investigate every claim because they were seduced by a powerfully appealing but false narrative of racial injustice.

I should know. I live in Jena. My wife has taught at Jena High School for many years. And most important, I am probably the only reporter who has covered these events from the very beginning.

The reason the Jena cases have been propelled into the world spotlight is two-fold: First, because local officials did not speak publicly early on about the true events of the past year, the media simply formed their stories based on one-side’s statements — the Jena 6. Second, the media were downright lazy in their efforts to find the truth. Often, they simply reported what they’d read on blogs, which expressed only one side of the issue.

The real story of Jena and the Jena 6 is quite different from what the national media presented. It’s time to set the record straight.

Myth 1: The Whites-Only Tree. There has never been a “whites-only” tree at Jena High School. Students of all races sat underneath this tree. When a student asked during an assembly at the start of school last year if anyone could sit under the tree, it evoked laughter from everyone present — blacks and whites. As reported by students in the assembly, the question was asked to make a joke and to drag out the assembly and avoid class. (more…)

EMERGENCY ALERT!

ENDA Vote On Thursday

By Rev. Ted Pike
Ted on the Radio

Matt Staver says that his capitol source predicts a House vote on the “Employment Non-Discrimination Act” HR. 2015 on Thursday, November 1. Staver’s source says ENDA will replace another bill at the last minute, giving little time for Republicans to prepare debate.

Call your House member Wednesday morning as soon as possible and insist that he or she not only vote against this workplace “hate crimes” bill, but that they and other Republicans speak against it on the floor of the House.

Yes, as with the hate bill, President Bush has promised to veto ENDA. But, with conference on the hate/arms bill still postponed, we are seeing how a veto may be thwarted, even though promised by the President. Bush may have to renege on his promised veto to allow passage of the arms bill, with hate bill attached, supplying the emergency needs of our troops.

Also, as with the hate bill, promise of a veto causes calls of protest to dry up. This gives ENDA supporters just what hate bill supporters wanted: a chance to pass ENDA uncontested in both the House and Senate. Result: Even if ENDA is vetoed by the President, it still attains prestige as legislation approved by both Houses of Congress. This empowers it to be easily passed in the new Congress in only 14 months.

Let’s be safe and defeat ENDA by referendum of the people, not by letting George W. do it! Call your House member toll free at 1-877-851-6437 or toll 1-202-224-3121. (more…)