Reply #29: Completely Agree

[vixannewigg]

"What I did learn as a kid was that being a Jew means standing on the side of the oppressed and against the tyrants no matter who they are -- that if Jews do not stand with the most despised and excluded, there will be nobody to stand with the Jews when their need arises. That was the real reason American Jews were so active in the civil rights movement. It was the absolute bedrock principle of the thoroughly secular Judaism I received as my heritage, and the degree to which it has been trashed probably freaks me out even worse than the collapse of American democracy."

I don't know that this has been trashed. I feel this very strongly. I think most of the Jews I know feel this way, which is why they are generally so liberal.