Hat tip American Greatness and Deb
I am cross-posting an article by Rabbi Aryeh Spero in American Greatness. I don't know anything about Rabbi Spero, but I think his article is quite thought-provoking.
https://amgreatness.com/2021/12/26/2022-new-years-resolution/
Fousesquawk comment: Some might find Rabbi Spero's words as a call to violence. I would not be so quick to assume that. My first reaction when I read it was that if it was a call to (unprovoked) violence ("fighting back" can have a lot of meanings), I would not agree with that.
Yet at the same time, I strongly believe in self-defense and standing one's ground. I was glad that George Zimmerman and Kyle Rittenhouse were acquitted of homicide. In the case of Jews (since the author is a rabbi), I ask myself why Jews being attacked on the streets of our cities should not physically fight back. I also ask myself why Jewish students on university campuses should not respond in kind if they are insulted, spat upon, pushed, or punched.
The fact of the matter is that we have a lot of thugs running around our streets and campuses. I shed no tears when an Antifa type picks the wrong person to attack or winds up on the wrong end of a cop's nightstick, which doesn't happen often enough.
Yes, we do need to "fight back", including physically when we are attacked physically. Yes, we need to take back our streets. That's what the cops are supposed to do for us though they are themselves handcuffed in many liberal-run cities. We need to elect the right kind of politicians who will fight for us.
But the more things get out of hand, the less chance we can make it right through peaceful, democratic means. The more radical the problem becomes, the more radical the solution becomes. It is a disgrace that our political leaders have let it get this far. The worse our society becomes, the more I believe in gun rights for self-defense.
One reason I write so much about Europe is because it is a cautionary tale. Many Europeans believe that Europe is already lost, or that only civil war in the streets can turn it around. Certainly its leaders-excepting the Eastern European countries- have no clue as to how to stop the cancer though the solution is obvious.
At any rate, Rabbi Spero gives us something to ponder for 2022.
The story of the Moriori, the peaceful people native to the Chatham Islands off the east coast of New Zealand, is another cautionary tale of interest to those tracking the current migrations into Europe. Are you familiar with it?
ReplyDeleteNo, I had never been aware of this. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteMy apologies for the delayed reply; it has taken me a while to find this article which I read five years ago and which will fill you in on the detail.
ReplyDeletehttps://gatesofvienna.net/2016/01/maoris-moors-and-migrants-a-history-lesson-for-civilized-humans-facing-an-ork-invasion/
Bracken advises the article be read in conjunction with this one. You will understand why.
https://gatesofvienna.net/2015/11/tet-take-two-islams-2016-european-offensive/
Note that New Zealand now has its own version of the 1619 project with revision of the country's early history ramping up and a new curriculum being implemented in the school system.