The murder of one or two or 10 Jews may not elicit outrage because many people view Jews as a monolithic entity, like the Borg. It’s dehumanizing, dangerous — and seeping into mainstream society.
Just over 400,000 Americans died in World War Two but almost no one fixates on that number. You’ll rarely see or hear it cited. I never did until well into middle age. But “Six Million Jews” is burned into our awareness. Every living Jew is viewed in some sense as part of the global remnant of a crime too big to get one’s mind around. The film footage is everywhere, replayed endlessly. I see the same images in one documentary after another, almost as if played on a continuous loop. In this surfeit of sympathetic numerical remembrance lies a danger: numbness.
This is so true and such a huge topic. I have written (and will again) about how Western civilization engages in a sort of unintentional (even understandable) Holocaust denial simply because we cannot, individually or collectively, assimilate its reality.
Maybe what's good for the goose is good for the gander and everyone is now free to use terms like "the class of Afghanistan immigrants who are raping European women..."
Another curious statistic: the global population of jewish people is 0.2% of the population of the planet. 7.2 million jewish people live in Israel. 6.3 million live in the US.
Driving in Long Beach today, on Ocean Boulevard, the main thoroughfare through downtown, I saw a car with two large Palestinian flags hanging out of the back windows. That is not what caught my eye. It was the car. Mercedes E class. By the way, 6,000,000 jewish people murdered...in the middle of the 20th century...that would be the same as TODAY killing the entire populations of: Ireland, Norway, Finland, New Zealand, Singapore, Slovakia, Panama, Puerto Rico (TWICE), Kuwait (1.5 times over), Oman (1.5 times) Bosnia Herzegovina (TWICE). 31 US states have fewer than 6,000,000 people. I wonder how people would think about this if they were told "the entire population of Colorado was murdered...wiped out...gone...dead...Every. Last. Person."
JFC
What kind of Question was that? Classifying Jews. Is this World beyond redemption.
Just over 400,000 Americans died in World War Two but almost no one fixates on that number. You’ll rarely see or hear it cited. I never did until well into middle age. But “Six Million Jews” is burned into our awareness. Every living Jew is viewed in some sense as part of the global remnant of a crime too big to get one’s mind around. The film footage is everywhere, replayed endlessly. I see the same images in one documentary after another, almost as if played on a continuous loop. In this surfeit of sympathetic numerical remembrance lies a danger: numbness.
This is so true and such a huge topic. I have written (and will again) about how Western civilization engages in a sort of unintentional (even understandable) Holocaust denial simply because we cannot, individually or collectively, assimilate its reality.
"Class" is such a weasel word.
Maybe what's good for the goose is good for the gander and everyone is now free to use terms like "the class of Afghanistan immigrants who are raping European women..."
Futile
Another curious statistic: the global population of jewish people is 0.2% of the population of the planet. 7.2 million jewish people live in Israel. 6.3 million live in the US.
Driving in Long Beach today, on Ocean Boulevard, the main thoroughfare through downtown, I saw a car with two large Palestinian flags hanging out of the back windows. That is not what caught my eye. It was the car. Mercedes E class. By the way, 6,000,000 jewish people murdered...in the middle of the 20th century...that would be the same as TODAY killing the entire populations of: Ireland, Norway, Finland, New Zealand, Singapore, Slovakia, Panama, Puerto Rico (TWICE), Kuwait (1.5 times over), Oman (1.5 times) Bosnia Herzegovina (TWICE). 31 US states have fewer than 6,000,000 people. I wonder how people would think about this if they were told "the entire population of Colorado was murdered...wiped out...gone...dead...Every. Last. Person."