New York Times Readers Annoyed at Number of Jewish Writers
I enjoyed reading this New York Times Motherlode blog post by a Jewish writer describing her experience letting go of a superstition against baby showers, until I got to the comments. Midway through them, I found myself wondering when someone would make an explicit pejorative reference to the “Jew York Times.” It may as well have been there, given the umbrage a handful of readers took at what they characterized as an over-representation of Jewish voices and concerns in the popular parenting blog.
A commenter named Sharon thusly kicked off the fracas: “The topics presented in this blog seem to always have some sort of direct or indirect Jewish tie-in… this one, Zachary’s shiva, the acne lady mentioning that her secular school friends left her alone but the Hewbrew [sic] school kids were merciless, the over-priviledged [sic] pre-school couple was Jewish.”
I’ll be generous and give Sharon the benefit of the doubt that she did not mean to offend. I have, in the past, been accused of naivete.
But my optimism quickly waned when I examined the sentiments of other commenters, who glommed on acrimoniously to Sharon’s observation. “This blog is overly Jewish and it’s obvious,” wrote DH. “Blacks comprise over 12% of the population, compared with the measly 3% of Jews, and yet you don’t see guest posts by or about Black parents on here very often at all. Hispanics, even Asians comprise a larger percentage of the population than Jews do, yet they don’t get much of a voice either.”
more: http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/164403/new-york-times-readers-annoyed-at-number-of-jewish-writers
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Oh the irony...the first three comments to this article:
http://mondoweiss.net/2014/02/jerusalem-occupied-israel.html
(and my personal favorite, keep in mind this is a Jewish website)
Zionists strictly control Western, US media: Scott Rickard http://www.presstv.com/detail/2013/02/20/289998/zionists-control-western-us-media/
= new reply since forum marked as read
I'd guess the outrage is primarily a result of the "christian" majority voicing their disgust with anyone not just like them. Intolerance from this crowd is louder than it's been in many years lately. They don't keep it at the sunday after-church dinner table any more.
With that said, the only arguments I've seen are by "leftists" or libruls who reject any and all religions and their insistence on telling people how to live, with the promise of punishment if they don't follow the letter of the "law."
If you follow a religion, follow it completely or cherry-pick, who cares. But just because you follow a religion, don't try to force the rest of us to live under it.
(Aside: I've never seen Jewish people trying to make others convert. It may happen, but I doubt it. With the obvious exception of "Jews for Jesus."
