[PAA-Discuss] fwd: Enough with the Jewish Conspiracy Theories

[Ron and Kris Graham]

I really don't give a shit what this guy has to say. The Israeli government
tells the U.S. government what to do with regard to foreign policy in the
Middle East. Zionist Jews want a Zionist Israel. They don't give a shit
whether every single Palestinian in the occupied territories gets killed.
Israel wants to change the face of the Middle East. The United States
government wants to change the face of the Middle East. I don't know whether
or not members of the U.S. government had anything to do with 9-11 or not. I
don't know whether the Israeli Mossad had anything to do with 9-11. I do
know that members of both governments have used 9-11 as the catalyst for the
illegal and immoral invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq and the
illegal and immoral imprisonment, torture and killing of innocent Iraqis.

 

Organized religion of any shape, form or fashion is a bane on society. It is
the biggest perpetuator of torture, killing and subjugation of anything on
earth. Organized religion is bullshit. It's mind control of the first order.

 

Why don't sane Jews in the United States rise up and protest what is going
on in the occupied territories?! I don't think anybody on this list thinks
all Jews are bad just as they don't think all Arabs are bad or all African
Americans are bad or all Caucasians are bad or all Christians or Muslims or
Buddhists or Atheists are bad etc etc etc. What is bad is the subjugation of
and the illegal imprisoning of and the killing of Palestinians in Gaza, the
West Bank and the Golan Heights and anywhere else in so called Israel where
a Palestinian happens to be.

 

I'm sure there are racists in the United States and elsewhere who hate Jews.
Guess what? There are also racists who hate whites, blacks, Mexicans,
Chinese, homosexuals etc. This pastor can call it racist if he wants to.
That's his prerogative. Some of us on this list KNOW that a foreign
government (Israel) dictates to the U.S. government what our foreign policy
should be or at the very least, influences the hell out of members of U.S.
government.

 

You don't think there is anything wrong with what the Israeli government is
doing to the indigenous Palestinian people?! Do you think those of us on
this list that are angry about the injustice going on in Palestine are anti
Semites?! What the Israeli government is doing to the Palestinian people is
almost as bad as what Hitler did to the Jews. Two wrongs don't make a right.
I'm sick and goddamned tired of not being able to discuss the crimes being
perpetrated by the Israeli government without somebody jumping up and
hollering anti Semite or racist! 

 

I agree we have plenty of our own issues in the United States to worry about
without sticking our long nose into other countries' business, but our
sociopath in chief seems to have other plans, and he has a spineless
Congress to back him up. No congress member wants to piss off AIPAC and
watch the money train come to a screeching halt. Until members of the U.S.
government tell Israel to FUCK OFF and stop supplying the Israeli military
with weapons and tons of money, you won't see any significant change in U.S.
foreign policy in the Middle East.

 

Kris

 


Subject: [PAA-Discuss] fwd: Enough with the Jewish Conspiracy Theories

 

I'm all for pulling out of Iraq.   I'm all for pulling out of war in
general.   All war:  everywhere.   We have enough problems to fix in our own
backyard:   Trampling our Constitution - even the right of Habeas Corpus,
criminal spying by our own government on us as Americans, an ever increasing
police state here at home in the USA, etc.  just to name a few.

 

But I have been vaguely uneasy about the anti-Israel sentiment that appears
to be fomenting among some of us.  The pastor and author of this article
<http://www.lewrockwell.com/barnwell/barnwell68.html>
http://www.lewrockwell.com/barnwell/barnwell68.html   calls it what it is:
racism.   And yet another conspiracy theory, at that.

 

Aleithia

 

 


Enough With the Jewish Conspiracy Theories


by Bill Barnwell <mailto:Wbarnwell1 at gmail.com> 
by Bill Barnwell 

Every so often, I have the privilege of being bombarded with emails from
people who believe that Jews are responsible for everything from 9/11 to
slow restaurant service. In the strange little world of these guys, Jews are
to blame for every evil under the sun. Also if you don't have the "courage"
to admit it, then you are a "coward," "fool," "Jew-lover," or worse. Well
count me among the dissenters who believe that this group is full of it.

Yes, that's right. I'm a fool for not believing that 9/11 was a staged event
planned by the U.S. and Israel. I'm also a fool for not believing that these
characters are heroic truth seekers for buying into all sorts of paranoid
delusional nonsense with no real evidence to back it up. I hardly see how
such people are either heroic or a help in the cause for liberty. 

Let's take 9/11 and events that followed for an example. There is a
difference in saying that the U.S. government spun the aftermath of 9/11 to
win public support for its war on Iraq and that the government caused 9/11
just so it could attack various Middle Eastern countries to do Israel's
bidding. There is a difference between saying Israel was happy about, or
supported our invasion of Iraq, and saying that Israel forced or caused
these events to happen through their omnipotent influence. The problem with
conspiracy theorists of all stripes, especially from the racist branch, is
that they wildly blow things out of proportion and read events into the past
and present without much support for their positions. There's no nuance of
thought. It's always the worst-case scenario and "the Jews" are always cast
in the worst possible light.

This most recent wave of attacks from those who believe that Jews are hiding
under their beds each night came as a result from my most recent column on
the Bush/McCain <http://www.lewrockwell.com/barnwell/barnwell67.html>
policy of escalation in Iraq. This particular column didn't attract a ton of
attention until one particular nutty talk show host - who believes in
paranormal activity and takes seriously every conspiracy theory involving
Jews - linked to the piece on his site. As a result, I received many emails
from his readers informing me that the real problem wasn't Bush or McCain.
The real problem is - you got it - the Jews!

I've noticed that people who suffer from paranoid hatred of any particular
racial or ethnic group are able to work their targets into any conversation
and blame them for any problem. If you were to actually read the above-cited
column, it had nothing to do with Jews or Israel. But these people sincerely
believe, however, that when you get down to it, the root of the problem is
really the Jews. That's whether we are talking about an Iraq escalation or
anything else they don't like. While this group claims to be lovers of
liberty and further claims to oppose the War Party, I have a feeling that
they would have no problem with the idea of waging war on Israel and/or
imposing anti-freedom measures upon Jews in America and around the world. 

The problem with plenty of such racists (and yes, the term "racist" - while
one of the most misused and overused words in political and cultural debate
- perfectly fits this crowd) is that they are only selective in their views
of liberty and freedom. Because they are sincerely convinced that "the Jews"
really do "cause all the wars in the world" (my email box indicates that the
drunken Mel Gibson is not the only person who believes this) many of them
feel justified in urging the most anti-freedom attitudes and beliefs towards
Israel and Jewish folks. These guys rightfully deplore racist statements
towards whites, Arabs, and others, but they have no problem changing their
tune when it comes to Jews. As such, it makes little sense for libertarians
to take these people seriously.

Another problem is that some of the wilder conspiracy theories, particularly
those that are obsessed with Jews, is that they completely dumb down the
wider debate. Conspiracy theorists on a whole are not real keen on nuance.
They can't distinguish between "the government might not be telling us
everything about 9/11" and "the government caused 9/11." For those who are
obsessed with Jews, they would qualify that last statement with "the
government caused 9/11 by colluding with Jews and their Zionist supporters."
Or better yet, "Jews caused 9/11." For the conspiracy crowd, if there are
some inconsistencies they immediately jump to the worst and most wild
conclusions, regardless of whether or not the evidence supports their cause.

Now I know my audience, and I know that last sentence has just ticked off a
lot of people who might be reading this. You're now going to be tempted to
fire off an angry email denouncing my ignorance of the government's almighty
strength and/or the all-powerful influence of the Jews. You're going to send
me links to websites proving "the truth" about 9/11 or links showing "the
truth" about "the Zionist agenda." Well, I'll do you guys a favor. I call on
every LRC reader who is actually interested to do a web search and read the
garbage out there "proving" the government blew up the Pentagon and/or that
Jews have their hands in everything. Then make up your own minds. If you
were able to recognize the reference to the paranormal talk show host who
blames most things on Israel, go read his stuff too. Then you can decide for
yourself if the whole rest of the world has it wrong and some guy who
believes in space aliens and his gullible followers has it right.

There is, of course, an opposite end to this silliness. Plenty believe that
one cannot legitimately critique the Israeli government in any way, shape,
or form, without being "anti-Semitic." Millions of Christians support a
variant of "Christian Zionism" (a term they themselves use) because they
believe that the "end-times" will focus around the modern nation of Israel.
They further believe in tearing down the Al-Aqsa mosque at the Temple Mount
and rebuilding an Old Testament style Jewish temple for renewed Mosaic
sacrifices. Thus, many in the dispensational crowd of Christianity condemn
Arabs outright and believe that Israelis can do little wrong. These points
of view are dangerous in many respects, but at the very least these types of
folks are infinitely more pleasant than those who sincerely believe that
Jews are the root of all evil. 

Unfortunately, I have to hear it from both sides. As an Arab, I constantly
have to listen to bizarre claptrap from some family members about how bad
the Jews are. As I writer, I hear it all the time from the conspiracy crowd.
In such cases, I am proud to defend the Jewish people against these kinds of
nutty attacks. However, as a Christian, I am always hearing from fellow
Christians how I don't support Israel enough. I also hear from this group
that I don't really know or believe the Bible since I do not teach or adhere
to the
<http://billbarnwell.blogspot.com/2006/12/leaving-behind-doctrine-of-pre.htm
l>  very bad theology of pretribulationalism and dispensationalism.

Are we really that simple of thinkers? Is the choice really between being a
politically correct (and/or dispensational) cheerleader of modern Israel or
the even worse choice of being a conspiracy theory believing nut who blames
Jews for all problems in the world? 

As for the second group of Jew-haters, I really don't want much to do with
them. Taking them or their baseless ideas seriously does absolutely nothing
for the cause of freedom. In fact, it detracts from it. I also have no
problem with this group wanting nothing more to do with me. I highly welcome
such an outcome. As for the rest of you, go ahead and read their stuff if
you want, use your brain, and ask yourself who really has a hold on truth
and reality.

Man, those mind controls from the Jews really must have their hold on me.
Yeah.right.

January 6, 2007

Bill Barnwell [send <mailto:Wbarnwell1 at gmail.com>  him mail] is a pastor and
writer from Michigan. He holds both a Master of Ministry degree and a Master
of Arts in Theological Studies degree from Bethel College in Mishawaka,
Indiana. Visit his blog <http://www.billbarnwell.blogspot.com/> .

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