"...what was the point of that smashing victory if you invite into your home massive numbers of people who loathe your very existence? And why did the ADL actively participate in this, and support it — even now??"
I need to look up the essays where people describe this pointedly and concisely, but the liberal Jewish establishment took the wrong lesson from the Shoah. We looked for the universal, humanist lessons and found a narrative that said allowing all "oppressed" or "huddled masses" into the USA was the preventative measure for future Holocausts.
Don't pull your punches, Diana. I'll stick with ya. You can ask my wife if you don't believe me.
"...what was the point of that smashing victory if you invite into your home massive numbers of people who loathe your very existence? And why did the ADL actively participate in this, and support it — even now??"
I need to look up the essays where people describe this pointedly and concisely, but the liberal Jewish establishment took the wrong lesson from the Shoah. We looked for the universal, humanist lessons and found a narrative that said allowing all "oppressed" or "huddled masses" into the USA was the preventative measure for future Holocausts.
Post them when you find them. I'll respond - but off the cuff, JFK's A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS is surely a part of this?
Doubtless! (Cue Protocols of the Elders of Killearney meme. /sarcasm)
I think he wrote it at the behest of the ADL.
Yeah, I know.....