Reposting from a Tumblr argument about how “leftists” only accept nonreligious Jews.

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And I’m blocked now. Not surprising, I suppose.

Honestly, I don’t have nearly as much against Judaism as I do against some other religions. A lot of the things Jewish writers say seem to me like good things, or at least unobjectionable. I just don’t like the two-step between “it’s a religion” and “if you criticize it, you’re racist.” I could not care less who your mother was. It’s philosophy I argue about, not anything to do with “blood,” and I hate to see someone dodge out of the way so their philosophy can’t be criticized.

(There’s this one Jewish blogger I read sometimes who refers to Jesus as “Oily Josh” and openly hates him. I think every creed should be vulnerable to that level of criticism, and if you hate my saying that, I applaud you.)

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I don’t have a position on circumcision, but surely there are penis-owning people who have Jewish ancestors and aren’t circumcised. You could say it’s a matter of Jewish culture instead, but this is a culture hateblog. I grew up learning all the reasons American culture is morally bankrupt, and I refuse to believe there exists a culture less deserving of scorn.

Edit: a lot of this comes from my whole “if it’s good for fathers to beat their sons, then it’s good for sons to beat their fathers” thing. I don’t like the idea of putting any one group in a higher position than others. The ways in which I’m respectful at all are the ways in which I think everyone should be respected.