{"id":43104,"date":"2020-07-13T01:00:23","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T05:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=43104"},"modified":"2020-07-12T09:10:49","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T13:10:49","slug":"qotd-anti-semitism-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/07\/13\/qotd-anti-semitism-2\/","title":{"rendered":"QotD: Anti-semitism"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-48672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/QotD-thumbnail-400x400-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>&#8230; if anti-semitism was &#8220;only about Jews&#8221; it would still matter. Jews matter not because they are Jews, but because they are human. No different qualification is required. That anyone thinks a better qualification than being a human is required to enjoy particular human rights is <em>precisely<\/em> what is wrong with our society today. Every time someone speaks of &#8220;Gay Rights&#8221; or &#8220;Women&#8217;s Rights&#8221; or &#8220;Black Rights&#8221; or &#8220;Muslim Rights&#8221; or uses the phrase &#8220;hate crimes&#8221; I am immediately on my guard. Such people are more than likely to be a threat to human rights in general.<\/p>\n<p>Damn it, how often does this need to be said before tribalists stop blathering? The whole point of the post-Enlightenment West is that <em>every<\/em> individual matters, regardless of who they are. Not just anti-semitism but tribalism in general is the virus that, as Rabbi Sacks says, keeps mutating. The only valid reason to regard an individual as better or worse is, as Dr King famously said (but as the Left seems to have forgotten) &#8220;the content of his character.&#8221; The only valid reason to treat an individual differently before the law is his or her conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Paine, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelastditch.org\/2018\/04\/what-is-it-about-the-jews.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;What Is It About The Jews?&#8221;, <em>The Last Ditch<\/em><\/a>, 2018-04-12.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; if anti-semitism was &#8220;only about Jews&#8221; it would still matter. Jews matter not because they are Jews, but because they are human. No different qualification is required. That anyone thinks a better qualification than being a human is required to enjoy particular human rights is precisely what is wrong with our society today. 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