Discussion about this post

User's avatar
Daisy Moses Chief Crackpot's avatar

I'm'a gonna tell ya sumthin' that may surprise you Elsa, you were aware of the dangers of Islam way ahead of most of us... in fact, most joos (at least outside've Islam) to their peril, NEVER larned a THING 'bout Islam!

Growin' up, at temple & at home, we were taught the interfaith mantra that "all religions are good" and that all the Abrahamic faiths were "close" an' "like each other" an' that we should all love one another, period. That was a lie when it came to Islam. Were the chewish leaders complicit in a "cover up" of a dangerous cult or just IGNORANT? (My guess is the latter 'cept mebbe for the Orthodox who might have known better--of this I dunno...I have two good friends who are Orthodox--not ultra tho--an' BOTH seem to have grown up like me...fully unaware!) An' yet, t'day in 2025, many super-schmart decent people--joos too! includin' Naomi Wolf! (who often states this babble in SPITE of speakin' up for women all the time!)--grew up not knowin' that the goal of Islam is to eliminate her/us/anyone NOT Muslim. As yer short viddeyo shows, the lesson/message is fairly simply & clear... if yer not "with them" yer "against them" an' should be destroyed. Yipes! (An' all the variations more complex say the same.... an' YET folks don't know)

I'll bet'cha no skool in the WHOLE entire USA teaches that Islam is a cult.... that mosques are not houses of prayer or "faith" alone but political centers where weapons may be held, where plots kin be "cooked," where geehawd kin be planned.... yeesh!

I WONDER if folks knew about Islam if they'd hate Israel SO much? livin' right next to folks that really wanna murder you--is not understood by most of the whirled. Imagine yer a small family but yer livin' with yer inlaws & gran'parents so all yer generations are there....an' every so often a neighbor pops off one member of yer fambly not b/c you "did something" to them but cuz they hate you for "who you are." That's life in Israel dealin' with the geehawdists as I envision it. I say the whole fambly b/c most Israelis don't have a lotta kids but b/c the nation is so small--folks know each other...an' their relatives. FEW there were not affected by someone they knew personally who wuz murdered durin' 10/7. We don't have the "equivalent" here in the US that's fer sure. I would GUESS that the last time we did, on US soil, was durin' the civil war fer both N & S. From the outside, folks project onto the entire middle east not understandin' that Islam IS an existential threat to (not just) Israel. Many Christians are persecuted there too... An' sadly the threat is "acted upon"--they mean bizness.

I ONLY have come ta understand what Islam is really, post 10/7. Too few know even now! I now wonder if the literal whitewashin' of Islam fer tolerant, empathetic "liberal minded palettes" wuz the GOAL not just a matter of "good taste," general melting-pot mutual appreciation kinda stuff. My ma's in her late 80's now an' tho' she is ('er used ta be 'fore her jabs) aware that in Israel (at least) the "Arabs" are "none too fond of the Jews"--her knowledge stops THERE! (Oh, and she knows Arafat was no hero lol).

I grew up 'round quite a few Arab folks but none were Muslims--they were all Christians & Caledans--the latter bein' Catholic--so it never hit home. They were FINE with us joos... with everybuddy. Funny, it wuz white Catholics who caused me the most troubles in skool (for bein' jooish) EVEN tho' one'a my best friends was Catholic (most were ok 'round joos by the time I was little but I wuz aware that was NOT the case fer a long time due ta Ford, Father Coughlin & others).... so there ya go. Anywayz, I wasn't even told ta have Islam on mah radar...an' I'm NOT alone! This ain't even in the history books! I never knew about Mohammed the Prophet's 9 year old wife either NOR how they treated women...

Lookin' back, we were duped but I don't think it was innocent on the part of those well behind the scenes... yes, teachers, religious leaders (in interfaith good intentions) likely didn't know....but they were "useful idiots" an' we all "et it up." It's ugly stuff, hard ta reckon with--quite sumthin' that you knew so early Elsa... perhaps you can share how you yerself came by this knowledge--was it via Bill Warner? a good teacher? anywhoo grateful fer you coverin' this--surely you'll git sum pushback :-(

27 more comments...

No posts

Ready for more?