actually I wasn't so much insinuating that someone who actually was Jewish would do the branding. I was more preparing everyone for the onslaught from mindless supporters of Israel who've conveniently attached themselves to flinging the label on anyone critical of that country.

I find it so absurd that a person of the Jewish faith requires this strong attachment to the land and society that is Israel considering most American Jews probably have never set foot on that soil.

When I was religiously Protestant back in the days, I found nothing holy about the birthplace of Martin Luther or gave any real significance to the European countries that my ancestors sprang from other than the normal wonder any tourist would have. I certainly felt no claim to the real estate. My mind just can't get around any rational person feeling there's anything sacred about some parcel of land just because some Earth-worshiping Pagans morphed into their particular brand of faith at that site and spouted a devotion to the ground.

If the attraction for many of the people of Jewish faith is that their lineage can be traced back to Israeli ancestors then they ought to hold the same devotion to Egyptians, Syrians, Iraqis, etc. that fed into that genealogical pool.

Every segment of society at some time in history has had their own version of the holocaust where their people were slaughtered because someone needed a scapegoat to advance their own power. It's amusing there isn't a word that signifies anti-Mayan or anti-Irish to the equivalence of anti-Semitic. It's one of the phrases today that tends in me to provoke exactly the opposite response that I'm sure is intended when it is directed at someone.

It's very similar these days to those that accuse people of Bush Derangement Syndrome where they somehow equate a dislike of the President for some form of bigotry. Now if they want to change the trait name to Idiot Derangement Syndrome, I'll gladly wear the label.

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