If the Palestinian Authority spent more time promoting the free market system and less time trying to kill people, then maybe the Arabs would have a better life.
Palestinian Leader: Romney’s Israel Comments Were 'Racist': Agree?
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2012/07/30 20:00:00
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ABCNEWS.GO.COM reports:
GDANSK, Poland – A top Palestinian aide accused Mitt Romney today of making a “racist statement” when comparing the economic vitality of the Israelis and the Palestinians, but the Romney campaign said his remarks were “grossly mischaracterized.” Romney’s statement, the Palestinian said, appeared to credit Israel’s higher income to cultural differences. “It is a racist statement and this man doesn’t realize that the Palestinian economy cannot reach its potential because there is an Israeli occupation,” Saeb Erekat, a senior aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, told the Associated Press. “It seems to me this man (Romney) lacks information, knowledge, vision and understanding of this region and its people.
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No, they weren't racist.
+23Since both Jews and Arabs are Semites, I don't see a racial component.
If the Palestinian Authority spent more time promoting the free market system and less time trying to kill people, then maybe the Arabs would have a better life.
Anti-Semitism: "The belief or behavior hostile toward Jews just because they are Jewish. It may take the form of religious teachings that proclaim the inferiority of Jews, for instance, or political efforts to isolate, oppress, or otherwise injure them. It may also include prejudiced or stereotyped views about Jews." http://www.adl.org/hate-patro...
Wikipedia: "Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is suspicion of, hatred toward, or discrimination against Jews for reasons connected to their Jewish heritage. In a 2005 U.S. governmental report, antisemitism is defined as "hatred toward Jews—individually and as a group—that can be attributed to the Jewish religion and/or ethnicity." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
By definition Romney's comments were racist. He basically said the Israeli culture is better than Palestinian culture and as a result Israel is better off. He neglects to realize a whole slew of variables that play into Israel having a higher GDP. For one, Palestinians have no power to control their own trade or borders since they live in occupied territory. duh. Race, ethnicity, and culture are sometimes used to describe the same things. Romney's team chose the word culture because race and ethnicity did not fit well. There is no mischaracterizing his words. Perhaps miscalculated but not mischaracterized.
Race is a genetic distinction, and refers to people with shared ancestry and shared genetic traits. You can't change your race; it's in your DNA. I could never become black or Asian no matter how much I might want to.
Common ancestry is not required to be a Jew. Many Jews worldwide share common ancestry, as shown by genetic research; however, you can be a Jew without sharing this common ancestry, for example, by converting. Thus, although I could never become black or Asian, blacks and Asians have become Jews
I would recommend you to doing your own objective & critical research. There are volumes of books on the subject. That will undoubtedly lead you to the truths you need in order to realize there are two sides to every story associated with the Israeli-Arab conflict, those of the Jews & those of the Palestinians & Arabs, & somewhere in between is the truth. Best wishes!!
Liberals think that we should all be "equal" & that "equality" is a "right" under the Constitution. That couldn't be further from the truth. As you noted, someone will always be dumber or smarter than another, more physically fit, less physically fit, have better vision, need glasses, more creative, less motivated, etc.
Jews TEND to be superior because the DO TEND to work harder, & as you noted they value education & self-reliance. They TEND to be very socially responsible (more so than most cultures or races), & they have traditionally, as a group, had to endure more racism, bigotry, hatred, persecution, and torture than most of us, deserved or not.
Pain, suffering & adversity changes each of us, for better or worse, but change it does. For most Jews, the change has been positive. They have traditionally risen above adversi...&&
Liberals think that we should all be "equal" & that "equality" is a "right" under the Constitution. That couldn't be further from the truth. As you noted, someone will always be dumber or smarter than another, more physically fit, less physically fit, have better vision, need glasses, more creative, less motivated, etc.
Jews TEND to be superior because the DO TEND to work harder, & as you noted they value education & self-reliance. They TEND to be very socially responsible (more so than most cultures or races), & they have traditionally, as a group, had to endure more racism, bigotry, hatred, persecution, and torture than most of us, deserved or not.
Pain, suffering & adversity changes each of us, for better or worse, but change it does. For most Jews, the change has been positive. They have traditionally risen above adversity when those around them fall apart and become victims, blaming others for their lot in life. These values and physical, emotional, mental & spiritual fortitude DO make that culture "better" than most, generally speaking. There is no other secular reason for the hatred, jealousy & bigotry that is directed toward Jews, particularly True Jews. When we ask anti-Semites why they hate Jews so, most cannot come up with a logical answer: they just do.
Look at Israel before the Jews became a state in 1948. Now, go back & look at Israel now. They took a barren, desolate & fairly abandoned land & turned it into an oasis, opened to all but Islamic terrorists. They even allow Palestinians & other Arabs live within their city's boundaries. They are traditionally bankers, lawyers, teachers, etc., requiring higher IQs. They have been to hell and back with holocausts & anti-Semitic hate speech & violence, & yet do not harbor hatred & vengeance. As a group, they have not played up the "victim" role, & have even thrived after their persecutions. They are a very charitable group of people, just like a majority of people of the USA.
That's a start. All you have to do is Google or (and this is profound, I know), actually live around some Jewish people and get to know them.