General Discussion

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I just had lunch a few weeks ago with another member of the tribe. Parents were camp survivors and lot of extended family were victims. He’s a hard core Republican.

From the outside, it’s incomprehensible how he can go there. But from the inside, it makes perfect sense to him because he doesn’t define himself as a survivor descendent.

IMHO, the differentiating vector is a liberal vs authoritarian mindset…and while that mindset may skew one way or another based on shared experiences, to think ALL Black or Jewish voters should be Dems is overlaying a stereotype on us. It’s like saying all Jews should like matzo balls and kugel. Many do but not all…it doesn’t make them wrong…just different. We’re not just this big group that does anything (even vote) as a singular block.

I think it’s a valid question but the answer is, again in my humble opinion, there’s is a huge diversity within cultural, ethnic, and racial groups that is often unseen by those outside of those groups.

good question. Look forward to the discussion on this one.

PS. The whole Jewish Nazi thing…probably not a good look. There was certainly a whole range of response to the rise of nazism and many Jews were doing, in real time, what they thought was necessary to navigate the world changing around them. That included joining the nazi party, maybe even over the objections of family and friends, to keep their businesses, homes, travel acces, etc. (temporarily)

We can look at it with the benefit of hindsight but, in the moment, many lacked the imagination to see the train, camps and ovens in the future.