Rabbi Aryeh Spero attended the Restoring America rally on 8/28/10. As he made his way to reserved seating, he was greeted with cheers and goodwill. He later wrote an article about his experience, along with observations on Progressive Americans. A longtime resident of New York, the Rabbi is well acquainted with the attitudes and bigotry of the Upper East and West Side:
It began with a feeling of being "smarter" than the average American—more educated and more "sophisticated." As their politics slanted more leftward, they imbibed a sense of moral superiority over the rest of us. As they grew wealthier and expanded their boundaries of pleasure-seeking, they undertook a culture war against those who could not countenance and give blessing to such behaviors, often hedonistic. After all, it was they who were entitled to look down upon others, but never to be judged by those same others
The Rabbi then describes how their sense of superiority has morphed into a self-loathing; that being an American is shameful:
Liberalism today has nothing to do with compassion, but is animated by a sneer and mockery of almost everything American. While they live in America, they belittle most Americans and despise, contemptuously, the values most Americans cherish and live by. Obama's liberalism, and those who support him, is post-Americanism, a transnationalism, one embarrassed by America, bordering on anti-Americanism.
We all have met the Liberal who once questioned about his ideals and motives, gets angry and yells, “Are you questioning my patriotism?” The answer to that is YES!! And the Rabbi seems to agree:
The divide today in America is no longer between white and black or Christian and Jew. The divide revolves around politics and patriotism. I, as with many of my peers, feel a greater kinship with patriotic, conservative Christians than a "citizen of the world," left-wing person of my own background.
To read the full Article: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=38803
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