Tuesday, May 27, 2014

From free intellectual Inquiry to Indoctrination

There was a time at the start of the Jewish cultural conquest of North America that a handful of non-Jews began to question what the rabbis were doing, flooding the media as they did with material they said will help educate the public on Jewish sensitivities. A mini debate ensued among the rabbis and other prominent Jewish figures as to how far they can go trying to stifle the query of those who ask for details with regard to certain subjects before intervening and saying this is a line that must not be crossed.

Those who took the side of stifling the query were maximalists, and would not allow any question that might cast doubt on a subject such as the Holocaust, for example. They maintained that a query in this regard would constitute a denial of the Holocaust, and that's a line that must not be crossed. On the other hand, the more moderate side was saying it is better to let the “skeptics” air their concerns so that they may be responded to. This sort of questions must be addressed, they insisted, rather than let the individuals who voice them internalize them, having no escape valve to relieve the pressure.

The puzzling part is that the mini debate happened solely among Jews with no participation from the people they were talking about, which is the rest of the population. The object of the discussion being none other than the future development of the culture on this Continent, the maximalists scored a huge triumph when they managed to shut out the moderate side in no time at all. For a while, it seemed they were correct in predicting that nothing nefarious will happen as long as you educate everybody on how to toe the line, and swiftly move to punish the few who will refuse to come into the fold.

And then it happened that those who were safe because they taught at the university level and had tenure began to speak out. This is when Alan Dershowitz and his likes sprung into action trying to punish the professors, some of whom turned out to lack tenure and suffered for it. Still, the effort failed because, absent an escape valve, the concerns had built up enough pressure to blow up the container itself. It looks now that the North American movement of cultural liberation from the grip of the Jews is spreading to the middle and high schools. And guess what – it is the rabbis, once again, who are intervening to keep the concerns of the public bottled up with no escape valve that would allow for relief.

This is evident in the article written by Rabbi Reuven H. Taff under the title: “Turning Holocaust Denial Into Homework” and the subtitle: “Another dubious lesson in 'critical thinking': Pretend you're a Nazi, explain why Jews are evil.” It was published in the Wall Street Journal on May 27, 2014.

The rabbi tells what happened in New York and California that he did not like, and explains his thinking this way: “Critical thinking and formulating persuasive arguments are essential skills for children to develop. But these projects aren't appropriate for either goal.” The question that comes to mind right away is the following: Why is that? And he answers it. He says that because the educators are encouraging students to question a historical fact, and exploring the possibility that the Jews were the source of Germany's problems, they are fomenting antisemitism rather than help develop critical thinking or formulate persuasive arguments. He is, therefore, saying that there will be a side effect that will eclipse the original intent of the exercise.

He recognizes that every topic has two sides and, to explore it fully, both sides must be articulated by opposing debaters. He goes on to say, however, that to choose subjects such as those (sensitive to Jews) shows lack of common sense on the part of educational professionals. And so he lists 15 other topics ranging from the death penalty to money in politics, which he says have two sides, thus would lend themselves perfectly well for debate by the students. Why is that? Because “those issues can help students develop critical thinking and formulate persuasive arguments based on research and facts.” Hum!

And this is when even children of middle and high school age will question his judgment. They will ask first of all: What side effect will result from tackling each of the 15 topics he mentioned? Second, why single out the Jewish topics for exclusion from the debate at a time when the Jews are accusing everyone else of singling them out, and complaining bitterly about it? The children will process these questions among themselves, determine that those subjects must have an appeal as sexy as the nude photographs they are forbidden to look at, and will seek to find out more about them. And there will be another Dershowitz who will try to stop the trend, but will be run over like a skunk on a busy highway.

And while this is happening, Rabbi Reuven Taff and his scouts will find a kid – probably a nerdy looking one of Asian descent – whom they will brainwash, and put words in his mouth to regurgitate when asked to, whereby he will “insist that the school district apologize because of 'the idea they planted in kids' minds.'” But that's not all because the rabbi will also team up with grownups already under his wing, to create a Holocaust Educators Network that will seek to educate the educators by giving them “sensitivity training and guidance.”

And he believes – like those who preceded him long ago – that he can put the genie back into the bottle and go on making North America not the land of free intellectual inquiry but the land of Jewish indoctrination.

Poor Sisyphus. They thought he was run over by his own boulder long ago, but he is still alive and waiting for a sixteen wheeler to run him over.