The Jews Will Replace Us
It wasn’t long ago that the mentally ill marched in Charlottesville, Virginia in opposition to the idea of freedom. The Nazi-like torch light parade was not condemned by then President Trump. The obvious anti-Semitic chants were not condemned.
“The Jews will not replace us”. These young thugs, according to Trump, had some “good people” in there, somewhere. Perhaps he was right. There may have been FBI undercover agents.
Former Vice President Biden was outraged. Disturbed. Sickened. It was this moment, according to Biden, that he decided to come out of retirement and run for president. To represent decency, not hatred. To counteract the growing nastiness that is Trumpism. Against the collective wisdom of the political experts he did just that. And won.
Last week the governor of Louisiana signed a bill that mandates posting of the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms. I am not sure which version they identified as the “official” Ten commandments, but all versions have pretty much the same prohibitions.
“The Jews will not replace us”.
Don’t steal. Don’t commit adultery. Don’t covet thy neighbor’s junk. Don’t covet thy neighbor’s wife. (I guess a woman can covet her neighbor’s husband). Honor dad and mom , if you want the car keys on the Sabbath. And the rest of it.
“The Jews will not replace us”.
The supposed reason for posting the Ten Commandments is that the USA, at least south of the Mason-Dixon Line, is a Christian nation. The Christians who kept slaves. Who drove the Native Americans from their land. Who fought to destroy the Union. Those Christians.
“The Jews will not replace us.”
A bit of history. The Ten Commandments, of course, are not Christian. Yahweh, pissed off that the Jews were behaving like savages, decided these people needed some rules. So, he had Moses climb a hill, laid down the law, and sent him back. While Moses was gone the Jews had made a statue of a golden ass (why do I think of Mr Trump) to worship.
Worshiping a statue was a lot safer than worshiping an invisible god. Still, Moses broke the Ten Commandments in anger and had to climb back up the hill for a replacement set of stones. No Xerox in those days. Those Ten Commandments were meant for the “Chosen People”. That would be Jews. Not Buddhists. Not Christians. Not Muslims. Not Republicans. For Jews. And only for the Jews.
“The Jews will not replace us.”
Fast forward a few thousand years. We have Christians in Louisiana, with other states poised to join in, who are placing the Jewish laws in our schools. Spreading fundamental Judaism to young minds. Demanding that Judaic principles be taught to our children.
The same people who are adamant that the “Jews will not replace us” have demanded that.. Uh.. the Jews replace us.
Of course, real Christians would not demand that Jewish law be posted in our schools. They would want the Beatitudes. Blessed are the poor. Blessed are the meek. Blessed are the merciful. Blessed are the clean of heart.
Real Christians might want the concepts of love, forgiveness and tolerance to be taught. They might want little Christian children to be taught to love your enemy, be a good Samaritan and keep the money changers out of the temple.
Instead, these “Christians” chanting about replacement , unwittingly have already been replaced. By fundamentalist Jews. Worshipers of Yahweh, not Christ. By the old laws of retribution and negativity. Laws that even modern Jews , for the most part, no longer cling to.
To the young Nazis chanting and marching for hatred in Charlottesville. You have already been replaced.
The Old Liberal 
Your point is well-taken, Joseph. I appreciate the revisit.
As for the Supreme Court radicals who may rule on this case, the version of the Ten Commandments used in Louisiana is Protestant. I’m wondering if that will offend the Catholic SCOTUS radicals. ( ie: separation/schneperation; these are not MY ten.)
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If the Court would ever rule that states may require religious material to be posted in public school classrooms, it’s incredible they would try to define exactly what religious material is or isn’t permitted. They may have learned a lesson from Redrup, which once required the Justices to decide free speech cases on the basis of community standards.
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I don’t know what to make of this post, Joseph. Of course, the hypocrisy you’re addressing knows no bounds. Many have pointed out, since the governor said he’s delighted to be sued, that the goal is to get this case to the radical majority on the Supreme Court. Despite it’s being an easy case in terms of precedence, the “P” word is not one that these InJustices find of particular import, so who knows what they’ll do?
But if your intent was to shock and generate discomfort, you succeeded as far as I’m concerned. Though I’m all for satire and irony, in view of the dramatic increase in antisemitic violence in today’s America, I found the repetition of that ominous phrase pretty damn scary. It evokes the image of Charlottesville vividly, and I can’t help thinking about the more recent reports in Brooklyn, NY, when pro-Palestinian activists on a subway train called out for “any Zionists” to raise their hands. That was followed by red paint thrown at the homes of Brooklyn Museum officials who were Jewish.
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Your comment encouraged me to think. Doesn’t happen often.
Fundamentalist Jews, Christians, Muslims, etc. are all cut from the same cloth. Interchangeable. Authoritarian. Violent. Uncompromising. With direct access to God. This point was not made clear enough in my blog.
“The Jews will not replace us” is more a demonstration of the profound ignorance of the Christian fundamentalists about the positive principles of their own religion. The fact that they are rejecting the teachings of Jesus and following the teachings of the very people they hate. Also applies to Jews, Muslims and others.
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It’s also Christian white nationalism and anti democracy
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It isn’t about the Ten Commandments; it’s a blatant attempt to shatter the norm for separation of church and state. Government of, by, and for the people mustn’t discriminate on the basis of religion or “prohibit the free exercise thereof.”
Things posted in classrooms aren’t much noticed by students; they might as well post the Hebrew version. I believe the UN Declaration of Human Rights is required to be posted, but I haven’t seen it for as long as I can remember.
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I just wonder what the back in the bayou 2nd grade teacher will say when a little tyke asks “what is adultery?”.
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