Sunday, March 23, 2008

What's in a Name?

I've never understood why, every time some Christian RWNJ like Ann Coulter makes a stupid, anti-Semitic statement on national TV, the venerable Cross-Currents (no link, I don't like or support them...) bends over double backward to prove what was said was not REALLY anti-Semitic. Toby Katz has a long history of doing so, as does Yaakov Menken, both regular contributors to Cross-Currents.

Then, it came to me! Look at the name. CROSS-Currents! How does a (not only Jewish, but) Yeshivish online publication choose such an incredibly STUPID name for itself?! Of COURSE their going to defend the Christian RWNJs! Unfortunately, that seems to be what the Jewish RWNJs (Toby Katz, Yaakov Menken, and company) do best! They basically defend the CROSS and, by default, Christianity!! And they're not doing that, they defend the other, even more to the Right, Jewish RWNJs when those far Right RWNJs make stupid comments and remarks.

Sad. Very sad.

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