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Tag Mehir, as you know I was very busy with the Israeli election that was just held. We became an issue and a target in the election and I had to defend myself and our movement.
Tag Mehir, you have really done a 180 degree turn. You were the one always attacking Charedim. We had a long argument about that on this forum. Now you have become their most zealous defender. Now you regard criticism of the Satmar to be "Nazi anti-Semitism".
First of all, what happened in this pedophile case was atrocious. Do Jew-haters exploit incidents like this? Sure. However, this is nothing compared to how Jew-haters exploit the behavior of left-wing, self-hating Jews in Hollywood, the news media and politics in order to incite anti-Semitism. Should we avoid criticizing self-hating Jewish actors, journalists and politicians because it may lead to anti-Semitism? In my opinion, the answer is no because I think the self-hating Jews do far more harm to us than the anti-Semites.
I know that you can't stand when "Waiting for the Mother Plane to Come" (WFTMPTC) attacks self-hating or evil Jews. You feel that he is using their behavior as an excuse to express latent anti-Semitism. I know WFTMPTC for quite a few years now and I know that you are wrong. WFTMPTC sincerely supports Israel and the Jewish people far more than most Jews. True, he does have a tendency to engage in rhetorical hyperbole when he attacks but he does that with everyone, not only self-hating Jews. Referring to the Satmar as a murderous Nazi cult can create the impression that we hate all Satmar Chassidim, which we do not and should not. I would again urge WFTMPTC to cool his overheated rhetoric.
You say that WFTMPTC has never met and is unfamiliar with the Satmar. Probably true. But I know the Satmar very well for many years. Many of them are seething with vicious hatred for any Jew who supports an independent Jewish state. Have you ever studied what they say and believe? The Satmar Rebbe taught them that Satan created the state of Israel and that the Jewish state must be destroyed. The Satmar teach that Amalek in our generation are the Zionist Jews - meaning any Jew who believes in an independent Jewish nation. I hate to disappoint you, but I believe that this is a sick philosophy. For "religious" Jews to ascribe G-d's miraculous return of His people to the Holy Land as the actions of Satan is the ultimate Chillul Hashem (desecration of G-d's name).
Now you want to leave the forum. Obviously, you are free to leave whenever you wish. But I'm sorry to see you go. I like you and respect you, and I think our other members do as well even though we sometimes argue as is to be expected on an open forum. If you want to stay, you are always welcome here. If you want to go, we honestly wish you the best. I know you are a good Jew. G-d bless you.