Also like most Americans, I was fed only mainstream media while growing up. I was, for all intents and purposes, told that the people in Israel were all victims and that Arabs and Muslims were mostly terrorists. It was also made clear that one should never criticize Jews or Israel "because of the holocaust", that they have "suffered the most", and that it was somehow "racist" to criticize either.
Etcetera, etc., etc.
If they (jews/israelis) didn't trust us (non-jews, or "gentiles") or if they feared us, it was never their fault; it was because of history, and we should show them that we can be trusted. That somehow the onus was on us to "be accepting" (even thought none of us had every harmed them; in fact, for decades we had gone out of our way to show them that none of us were anti-semitic).
After reaching adulthood, I started getting curious about history, especially middle eastern history. I wanted to know why jews and arabs/muslims hated each other. I had no agenda; I was sincerely curious. So I purchased a book which I thought looked unbiased (because there were quite a few that didn't). I truly wanted to hear both sides of the story, and then make up my mind and formulate an educated opinion about the region.
Needless to say I was surprised to find out that it wasn't as simple as "good versus evil". While I did not become critical of Israel (yet), I began to question all of the (mis)information that had been fed to me growing up. It seems there was a lot of contextual backstory that the media routinely omitted (and still does). It then became apparent that this was done because this information does not support the narrative of good versus evil, and it complicates the 'cut and dried' approach that news editors favor (after all, they know that most viewers and readers don't want to get bogged down with too many details or background). Many viewers and readers don't like moral ambiguity either.
Not to mention that even suggesting that perhaps the other side has a point, would cause one to be labeled a nazi, anti-semite, a terrorist sympathizer, or "anti-american". Those are career-killers.
It wasn't until I finally went online and started reading as much information as I could that I realized the Palestinians had gotten a raw deal from England and the Zionists. Raw deal is an understatement. I learned that their land was practically stolen from them. I learned how vicious the zionists could be with anyone who didn't agree with them (particularly the Irgun and Lehi, two paramilitary (terrorist) zionist organizations active during world war II), regardless if you were muslim or european (and even if you were jewish).
Then, out of pure academic curiosity, I looked up "what do Jews believe?" on the internet. I wanted to know how christian beliefs and jewish beliefs were similar and how they differed. This was probably the most shocking discovery. It wasn't so much the religious rules (I knew about those already), but rather the way jewish people view non-jews (I dislike using the word "gentiles", as that seems to have a pejorative connotation now).
It became clear to me that Jews HATE non-jews. There was one website in particular that used all manner of false-logic acrobatics to argue that religious messianic jews are not real jews, but that secular jews are still real jews. The anti-christian tone, while not explicitly stated, was clear.
I kept finding information on other websites (jewish websites, not anti-semitic ones like so called "christian-identity" sites, because I wanted reliable information). The Talmud, I discovered, was full of xenophobia and anti-gentile racism. At least one apologist commenter claimed that the word "cuthean" could also mean a jew who did not follow judaic law, but that of course is nonsense. It is abundantly clear that cuthean is meant to refer to non-jews.
To them, we are not men (human); hence the biblical verse stating that one should not make slaves of their fellow man does not really apply to us. We are lower than dogs. We can be swindled. Our lives are worth less than that of a jew. Raping and enslaving us is acceptable (I sometimes wonder if that is where mohammed got his crazy ideas with regards to treatment of non-muslims).
At first came disbelief. I didn't want to believe these people could think so lowly of us, considering that we have made long strides in equality, and that non-jewish society has bent over backwards to show jews how we don't hate them for being jews.
After disbelief came hurt. I don't mean to sound dramatic, but I was actually very deeply hurt. All my life I have respected other people's beliefs, and I never thought about pushing my beliefs on others (especially jews, since I thought they believed many of the things we did).
After hurt came anger. I was angry that me and billions of people around the globe (asians, africans, latin americans, etc) were lumped in with a minority of europeans who had done bad things to jews in the past. Most people in the world probably never knew what a jew was (let alone met one) before 1945.
And yet all of us are assumed to be anti-semitic. It doesn't matter how nice we are to them, it doesn't matter how supportive we are to them, it doesn't matter how much we stay out of their business. To them, we are evil. To them, we are all trying to stick them in gas chambers. To them, we are all people to be relieved of their money.
To them, we are to be feared and not trusted, and to be taken advantage of. And that is how each generation of jewish children is raised to see us. And so it continues.
Thankfully, not all jews are like this. There are good jews out there who just want to live their life in peace without causing trouble. Those who, while they may disagree religiously or socially with the rest of us, are willing to coexist and respect our right to life and liberty. This website is not about them.
This website is about the other ones. The racist, xenophobic, gentile-hating zionist jews (as well as their zionist gentile collaborators). It is THEM who are to be feared and not trusted.
I now know why it was so easy to be brainwashed by the mainstream media growing up - because people with zionist tendencies are the ones in charge of the mainstream media.
Don't believe everything you hear or see on TV and in newspapers or internet. In fact, don't believe everything I write in this blog. Do your own research and decide for yourself.
