#loyalties — Public Fediverse posts

Bit convoluted but otherwise excellent piece on the manufacturing of Jewish collective guilt.

"The old structure survived beneath newer ideological clothing. Entire populations became suspect through association. #Loyalty became a matter not of conduct but of presumed affiliation. The accusation could move from #religion to #race to #ideology without losing its essential shape.

A peculiar feature of this #history is that the accusation often works in opposite directions simultaneously. #Jews have been condemned for insufficient attachment to a nation and excessive attachment to a nation. They have been accused of dangerous #cosmopolitanism and dangerous #nationalism. They have been portrayed as disloyal outsiders and as hyper-coordinated insiders. The content shifts according to circumstance. The demand remains remarkably stable: explain yourself. Declare your #loyalties. Account for others.

That demand has not disappeared. It has merely become more sophisticated."

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-problem-of-collective-responsibility/

Bit convoluted but otherwise excellent piece on the manufacturing of Jewish collective guilt.

"The old structure survived beneath newer ideological clothing. Entire populations became suspect through association. #Loyalty became a matter not of conduct but of presumed affiliation. The accusation could move from #religion to #race to #ideology without losing its essential shape.

A peculiar feature of this #history is that the accusation often works in opposite directions simultaneously. #Jews have been condemned for insufficient attachment to a nation and excessive attachment to a nation. They have been accused of dangerous #cosmopolitanism and dangerous #nationalism. They have been portrayed as disloyal outsiders and as hyper-coordinated insiders. The content shifts according to circumstance. The demand remains remarkably stable: explain yourself. Declare your #loyalties. Account for others.

That demand has not disappeared. It has merely become more sophisticated."

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-problem-of-collective-responsibility/

Bit convoluted but otherwise excellent piece on the manufacturing of Jewish collective guilt.

"The old structure survived beneath newer ideological clothing. Entire populations became suspect through association. #Loyalty became a matter not of conduct but of presumed affiliation. The accusation could move from #religion to #race to #ideology without losing its essential shape.

A peculiar feature of this #history is that the accusation often works in opposite directions simultaneously. #Jews have been condemned for insufficient attachment to a nation and excessive attachment to a nation. They have been accused of dangerous #cosmopolitanism and dangerous #nationalism. They have been portrayed as disloyal outsiders and as hyper-coordinated insiders. The content shifts according to circumstance. The demand remains remarkably stable: explain yourself. Declare your #loyalties. Account for others.

That demand has not disappeared. It has merely become more sophisticated."

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-problem-of-collective-responsibility/

Bit convoluted but otherwise excellent piece on the manufacturing of Jewish collective guilt.

"The old structure survived beneath newer ideological clothing. Entire populations became suspect through association. #Loyalty became a matter not of conduct but of presumed affiliation. The accusation could move from #religion to #race to #ideology without losing its essential shape.

A peculiar feature of this #history is that the accusation often works in opposite directions simultaneously. #Jews have been condemned for insufficient attachment to a nation and excessive attachment to a nation. They have been accused of dangerous #cosmopolitanism and dangerous #nationalism. They have been portrayed as disloyal outsiders and as hyper-coordinated insiders. The content shifts according to circumstance. The demand remains remarkably stable: explain yourself. Declare your #loyalties. Account for others.

That demand has not disappeared. It has merely become more sophisticated."

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-problem-of-collective-responsibility/

Bit convoluted but otherwise excellent piece on the manufacturing of Jewish collective guilt.

"The old structure survived beneath newer ideological clothing. Entire populations became suspect through association. #Loyalty became a matter not of conduct but of presumed affiliation. The accusation could move from #religion to #race to #ideology without losing its essential shape.

A peculiar feature of this #history is that the accusation often works in opposite directions simultaneously. #Jews have been condemned for insufficient attachment to a nation and excessive attachment to a nation. They have been accused of dangerous #cosmopolitanism and dangerous #nationalism. They have been portrayed as disloyal outsiders and as hyper-coordinated insiders. The content shifts according to circumstance. The demand remains remarkably stable: explain yourself. Declare your #loyalties. Account for others.

That demand has not disappeared. It has merely become more sophisticated."

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-problem-of-collective-responsibility/

“Particularly noteworthy is how [Girolamo/Jeronim] De Rada linked his dual #identity as an #Albanian and #Italian patriot into a coherent intellectual programme. For him, #Italy ap-pears as a living environment and political homeland, while #Albania is a cultural land of origin and emotional sphere of reference. He justified both #loyalties through recurring narrative and metaphorical elements: references to ancient ancestors, opposition to #tyranny and foreign rule, […]

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