The mad left, Jexit, and TDS

No end to Trump Derangement Syndrome

I promised you anecdotes in the aftermath of my father’s funeral. After the funeral, family and friends returned to my parents’ house. Let me share two stories.

In the first story, I sat down with a nice old man, an elderly former lawyer colleague of my father in the federal government, probably in his mid-80s. He lamented the old days when law firms discriminated against Jewish applicants and Catholic applicants. I shared my outrage and disbelief, especially in light of the intellectual firepower one could see on the US Supreme Court from its Catholic and Jewish justices.

The nice old man immediately snarled that the Supreme Court seemed determined to re-elect Donald Trump. In his view, their duty was to stop him. I gently stated that this is the role of the voters, not the court. (I need to explain this to a lawyer?) He retorted that Trump was guilty under the 14th Amendment of - uh - uh - uh - you know - uh… Presumably, he wanted to say insurrection, but I didn’t plan to help him out. After he sputtered to a halt, I reminded him that this charge had never been adjudicated. Trump is entitled, like all Americans, to due process of law under the 5th Amendment.

The old lawyer sputtered some more. I wondered if he felt embarrassed advocating for a one-party police state. Eventually I arose, with the excuse of seeking some dessert. I smiled and offered to get some for him, which he politely declined. Did I mention he is the lawyer for my father’s estate? Ah…

At the same reception, I reconnected with another old lawyer acquaintance, formerly married into the family. We exchanged a few pleasant e-mails afterwards, until he told me about his more recent adventures. He bragged about going to Israel and participating in some of the anti-government protests there last year. Just imagine if a foreigner, let’s say a Hungarian, came to America and engaged in mass protests against the American president. I’m fairly certain my old acquaintance would find that dreadfully inappropriate.

He continued, stating that Trump and Bibi had to be stopped - because of their corruption, of course. Presumably that is contrast to the squeaky-clean Clintons and Obamas.

What makes such people think this is an appropriate matter for conversation in the immediate aftermath of a funeral? It should go without saying that these two ethnic Jews have little regard for God’s laws.

I don’t find it significant that they are ethnic Jews. Their behavior is mirrored by tens of millions committed non-Jewish leftists, who reject God and enthrone politics as their religion.

This post’s appearance was stimulated by a column today on Israel National News, calling for Jexit: a Jewish exodus from the Democrat party.

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/389906

I left in the 1980s, as a young adult. The column above perpetuates the forlorn hope that if only we could get our fellow Jews to see that Republicans care more about Israel’s survival than Democrats, Jews would change their voting patterns.

This strategy is based on the false assumption that Israel’s survival is a top priority for most American Jews. This belief falls in the same category as the late Jack Kemp’s belief that most blacks are culturally conservative, and if only we could get them to see that we Republicans share their values, they would vote for us more.

The psychopathology around Trump Derangement Syndrome is a multi-faceted problem, one which is unlikely to be resolved by the 2024 presidential election, unless perhaps Bobby Kennedy is elected.

Coming up in a future column: the rights of the majority.