Thursday, September 20, 2012

American 'Freedom'

It states in the U.S constitution in article six, section three, 
that you have the freedom to practice any religion that you would like.  Because of this freedom, you've chosen to practice Judaism.  So you've grown up your whole life thinking nothing of it, like it was the norm, but one day you get old enough to find out that it's not as normal as you thought.  How did you find out?  Well there are many ways.  In certain places it's purely visible; seeing swastikas' graffiti'd on the walls, or "burn the jews" written in magic marker in a bathroom stall.  You see it written on the wall and your heart drops. You are confused.  "Why do they hate me?"  Well, if you asked them, they wouldn't give you an answer... They just do. The ones you call friends make jokes about a genocide of more than six million of your 'type'.  You think to your self, how could something so tragic be a topic of humor to others, but it is, and it hurts you deeply.  You even personally know of a few people that lost their lives being tortured in the Holocaust, and your'e sitting there listening to a person laugh about their death. Now at that moment you could choose to stand up for your self and approach this person, but you realize that if anyone knew you were Jewish, they would only laugh at you.  So now, not only are you forced to hear the jokes and do nothing about it, but you are also forced to hide your religion JUST to avoid humiliation.  That's the definition of American freedom.  Freedom without really being free.  You've even personally talked with a survivor who has told you numerous stories about the things they had to do to keep their lives, and yet, there are people in the world who DENY the holocaust of even occurring.  You then question if it's even worth being Jewish, you are automatically hated by a big percentage of the world.  Who would want that?  Well, it doesn't matter what you want.  After all, this isn't a free country.  

Stop anti-semitism.  

1 comment:

  1. Oh, man...that ending--the part about "it doesn't matter what you want"--is a kick in the pants. Well done. You build to it beautifully.

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