Report: Mormons Posthumously Baptize Anne Frank (this past Saturday)

[Bonobo]

23. You hit the nail on the head, I think.

"Judaism seems to have such a level of cultural PTSD that an obscure religion making them honorary members (or however you want to phrase it) is no longer a gesture, but a threat, because so many historic non-invasive gestures have led to eventual violence."


As a Jew growing up, I can tell you that the trauma that Jews have had visited on them resides in our culture still.

I was raised by a mother who grew up afraid that Nazis would invade America and kill her and her family as they did her aunts and uncles in the old world.

I grew up personally confronted by swastikas and having pennies thrown at me.

Jewish parents transmit this anxiety to their children in large numbers. I am not saying that is good or bad. I am just saying that is the way it is.

And now that you have correctly identified it as PTSD, can't you see how it is not good enough to just say "They shouldn't be so upset." or "They shouldn't let it bother them."

with PTSD, as with this type of cultural trauma, it cannot be made to go away by wishing. Seriously.