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Originally Posted by Mutt
um ....... if the Jews had wanted to assimilate they wouldn't have been welcomed. We have the Amish/Mennonite communities here, they maintain their religious and cultural traditions and practices, they don't wish to assimilate but they do business with secular modern people and are polite. This is how Jews I think lived in Europe.
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I am surrounded by Amish to the south, I grew up around them, and you're right. By that I mean, they have their own beliefs, cultures, and alike. Honestly, most people around here do not give a shit about them. However, they are also do not have the attitude they are elitist or "chosen people" either. They mind their own business, and for the most part people leave them alone.
I also grew up close to an small Indian reservation, and same thing. Most people do not give a rat's ass about them and their cultures of beliefs either. The same as I stated above. They keep to themselves, and do not believe they are elitist in any way.
In short, it's the attitudes and how these people interact with others that essentially is the defining trait of if they are welcomed within a community or not. Almost any jew I have ever met has always made it a point to tell me they are a jew. They can't just be a person like everyone else, they have to tell you. Which basically means they single themselves out.
It seems to be the only group that INSISTS on pointing out they are a jew. I do not see Irish, or Baptists, or even muslims insisting to point out they are different when you meet or barely know them. Most of the people in my life, including white friends of some 10/20/30 years I do not know if they are German, Irish, Nazarene or whatever. It does not come up, with the exception of my old black and middle eastern roommates.
If you must insist on pointing out that you're different, you will be TREATED as if you're different. It seems pretty much common sense to most people on this planet, with the exception of this 1%. You can't have your cake and eat it too.
