Trump victory is a win for the little guy over the elite
And so this is how the Obama era of Hope & Change really
ends. With the world turned upside down, and with President Obama having
to pass the baton to Donald Trump.
That is going to be one helluva inauguration.
Trump stands today as the greatest disrupter in modern politics, the winner of the biggest upset imaginable, but for most of the campaign, he was not even the best argument for his own candidacy. That distinction belonged to the millions upon millions of everyday Americans who found in him the bare-knuckled brawler they were desperately seeking.
Their choice started as a surprise, as Republican primary voters turned their backs on a parade of supposedly better-qualified candidates to make the TV celebrity with the funny hair their battering ram against an arrogant establishment.
Their movement grew and spread until, early Wednesday, as the key states swung red one after another on TV maps, the last walls of resistance came tumbling down. It was a hallelujah moment, the ultimate underdog leading the forgotten masses to triumph. All the more so because Trump’s voters often took great risks and were routinely insulted and demeaned for their passion.
But they wore those insults as badges of honor, proudly calling themselves the “deplorables” and the “irredeemables.”
They would not be deterred, and today they have taken back their country.
Trump’s remarkable victory is their victory. It is a victory for democracy, for the common men and women of America.
The factory workers, the veterans, the cops, the kitchen help, people who plow the fields, make the trains run, pick up the trash and keep the country together and keep it moving — they are all now winners. As one, these cogs of our daily life rose up in a peaceful revolution, their only weapons the ballot box and their faith in the future.
This, the greatest nation ever conceived on Earth, proved once again that America is exceptional because Americans are exceptional.
Trump voters had the courage of their conviction to go against all their betters, all the poobahs and petty potentates of politics, industry and, above all, the fraudulent hucksters of the national liberal media.
And who, at this extraordinary juncture, dares say that Trump is not worthy of victory and of the salute of his countrymen? He has done what nobody thought he could, overcoming the doubts and scoffs every incredible step of the way.
No candidate in modern times and perhaps ever has suffered such abuse at the hands of the dominant culture. Virtually every day, nearly all the front pages and broadcasters in the entire country vilified him in an attempt to destroy him.
The late-night comics made fun of him like so much trailer trash, Wall Street saw him as a threat, Hollywood looked down on him and even the pope added his two cents of disdain.
It was dirty pool, against any standard of fairness and decency, but that was not the would-be assassins’ biggest mistake. It was that failing to destroy Trump, the elite smart set unleashed its contempt on his supporters.
The effect was the opposite of what was intended. Instead of demoralizing the Trumpsters, the nonstop attacks hardened them and made them more determined to finish what they had started.
http://nypost.com/2016/11/09/trump-victory-is-a-win-for-the-little-guy-over-the-elite/
That is going to be one helluva inauguration.
Trump stands today as the greatest disrupter in modern politics, the winner of the biggest upset imaginable, but for most of the campaign, he was not even the best argument for his own candidacy. That distinction belonged to the millions upon millions of everyday Americans who found in him the bare-knuckled brawler they were desperately seeking.
Their choice started as a surprise, as Republican primary voters turned their backs on a parade of supposedly better-qualified candidates to make the TV celebrity with the funny hair their battering ram against an arrogant establishment.
Their movement grew and spread until, early Wednesday, as the key states swung red one after another on TV maps, the last walls of resistance came tumbling down. It was a hallelujah moment, the ultimate underdog leading the forgotten masses to triumph. All the more so because Trump’s voters often took great risks and were routinely insulted and demeaned for their passion.
But they wore those insults as badges of honor, proudly calling themselves the “deplorables” and the “irredeemables.”
They would not be deterred, and today they have taken back their country.
Trump’s remarkable victory is their victory. It is a victory for democracy, for the common men and women of America.
The factory workers, the veterans, the cops, the kitchen help, people who plow the fields, make the trains run, pick up the trash and keep the country together and keep it moving — they are all now winners. As one, these cogs of our daily life rose up in a peaceful revolution, their only weapons the ballot box and their faith in the future.
This, the greatest nation ever conceived on Earth, proved once again that America is exceptional because Americans are exceptional.
Trump voters had the courage of their conviction to go against all their betters, all the poobahs and petty potentates of politics, industry and, above all, the fraudulent hucksters of the national liberal media.
And who, at this extraordinary juncture, dares say that Trump is not worthy of victory and of the salute of his countrymen? He has done what nobody thought he could, overcoming the doubts and scoffs every incredible step of the way.
No candidate in modern times and perhaps ever has suffered such abuse at the hands of the dominant culture. Virtually every day, nearly all the front pages and broadcasters in the entire country vilified him in an attempt to destroy him.
The late-night comics made fun of him like so much trailer trash, Wall Street saw him as a threat, Hollywood looked down on him and even the pope added his two cents of disdain.
It was dirty pool, against any standard of fairness and decency, but that was not the would-be assassins’ biggest mistake. It was that failing to destroy Trump, the elite smart set unleashed its contempt on his supporters.
The effect was the opposite of what was intended. Instead of demoralizing the Trumpsters, the nonstop attacks hardened them and made them more determined to finish what they had started.
http://nypost.com/2016/11/09/trump-victory-is-a-win-for-the-little-guy-over-the-elite/
Sir, you say you are a non-religious Jew? I want to tell you that, I, as a Frum Jew, want you back and want you join us once again. You are very important to the Frum Jewish People.
ReplyDeleteKol Tuv and have a wonderful day!!!
MussarYid, the problem with the Orthodox establishment is the same that Hillary Clinton has: Talking the talk, not walking the walk. Everything is so corrupt: rabbis, leaders, etc. And when you weigh that against the pretended "religious truths," you must admit (only, of course, if you are sincere) that the Orthodox Judaism is absolutely bankrupt. But you don't need to go that far: The only explanation for the Holocaust is God's nonexistence. And if you tell me about gilgulim, chavlei Mashiach, punishment of sinners, etc., that would only mean that you are living a lie!
ReplyDeleteI know there are a lot of things in history that seem to point to there being no G-d in the world, but those are times when we did so bad that He just had to punish us or other things, etc. But we must trust that whatever He brings is always for the best, and in the end, we will see that it is.
ReplyDeleteAnd He loves all of His People so, so much. He is holding out His arms, so to speak, and waiting graciously for you individually to return to Him in truth and "hug" Him back. You are never lost and you are always one of His People. I just want you to feel the love and blessings that He sends you every single day. Do you realize how great it is just that we wake up in the morning? And that every single moment He let's us have more life?
I know, a lot of times the Frum people don't "practice what they preach", so to speak, but that means that they are doing something bad. It doesn't mean Judaism is bad. And you can do better than they do. There is no limit really to the G-d given potential we have and so we can reach extremely high heights - even if others don't try to.
Either way, could we please keep up a discussion together? Thanks.
Have a wonderful, wonderful night!
"...It doesn't mean Judaism is bad..."
ReplyDeleteTrump's win is proof of God's existence in my eyes. His ascension to the presidency defied all odds, yet he pulled through at every obstacle. I know UOJ predicted his loss, but I am sure that he is elated now that he is elected.
ReplyDeleteTotally. You can take nearly anything as a proof for His existence. He does exist and He is the All-Powerful.
ReplyDeleteWherever you look, you can "see" Hashem, so to speak. However, you can also not "see" Him if you don't want to.
But we are told in our Holy Torah that we WILL find Hashem if we search for Him with all our heart and Souls. This applies to everybody at all times! He is always there! It is just up to you to "see" Him and feel Him.
Kol Tuv everyone!!
Nice try, ovs and MussarYid, but you need to realize you are addressing someone who finished the Talmud and many ethical Jewish works. And then became non-religious, an epikoros in your parlance.
ReplyDelete(For those who don't know: A Talmudic epikoros should not be equated with an epicurean -- although that is what the Talmud intended -- because anyone who rejects the Divine origins of the Torah is pronounced an epikoros -- not necessarily someone who runs after sensuous pleasures.)
You were told there is Hashem (God) who runs the world. (BTW, every religion says so about its God/s.) Therefore, when you encounter misery and crime you say that Hashem punishes the world -- you just don't know the exact reason. (And hope you realize how Christian your depiction of Hashem as a loving-hugging God is; and UOJ's prediction was not wrong either: The percentage of voters who favored HC over Trump is greater.) Nothing new. That's the way religious folks think: Their life is a long movie with a happy end. They refuse to realize the life isn't a movie, and the end may not be that happy...
We, however, believe that people wake up not because Hashem "gives back souls every morning," but because that is how our human biology works. That same biology says we are wired in a way that we hunger after believe in a higher authority. Simple. Hitler, according to your worldview, would also daily get his soul back. And Nazis were defeated not because Chassidic Rebbes shaved off their holy beards and escaped to Eretz Israel where they would pray at the Wailing Wall for the welfare of their Chassidim whom they abandoned in Europe. The Nazis were physically eradicated by the Red and US Armies. When you pray at the Wailing Wall, you are praying, well, to the wall...
Instead of preaching "Jesus (sorry -- Hashem) loves you" how about debunking your local rabbi, shaliach, or community leader as a crook? Publicize his/her name her. Cleanse your Judaism and try to rid yourself of the Charedi Fascist ideology. Then we'll talk more.
Not true Epikoros. Hashem is loving like that. The goyim based their thing off of ours. And no, the things such as waking up etc. are not just nature. They are each incredible gifts. By the way, my life will end happily if I serve Hashem properly. I will go to Heaven and Olam Habah and enjoy spiritual good - unlike people who go after their desires and abandon Hashem. They will burn in Gehinom.
ReplyDeleteYou are not letting yourself live. Only when you truly serve Hashem are you actually living. Your Emunah must just have been too shallow. I am sorry, but if you gave it up just for anything like you are saying, then Y'no..... Your arguments hold no weight. Hashem controls the world and knows the truth - and you know the truth in your heart too. It is more of a question of whether you will admit it to yourself or not...
Oh and if you have gone through Shaas before, Shkoyach. Because that is very beloved in Hashem's Eyes.
Kol Tuv!
Also, let me share with you the following true, beautiful story:
ReplyDeleteAfter the Holocaust, there were unfortunately some survivors who lost their faith due to the tremendous suffering they endured. Tragically, there were survivors who became bitter and completely left the Torah, proclaiming that there is no Judge or justice in this world, G-d forbid.
There is a moving story about one such survivor. A religious Jew was traveling to Eretz Yisroel, and found himself seated in the airplane next to a secular Jew who spoke bitterly about the holocaust. “My parents, wife and children were all murdered,” he complained. “They were completely innocent. How could G-d allow such terrible things to happen?” He concluded that there could not possibly be a G-d if this is what happened to the world. The religious Jew tried to change his companion’s perception of the holocaust, but to no avail. After landing in Israel, they each went their separate ways.
The religious Jew was in Israel for the High Holidays. On Yom Kippur, during the short recess after Shacharis, he took a walk around the block of the shul. As he was walking, he noticed an obviously secular Jew walking on the other side of the street, carrying several packages. It pained him to see someone desecrate Yom Kippur. And then he suddenly recognized the person as his flight companion.
He ran across the street and greeted the non-religious Jew. “We are about to say Yizkor in shul,” he explained. “Won’t you do this much for the departed souls of your dear parents, wife and children? Won’t you come inside and say Yizkor in their memory?”
At first the non-religious person refused to hear of it, but it wasn’t long before he conceded. As he entered the shul, the friendly gabbai (sexton) welcomed him warmly and patiently helped him through the Yizkor prayer. He asked for the exact Hebrew names of the stranger’s martyred father, mother and wife. Then he asked him for the names of his children. Crying openly, the stranger said the name of his eldest son. The gabbai paled and asked him to repeat the name. The stranger repeated the name once more. The gabbai exclaimed: “That’s my full Hebrew name!”
The shul erupted in pandemonium. It turned out that the gabbai was a young child during the Holocaust. He managed to escape deportation and hid out in the woods until he finally reached a safe haven. After the holocaust, he came to Eretz Yisroel, thinking that he is the only surviving member of his family. After asking a few more questions, it became clear that the middle-aged secular Jew was none other than the gabbai’s father.
After witnessing the open Hand of Providence, the father turned around completely and became fully religious. He now firmly believed that there is a G-d who plans everything that transpires, although His Face is sometimes painfully hidden.
Shkoyach, Epikoros, well said!!
ReplyDeleteI am fed up with these Mussar Yids from my yeshiva years.
It can be hard sometimes to see G-d in Judaism. But that does not mean that He isn't there. Otherwise you would be trying to say that just because you can't feel or see Him, He isn't there, Chas V'Shalom! Since you can't see or feel somebody across the country, they don't exist?!
ReplyDeleteAnd it is not 'my Torah' it is all of ours! Hashem gave it to us all!
I think I sort of now understand the saying of HaRav Yisrael Salanter zt"l when he said that an unlearned person without good middos is an unarmed robber, but a learned person without good middos is a robber fully armed. You are being a such person. You are hiding behind your learning (though you obviously didn't totally understand or take to heart what you learned, otherwise you wouldn't be like this) such as an armed robber hides behind his weapon (see Gemara Bava Metzia).
Gut Shabbos!
Are you are back, MussarYid? Decided to read and view more lashon harah despite the warnings? You aren't afraid that your pure precious soul will get defiled here? It will. You are desecration your own Torah right now. And the Talmud you attempted to quote says something else. Take a look at Bava Metzia 22a. (You keep forgetting to quote your sources properly.) The ethical Mussar people like you screwed up my entire life and lives of countless Jews I know, and you try to talk about "good middos"? What a humbug.
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing money cannot do: Kaminetksy-Greenblatt Heter for Adultery: The Rabbinical Leadership is Greatly Embarrassed and Hopes for Collective Amnesia.
ReplyDeleteEpikoros, he likely just does the same thing I do: Go straight to the comments and don't read the lashon hara blog at all.
ReplyDeleteOh, and MussarYid, you speak as if you are a naive, simple 7 year old! Just put things straight: Hashem commanded us to do certain things and to serve Him. And if you don't - such as you don't - you are a rasha. Simple as that, Apikores.
And please be silent Chaim (TRYING to be polite here....)
And yes, I am talk into YOU Epikoros
ReplyDeleteTorahdikke (MussarYid), the very first comment here was made by MussarYid, which proves you wrong: There were no comments for MussarYid to read. Then the issue of images, sidebar content, etc. Most frum filters have banned theunorthodoxjew.blogspot.com anyhow. But there is no secret that thousands of Orthodox Jews secretly read this blog. But, unlike us, they watch porn too: Frummies always have double standards.
ReplyDeleteThe second point you made was also wrong (if that is what you meant): not serving God doesn't automatically make one an epikoros, see the Rambam in Avodah Zarah 2:5. By the way, it is also forbidden to engage in any conversation with an epikoros as the Rambam writes there (ואסור לספר עמהן ולהשיב עליהן תשובה כלל). So MussarYid once again violated his faith by addressing me. If you guys don't know the laws, who will teach you the Torah if not epikorosim -- the Kaminetksy-Greenblatt gang from the previous post? :)
Eh, MussarYid is just as much of a Shmo as you are. You claim to know all this stuff when ur probly just checking it up. He does the same probly...
ReplyDeleteOh, and ur point about people ruining ur life is not true. Only u ruined ur currently filthy life. So just shut ur mouth....
I didn't mean that dude. I meant that not serving Hashem makes u automatically a rasha...
And, to the "porn" thing - I DO NOT look at that rishus. MussarYid might, but I certainly don't, rasha.
P.S. MussarYid, always wishing people a good day when u don't mean it? Ain't that sort of like gineivas daas? Is that Mussardikke?
A couple of points, Torahdikke-MussarYid (you are one and the same). Unfortunately for you, I know the stuff I quote. That's why I got a real semicha from a major yeshiva. And it's funny that you prophet claim to know who ruined my "filthy" life. (A nice choice of words for someone calling himself Torahdikke or MussarYid.) Being a demagogue, you cannot address the points I make, so you start calling me names. That is what your Torah taught you, right? Let me, an epikoros, teach you some Talmud again:
ReplyDeleteיומא דף פ"ו ע"א: מי שקורא ושונה... ואין דבורו בנחת עם הבריות מה הבריות אומרות עליו אוי לו לפלוני שלמד תורה אוי לו לאביו שלמדו תורה אוי לו לרבו שלמדו תורה פלוני שלמד תורה ראו כמה מקולקלין מעשיו וכמה מכוערין דרכיו ועליו הכתוב אומר – באמר להם עם ה' אלה ומארצו יצאו (יחזקאל ל"ו:כ').
So you are the one who needs to "shut ur mouth" as you put it. (And learn some English too.) Had you really cared that much about your Torah, Torahdikke, you wouldn't have spent time here. Go learn the Torah you don't know instead of leading a double life.
Sorry Torahdikke, but Epikoros is completely right. You cannot call anybody bad names, no matter how far from the Torah they are! Epikoros is still a heilige Yid, Baruch Hashem.
ReplyDeleteMussarYid and Torahdikke keep posting their silly replies from the same IP address, which shows they are one and the same person. In psychiatry we call this condition dissociative identity disorder. MussarYid identity plays a good cop, and Torahdikke identity plays a bad cop. This person's morality is so perverted that Torahdikke identity even concedes that MussarYid watches porn, although the latter gave Torahdikke no apparent cues to such conduct. But it's important to realize that all Orthodox people are like that: At first they try to persuade you to keep their bankrupt religion, and when you don't listen to them, they are ready to murder you.
ReplyDeletePeople like MussarYid-Torahdikke are imbued with an extremely toxic and unfortunately contagious Fascist ideology. I learned in many yeshivas and know firsthand how much they hate those who are not like them. (Publicly, of course, they try to stay politically correct and hide their xenophobia, racism, sexism, etc.) Although I totally despise someone like MussarYid-Torahdikke, I will surely save this person if necessary because even though I am an atheist, I'm not immoral. MussarYid-Torahdikke, however, will follow the advice of his Torah and murder people like me just because we don't believe in his God.
The Rambam says: "There is a commandment to murder epikoroses who reject the Torah and Jewish prophecy. If possible, they should be slain publicly with a sword, if not -- destroyed cunningly, until their murder is arranged." (והאפיקורוסין והן שכופרין בתורה ובנבואה מישראל מצוה להרגן אם יש בידו כח להרגן בסייף בפרהסיא הורג ואם לאו יבוא עליהן בעלילות עד שיסבב הריגתן -- הלכות רוצח ד:י) This Orthodox ideology is the same that dangerous ISIS has. That's why it's not an accident that Orthodox Jews in Israel fly ISIS flag in Bet Shemesh. Take a look at this photo of an ISIS thug who uses a sword to behead an "infidel" (and if you are bold, take a look at these images as well: 1, 2, 3). That Koranic ideology is what the Rambam tells Orthodox Jews to do too. For Orthodox Jews it's heretical to say the Rambam was wrong. But siding with the Rambam makes them just like ISIS. If frummies are given an opportunity to have a fully religious Jewish state, they will murder anyone they deem atheist!
MussarYid-Torahdikke is your typical Orthodox hypocrite. This person knows that according to the Orthodox religion one is not allowed to visit sites like theunorthodoxjew.blogspot.com and make foolish squabbles with people who reject his Judaism. And still he violates his own faith! Batya Ungar-Sargon recently wrote a very important article about these wolfs in sheep's clothing. MussarYid-Torahdikke behavior is yet another sign the Orthodox establishment is getting more and more putrid from the inside. The day their second secret smartphone will no longer be secret is rapidly approaching.
#1, Yes, I acted as Torahdikke. It's true - but that is not who I really am.
ReplyDelete#2, I DO NOT watch porn. It's rishus. Unlike some people you might have encountered I actually want to try to be a Tzaddik.
#3, I would not want to kill you or anything like that, Chas V'Shalom. You are a heilige Yid, and HaKadosh Baruch Hu would never want somebody to kill you. I don't believe in killing apikorsim like that.
#4, As I have tried to say before, don't let how some Frum people act ruin your association with Hashem or Judaism. They are going AGAINST what we are supposed to. I only wish there were more people who are how I want to be and how you used to be.....
And, #5, I must admit that you are a very smart man. We need somebody like you. And if you would like to, we can keep up a friendly conversation on my blog achsameach.blogspot.
Kol Tuv my friend!
It was nice talking with you Epikoros. Hopefully, B'Ezras Hashem, you will turn your life around and use your awesome knowledge for good things.
ReplyDeleteHave a great night, my friend, and may Hashem help you in all your endeavors.
Refoel Berel (that's my real name, not Elaine...).
You taught me some valuable Mussar lessons, mein chaver. Thank you for everything!
ReplyDeleteGut nacht, and goodbye Epikros(for now). You were right about this blog, though I don't even read it.....