Where will mainstream liberal voters find a new political home? As our political culture loses its focus on persuasion, opting instead for ideological purity, such an unsettling scene undermines confidence in government and drives some to reject politics. In my forthcoming volume addressing the impact of Trump Presidency on America’s Jews, we take a deeper dive into the imprint of the 45 th President on Jewish political thought and behavior. Trumpism and its troubling manifestations dominate the Republican agenda, thereby closing off this option for many Jewish voters. In its current manifestation, the Republican political culture is hardly a choice for moderate Democrats. At this point in time, there is also a type of political freeze that defines the limits of choice. After all, two out of every three Jewish voters have an affinity for the liberal political agenda. Today, one finds a round of political pulse taking, as Jewish liberals try to reassess their standing inside the Democratic Party.
That means restricting their freedom of speech, using a caste system of victimhood in which those on top must defer to those with a greater claim to restorative justice.Īssociated with this assault involves targeting Jews as part of a wider critique of “white privilege.” This new reality is generating a degree of political uncertainty on the part of Jewish Democrats about their role and place within this changing and destructive environment. …Illiberal progressives think that equity requires the field to be tilted against those who are privileged and reactionary.
The illiberal left put their own power at the centre of things, because they are sure real progress is possible only after they have first seen to it that racial, sexual and other hierarchies are dismantled.
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