Many pro-Jewish contributors to sites like JNS, Israel376, and Future of Jewish use the term "inversion" such as moral inversion, principle inversion, historical inversion, and so on to indicate a reversal of the original.
Perhaps because of its descriptive accuracy, a far more appropriate term would be Perversion.
The definition of perversion is "Distortion or Corruption: Changing something good, true, or proper into something bad or wrong. Examples include a 'perversion of justice' or a 'perversion of the truth' ".
It is exactly this propaganda techniques, the perversion of fact, evidence, and values, that is proving to be so successful.
If you´re a fan of "Old Vienna", surely you have read Heimito von Doderer ? I have all of his books and his "Core Work" is "Die Strudlhofstiege" / "The Strudlhofsteps" ( https://www.amazon.de/Strudlhof-Steps-Depth-Years-English-ebook/dp/B08M19DTND )- very extended but fully worthwhile. Once I named one cat of mine after "Etelka", I shouldn´t have done it because she "committed suicide" by getting under a car. Years later I own yet another cat named "Cori" who also got under a car but survived it.
These days in that area described by v. Doderer you might find Elisabeth Leonskaya walking around, at least she tells so.
This article borders on brilliance. May I suggest: rewrite this piece, de-emphasizing (but not eliminating) the references to Mahler and bringing Mamdani to the forefront earlier in the essay. Lueger's statement says it all: "I decide who is a Jew."
Your analysis is excellent, but I am still left with the inexplicable source of anti-Semitism. As you say: "Anti-Zionism, antisemitism and anti-capitalism are not three convictions. They are one conviction in three variations." Yes, and they all seem to stem from one main source: envy. What I do not understand is, how can such a discredited depravity be so powerful?
Because people for the most part are lazy, ignorant and resentful. Mamdani knows little, nothing about the Middle East or the history of Zionism, and his constituents know even less. And many want money given them by governments and public authorities in the name of virtue that feeds off their resentment end entitlement. Plus Mamdani hates Jews, so he picks them as scapegoats and enemies, egged on by his parents, his mentors, his imams and his equally stupid and ignorant friends. May NYC collapse.
Many pro-Jewish contributors to sites like JNS, Israel376, and Future of Jewish use the term "inversion" such as moral inversion, principle inversion, historical inversion, and so on to indicate a reversal of the original.
Perhaps because of its descriptive accuracy, a far more appropriate term would be Perversion.
The definition of perversion is "Distortion or Corruption: Changing something good, true, or proper into something bad or wrong. Examples include a 'perversion of justice' or a 'perversion of the truth' ".
It is exactly this propaganda techniques, the perversion of fact, evidence, and values, that is proving to be so successful.
The Koranic term for it is Taqiyyah.
This was brilliant. Every word. We loved it.
If you´re a fan of "Old Vienna", surely you have read Heimito von Doderer ? I have all of his books and his "Core Work" is "Die Strudlhofstiege" / "The Strudlhofsteps" ( https://www.amazon.de/Strudlhof-Steps-Depth-Years-English-ebook/dp/B08M19DTND )- very extended but fully worthwhile. Once I named one cat of mine after "Etelka", I shouldn´t have done it because she "committed suicide" by getting under a car. Years later I own yet another cat named "Cori" who also got under a car but survived it.
These days in that area described by v. Doderer you might find Elisabeth Leonskaya walking around, at least she tells so.
This article borders on brilliance. May I suggest: rewrite this piece, de-emphasizing (but not eliminating) the references to Mahler and bringing Mamdani to the forefront earlier in the essay. Lueger's statement says it all: "I decide who is a Jew."
Your analysis is excellent, but I am still left with the inexplicable source of anti-Semitism. As you say: "Anti-Zionism, antisemitism and anti-capitalism are not three convictions. They are one conviction in three variations." Yes, and they all seem to stem from one main source: envy. What I do not understand is, how can such a discredited depravity be so powerful?
Because people for the most part are lazy, ignorant and resentful. Mamdani knows little, nothing about the Middle East or the history of Zionism, and his constituents know even less. And many want money given them by governments and public authorities in the name of virtue that feeds off their resentment end entitlement. Plus Mamdani hates Jews, so he picks them as scapegoats and enemies, egged on by his parents, his mentors, his imams and his equally stupid and ignorant friends. May NYC collapse.