Sailer, Sailing Away From Himself

Steve Sailer likes Jews who write Christmas ditties

One of the most confounding characteristics of open anti-Semites is their tendency to deny harboring any malice towards Jews after being confronted with their own anti-Semitic statements. At the 2006 American Renaissance conference, after David Duke delivered a conspiratorial disquisition in the hallway to me about the “Jewish Supremacists,” I asked him if all Jews were involved in an insidious plot to exploit the world. He stated, “Oh no, not all Jews are supremacists. There are good Jews.” Holocaust revisionist David Irving said the same sort of thing to me when I interviewed him, recommending to me the work of Norman Finkelstein, who I doubt would have appreciated this endorsement. And then there was the weird spectacle of Louis Farrakhan, denouncer of the “synagogues of Satan” and one-time mentor to beerhall demagogue Khalid Muhammad, playing a symphony by Mendelson.

In responding to my recent piece on the War on Christmas, Steve Sailer took issue with how my treatment of his theory of Jewish “de-assimilation.” I reported that Sailer had argued matter-of-factly that, “American Jews, those exemplars of successful assimilation now seem to be de-assimilating emotionally, becoming increasingly resentful, at this late date, of their fellow Americans for celebrating Christmas.” My mere quoting of this line was enough to arouse his anger and defensiveness. In his blogged response, Sailer claimed his column was devoted to “praising the large Jewish contribution to the great American Christmas songbook.” Right! Like Duke, Irving, and Farrakhan, Sailer is embarrassed by the depth of his resentment for Jews, and retreats when confronted with it.

The commenters on Sailer’s blog made no attempts to hide their true feelings, however. The id of Sailer lies below the fold.

Sailer commenter Simon: “‘De-assimilation’ doesn’t seem quite right, but clearly there is something going on with elite Ashkenazi secular Jews in the US, something that we don’t see here in the UK. There is a definite hostility to WASP traditional culture, both elite and popular.”

Sailer commenter Lloyd: “The Jewish liberal intelligentsia in the US is certainly not “de-assimilating” — i.e.: retreating into its ghettos. Rather it is attempting to de-assemble the cultural underpinnings of Christian European American culture.”

Sailer commenter Anonymous: Speaking of Jews in the media business, it was reported that the candidates to take over Meet the Press on NBC included David Gregory (Jewish); Chuck Todd (Jewish); Ted Koppel (Jewish); Andrea Mitchell (Jewish and aka Mrs. Alan Greenspan);Katie Couric (half-Jewish Episcopalian) and Gwen Ifill (not Jewish black female).

So, the only fully non-Jewish person rumored to be even considered for the MTP moderator job was the African-American female Gwen Ifill. That’s diversity for you.

Sailer commenter Anonymous: Sue him. Force is the only thing these people grok.

Max Blumenthal