Quote From: blouicJEWelerboy (I'm assuming this implies self-declaration of Jewry),
I apologize for any misconceptions, and ask that you permit me to clarify:
My mention of the Holocaust is in no way meant to 'bully'; rather, it is intended as an appeal. Nor do I, in any way, label you as a 'Holocaust-denier.' On the contrary, my assumption is that you, like most educated readers, affirm the reality of those events--and that you are also aware of the Neo-Nazi (revisionist) propoganda that persists in denial.
One of my closest friends is Jewish by heritage and faith. She--knowing me--and knowing the circumstances from which I speak--would know my words are grounded in deep respect [and support and sympathy for Holocaust victims, survivors, and their loved ones alike. She would understand my reference to Holocaust as an emphatic assertion--and affirmation--of gravity and TRUTH!
She would know my disgust for the willful ignorance (adopted by so many!) during the Holocaust, which helped those evils to stay hidden for so long--harming so many!
And, she would see clearly the parallel that is being drawn:
That--in the time of the Holocaust--most people, hearing reports of death camps, simply did not believe such horrible things existed. First of all, no one wants to believe another human being capable of such atrocious things (much less someone we would generally regard as normal, like ourselves). [DENIAL.
From here, it is an easy skip to concluding that such things really are implausible--really could not be carried out, anyway. [DISMISSAL.
This dismissal can 'gel' into a stance which, unwittingly, allows undercover evils to perpetuate (as more and more fall victim--despite the growing voice of insistent pleas for help). We don't believe; therefore, we don't act. [DECISIVE INACTION.
After a time, and for their persistence--knocking at our ears, when we have already determined that there is no problem!--we become annoyed with the victims...for being victims.... Left unexamined, this position of annoyance sees us further hardenening our stance and reinforcing efforts to block our 'ears.' [DETERMINED (WILLFUL) INACTION.
Evenutally, this hardened, defensive position gives way to turning offensive...not toward the underlying evil...but toward the victims themselves. Now, we--still unwittingly!--RE-victimize the victims by telling them that their pain, their plight is of no account to us, and how dare they bring their false claims and faulty perceptions to us!...There is nothing for them to complain about--instead of pointing fingers, if they suffer so much, they should take a look at themselves and go get themselves straightened out....There is nothing happening to them...they need and deserve nothing from us. [DISCOUNTING.
This keeps them stuck. And the evil perpetuates.
The commonality is this:
This position of non-acceptance (non-exploration!) of truth is what undermined the social fabric of humanity and integrity, and thwarted (for years!) potential help to countless victims, during the Holocaust. [Incidentally, besides Jews and others, Jehovah's Witnesses "were among the first of the first," as one historian put it, to be placed into the concentration camps, because of their persistent noncompliance with Nazi patriotism--a fact of special significance to me, which also says that I would never use lightly such an atrocity for comparison to anything. --Just so you know.
This stance (of non-acceptance of truth)--so widely adopted back then--is the same one that allows any abuses to proliferate today. ...In this case, I refer specifically to domestic abuse and--more specifically--to the widespread and hidden phenomenon of SLEEP-SEX VIOLATIONS. [This is a controversial but--nonetheless, very real! --form of RAPE!
Also: Like the SS guards, who knew full well the mechanisms by which such abominations were carried out (even while maintaining secrecy and veneer of respectability to outsider eyes), domestic abusers--in this case, sleep-sex perps--know full well the mechanics used to carry out their own perverted acts of violation. [BTW, an abuser thinks in terms of manipulation and control--and opportunity--and believes others think in these terms as well. This mindset--plus knowledge of his own tactics--fuels paranoid expectation of others' guilt in kind.... This is why my ex-husband was so thoroughly convinced that D. must have violated me, too!
...Very serious subjects...both reflecting very serious cultural flaws, indeed.
Another note: These rapists wish not only to avoid waking up their sleeping victims...they hope that a sleeping society will not wake up to their actions as well! LET'S PLEASE WAKE AS A SLEEPING GIANT TO STOP THESE SEX PERPS IN THEIR TRACKS!!! Let's shine the spotlight not on the stunned victims but on the stealthy sex perps, who presently count on and thrive on a society that remains sound asleep and in the dark!
If you have not already so, please do a message board search for blouic for more on this subject.
I'm Jewish & I not only was not offended by your Holocaust denier analogy, I agree with it. However, I think you're wasting your time trying to reason with J.Boy, whom I suspect is here to bash women. Call him on it though & he's "just joking".
