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<blockquote data-quote="Days of Broken Arrows" data-source="post: 327334" data-attributes="member: 4258">I just mentioned above one of the leading proponents of the anti-circumcision brigade was Dr. Dean Edell, who is Jewish. This movement didn't catch fire until he started making it a point to chastise everyone who was circumcising their boys on his daily radio show. He did this for over two decades. If you read his books, he has his reasons. Medical procedures and religious beliefs do not often work together, as I stated earlier. Beyond that, I think you've posted a poor argument that demeans what people are discussing here in a mature, rational way.Proclaiming bigotry lurks behind sound intellectual thought is not only intellectually suspect, but it's also the biggest cliche in American culture today. People who don't like the president for policy reasons are not necessarily racist. People who are against immigration because of wage reasons are not by default anti-Hispanic. And people who have valid medical reasons for not liking circumcision are not anti-Semitic simply because of their ideas.When someone states a point and makes it clearly and without snide remarks, it's simply rude (and on the level of Jezebel) to play &quot;mind-reader&quot; and assume there is some sort of imaginary prejudice lurking in their brains. Most likely there is not. Why? Well, in these parts we're all using aliases here and could be overt in our bigotry if we wanted. This isn't a dinner party with the boss. And in the outside world, none of the people in this movement that I know of are anti-Semites.Finally, Muslims also circumcise their boys. Why wouldn't you claim this prejudice is anti-Muslim? Why does it have to necessarily be anti-Jewish?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Days of Broken Arrows, post: 327334, member: 4258"] I just mentioned above one of the leading proponents of the anti-circumcision brigade was Dr. Dean Edell, who is Jewish. This movement didn't catch fire until he started making it a point to chastise everyone who was circumcising their boys on his daily radio show. He did this for over two decades. If you read his books, he has his reasons. Medical procedures and religious beliefs do not often work together, as I stated earlier. Beyond that, I think you've posted a poor argument that demeans what people are discussing here in a mature, rational way. Proclaiming bigotry lurks behind sound intellectual thought is not only intellectually suspect, but it's also the biggest cliche in American culture today. People who don't like the president for policy reasons are not necessarily racist. People who are against immigration because of wage reasons are not by default anti-Hispanic. And people who have valid medical reasons for not liking circumcision are not anti-Semitic simply because of their ideas. When someone states a point and makes it clearly and without snide remarks, it's simply rude (and on the level of Jezebel) to play "mind-reader" and assume there is some sort of imaginary prejudice lurking in their brains. Most likely there is not. Why? Well, in these parts we're all using aliases here and could be overt in our bigotry if we wanted. This isn't a dinner party with the boss. And in the outside world, none of the people in this movement that I know of are anti-Semites. Finally, Muslims also circumcise their boys. Why wouldn't you claim this prejudice is anti-Muslim? Why does it have to necessarily be anti-Jewish? [/QUOTE]

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