You know, I've struggled with how to explain why I find your analogy invalid. I don't want to come across as one of those "Jews run everything" crazies. But the fact is, pro-Israel is the mainstream position to the point where to criticize anything Israel does is to risk being labeled a bigot. Only a tiny number of ultra-fringe lefties think it would be "just" if your "co-religionists got nuked." On the other hand, there's a whole political party that doesn't think homosexuals should have equal rights.
They really aren't comparable situations at all. To be blunt, if the gay rights lobby had a tenth the clout in the U.S. government that the pro-Israel lobby does, we'd have had gay marriage years ago.
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Date: 2009-01-21 03:50 am (UTC)They really aren't comparable situations at all. To be blunt, if the gay rights lobby had a tenth the clout in the U.S. government that the pro-Israel lobby does, we'd have had gay marriage years ago.