What concerns me though is some commonalities among what they believe not stating obvious facts.
My point was that thoughts vary among rabbis on whether they believe the things they preach, like "that is the wicked state of human nature; there is not a nation or people on Earth free of guilt." (The idea that all peoples are capable of evil)
I'm not sure what similarities you're referring to here, but I'd like to note that in terms of politics (this thread started with you mentioning pro-open border Jews), Jews can range in political beliefs (obviously). While the majority are liberal, there are still plenty of conservative Jews.
I feel like I am smart enough to figure out people's motives and read them pretty well.
You "feel" like you are. This statement reeks of overconfidence. Sure, you may be able to tell want some people are thinking, but to claim a level of accuracy that would justify your claims that all these rabbis are insincere is absurd.
I don't know if cultural explanations should mean we just ignore unethical behavior. It's useful into manipulating that demographic to display ethical behavior but it is certainly not an excuse to do unethical things.
Obviously. My point is that culture is the main reason behind one's actions (nurture), and not their genetics (nature).
I also don't think you can entirely dismiss genetics as a factor. Genetic predisposition does have an impact on personality
It does, but it is not anywhere close to the contributor that culture is. A few things:
1, Via neuroplasticity, the brain can rewire itself at the cellular level (by activating certain genes when forming brain cells) to accommodate for ideas the individual is exposed to. For example: Someone who grows up in a violent culture will be more prone to aggressive behavior, making it near impossible to determine who actually has the "aggressive gene", and who is just influenced by neuroplasticity. The same concept applies for someone who grew up in a culture where outsiders were looked down upon; their brain could activate genes that make one prone to judgmentalism when they actually have genes that would normally make them less judgmental than the average person.
2, The genes for aggressive behavior, narcissism, sociopathy, etc. can be found in people of all races, but the races that show the most tendencies for certain personality traits are the races with cultures (generally speaking, as individuals can change their culture by choice) where such traits are deemed valuable, and the attitudes expressed by those traits are the most common (go figure). This indicates that, on a purely genetic level (without the interference of neuroplasticity), all races have equal predisposition for all behaviors (ie, the percentage of individuals with a certain trait would be uniform across all races), and that the genetic traits that make a race, a race, are not found in the brain, but in more visible critera, like skin tone.
This is all to say that nurture is greater than nature, and it's not even close.
What else would I be saying? .................................Nobody advocated for that.
Ok, good. Depending on what ideas you're critiquing, you may have a point. Every culture has some aspects that are immoral; this includes Jewish culture.
However I wonder what your opinion would be if you replaced conspiracy theory with fact. If 10000 orange people came from the sky tomorrow and you knew for a fact they fully intended to murder all of your people. Siblings parents you etc. Then would you think genocidal orange people would be appropriate?
Like an alien invasion? If I knew for sure, yes. But that would require EVERY individual orange person to be attacking humans. Additionally, any orange person that would stop fighting humans and start defending them would be spared.
However, this is irrelevant here, given that there is no way to establish how every person in an entire race of people thinks among any of the peoples we have on Earth.
Are you one of those people when somebody chastised thr Russians for invading Ukraine, you believe that every individual Russian is being blamed?
No.
It's useful to examine group behavior and we realize this when we speak of countries (sometimes) . If somebody does that they are speaking of the zeitgeist within the population or the egregore the people create. It isn't a statement against each individual.
That is valid.
Utilitarianism would be the answer. You know innocent people would get caught up in the genocide but do a cost benefit analysis on whether society is better off without them or not. The sane type of Nigilism commonly found on the left.
I assume you mean this in the scenario where such a genocide (like the one Neo-nazis advocate for) were to happen, and that you're not saying cost-benefit analysis may justify a genocide, given that you expressly stated you are not advocating for genocide earlier.
I'll say this as a final note: Be wary of the sources who tell you the Jews are damaging America. You may not actually hate all Jews, but these ideas come from people who do. To be honest, I would approach their claims with HEAVY skepticism, and I am wary that you may not have.
