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"Today I reject Judaism as an ethnic identity and as a philosophy. For me being Jewish is a biographical detail." That attitude really should be held by all pe
by meri_dian 9y ago
"Today I reject Judaism as an ethnic identity and as a philosophy. For me being Jewish is a biographical detail."
That attitude really should be held by all people of all ethnicities.
But the fact that you "resent your parents" because they chose to follow an ancient cultural practice that is colloquially thought to be harmless seems melodramatic. You shouldn't resent them. Resent the practice itself perhaps.
- pasquinelli 9y agoi learned from my grandpa that, if you're in america, being circumcised is good when you're old and need your diaper changed.
- kiliantics 9y agoI think some people still need this attitude. For instance if their ethnic culture or heritage is undergoing a process of repression and erasure. Like say the Kurds in Turkey or the Rohingya in Myanmar. And there are still groups who experience this in the west, like black or indigenous people.