This is the first time I have read you. Found you by surfing thru PajamaMedia.
You seem to mirror my feelings coming from a Hindu perspective.

It is not often that a Hindu assert himself on an issue of relevance but whenever he does, the global media to labels him as a right winger, fascist and what not. There is a strong tradition of native Hindu intellectual discourse but since most of it is not in ‘English’, the issues are not considered important enough for the mainstream Indian media to cover.

The Indian media which is mostly in English speaks for the interest of the West, the Muslims, the Christians, the leftists, even the Communists but NOT for the Hindus. And guess who these journalists are? Almost all of them Hindus! ‘tamed’ by these same interest groups over a long period of time and different circumstances. At present a Hindu point of view or a Hindu issue is a taboo in the mainstream media thanks to these same gatekeeper Hindu sepoys. As an example, did you hear of any Hindu reaction to ‘Slumdog Millionaire’? It was after all a ‘great’ film about the ‘outrageous’ Hindus in India. There was, in India but not even the Indian press covered it. Can Jews top that? Seems like, the ‘H’ word is as much stigmatized by the press – silencing by indifference – as the ‘J’ word is hated by it.

The Hindu is an outcast in India. A billion strong and without a voice! This is the fate of a people without a sense of their own history who else to blame!! The solution is true knowledge of history and dialogue but who has the will and the time for such foolish endeavors.

Maybe people such as you can put some sense into my people and maybe we can do that for you, as it seems that we are more likely to listen to others than our own.
Come visit the Hindu India

I have never posted a comment, but have read much of your work.

Thank you. You are a lone voice in the wilderness, speaking out with such integrity.

I hope you will be bestowed with many blessings in the New Year.

Why don’t they go to the library computer in Oklahoma, get a warrant, find out WHO is sending FALSE COMPLAINTS and charge him with obstruction or something. OR put some undercover in his circle and find out what’s going on. I know that at least they have the name of the person making these complaints but that is a crime isn’t it? They had warnings of 9/11 and they did nothing. I wish I could feel secure that they do more than drugs and environmentalist harassment.

In any case, on Madoff being a Jew, so are the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg. Their foundation gives away 100 million every year to the poor. They are one of thousands of Jews doing the same, some who were wiped out by Madoff. Today on CNN People living at Ronald McDonnell House (housing families of children needing hospital treatment) thanked the Weinbergs. Every time Jew is connected to Madoff we should make sure Jew is connected to all the good they do in the world without making a profit from it.

In gratitude to you, Dr. Chesler, for being the voice that is singing, that revels in truth and dares to see and point to the emperors naked as sin – that child woman grown that has not melded into the hypocrisy and shielder from truth as so many have.

You serve humanity and for that we all who love you give you our collective gratitude, thanks and best wishes for Chanukah.

May the cherished light represented in Chanukah continue to guide you and we all blessed and the better for its generous revelations.

my life long loved friends (the closest ones) have gone away, because we disagree. policy issues have become a fingerprint of our souls. all hairs stand up on end, for example, asap after the word jew is mentioned, even when its purpose is on behalf of jews (these days, most unusual). muslim, doesn’t have a chance.

every issue is complicated futher by its hardline believers who choose one strand out of the hundreds that define its complexity. unraveling some other part of it, only infuriates people.

having a normal (in its previous incarnation) discussion is impossible. and, friends feel closer to us. one of its privileges is to respond in a way others won’t. (the other is to open the refrigerator door).

we are all, it seems, speaking not from our heads, or even real knowledge of the issue, any issue. people say anything. its purely passion. go have a meaningful discussion from that part of the brain. good luck.

I deeply regret that you have encountered the Mr. Hydes in a couple of Dr. Jekylls. Public personae oftentimes cover, and compensate for, inner savagery.

Their behavior is an external manifestation of their own inner lives. Pray for them. Weep for them. Just don’t interact with them if you can possibly avoid it.

Best regards,

Just another goy

Martha and I join in sending you our best wishes for Hannukah: chag someach, Phyllis. But not just a “happy” holiday, also a hopeful celebration of Jewish strength, a strength that comes from standing for what is right and just. What is right and just is rarely (if ever) popular.

Norman