The true story of Chanuka, today’s fight against evil, and Overton’s Window
How did we get to the place that there can be “Gender Identity”/LGBTQ Ed for 3 year olds?
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Sadly, to many people, Chanuka means nothing more than lighting candles and eating donuts. In truth, Chanuka is the celebration of the G-d given victory of a tiny minority of people who stood on the side of Creator against true evil.
I believe Chanuka is the holiday that speaks the most to the war we’re living through now, the the war of the “globalists” against G-d, morality, and humanity, and our battle for truth and good.
The Greeks, who ruled over Israel at the time of the Chanuka miracles, hated the idea of monotheism. They desecrated, with idols, the Temple in Jerusalem - the Bais Hamikdash, where the One G-d, the Creator of heaven and earth was served, and from which blessings and protection flowed to all of humanity.
They would not have objected if my people had kept holiday celebrations and other Jewish rituals as cultural observances. But for us to believe in One G-d and worship Him alone and do what He commanded us because He said so - that, the Greeks could not abide.
Their worldview was completely physical. Even their “gods” were human-like. The Greeks worshipped the physical. They couldn’t stand a People who stood for something higher.
My brother in law related a beautiful thought at the Sabbath table which he heard in the synagogue.
Darkness can do two things. It can make you unable to see something that is in front of you. But it can also make you believe that something you see is actually something it isn’t. For example, in the dark, you might think that a person is really a pillar, or a pillar is a person.
This confusion - the mixing up and the mixing together of good and bad - is a force that has never gone away from the world, even though the Macabim miraculously defeated the Greeks at the time.
My husband told us the following Torah thought from Rabbi Shimon Schwab: Every Chanuka, on the Sabbath, we read the Torah portion of “Mikeitz,” from the book of Genesis. It recounts how Pharaoh dreamed of shriveled stalks of wheat consuming plump stalks, and then of emaciated cows consuming fat cows. Pharaoh awoke frantic to know the meaning of what he’d dreamt. But why was he so sure that the dreams meant anything significant?
The answer is that he’d never experienced anything in real life like what he saw now. It contradicted the normal way of the world, in which the bigger and stronger always vanquish the smaller and weaker. And seeing this inversion of nature happen in front of his eyes really shook Pharaoh up.
The miracle of Chanuka - the holiday on which we read about these dreams - is a parallel to Pharaoh’s visions.
A fraction of the Jewish people had stayed faithful to G-d and resisted the “mainstream.” They resisted the mammoth efforts of not only the Greeks, but of so many of their own people who had gone over to the other side, to “Hellenize” them.
In 167 BCE, when Matisyahu, the son of the High Priest in the service of G-d, was ordered to offer a pig as a sacrifice to an idol, that was the last straw. He not only refused, at great personal risk, but with the call of “Mi LaShem Ailai” (Who is for G-d, follow me!) he started a rebellion against the evil Greek rulers. He and his 5 sons were called the Macabim. (Macabi is an acronym for mi komocha ba'ailim Hashem, “Who is like You among the powers, O G-d.”)
How many people joined Matisyahu in battle? The most generous count of the Macabim’s force is 13 men! They were unequipped and inexperienced, and were fighting against tens of thousands of professional soldiers, highly trained, with war elephants - the equivalent of today’s tanks. But they were fighting for G-d!
The fight took years, and many Macabim lost their lives in the guerrilla warfare, but G-d eventually gave them victory.
Are you seeing the parallels to today’s situation?
There is a special prayer that we add on Chanuka to remember this miracle. It is called Al Hanisim (For the Miracles.)
Note: There was also another miracle, of one day’s worth of oil burning for eight days, which happened when they cleaned out and rededicated the Temple.
This is the translation of Al Hanisim:
And [we thank You] for the miracles, for the redemption, for the mighty deeds, for the saving acts, and for the wonders which You have wrought for our ancestors in those days, at this time—In the days of Matisyahu, the son of Yochanan the High Priest, the Hasmonean and his sons, when the wicked Hellenic government rose up against Your people Israel to make them forget Your Torah and violate the decrees of Your will. But You, in Your abounding mercies, stood by them in the time of their distress. You waged their battles, defended their rights, and avenged the wrong done to them. You delivered the mighty into the hands of the weak, the many into the hands of the few, the impure into the hands of the pure, the wicked into the hands of the righteous, and the wanton sinners into the hands of those who occupy themselves with Your Torah. You made a great and holy name for Yourself in Your world, and effected a great deliverance and redemption for Your people Israel to this very day. Then Your children entered the shrine of Your House, cleansed Your Temple, purified Your Sanctuary, kindled lights in Your holy courtyards, and instituted these eight days of Chanukah to give thanks and praise to Your great Name.
Who will learn from the Macabim and join, now, in fighting all the evils of today?
To understand what we are up against, look at this article by Spencer Lindquist at Breitbart News.
Healthcare Professionals Trained to Ask Three-Year-Olds About Their Gender Identity
A course for healthcare professionals urges them to start asking children as young as three years old about their gender identity.
The online module from the Fenway Institute, titled “Affirming Care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Children and Adolescents,” advocates that those in the medical field take an “affirming” approach to gender dysphoria in youth.
The module, which discusses the use of puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgery, is eligible for continuing medical education requirements, which some medical students, residents, and professionals need in order to maintain their positions.
One section of the module, titled “Asking pediatric patients about gender identity,” tells medical professionals to “start around age three.”
Medical professionals are told again later in the module to ask toddlers about their gender identity. After users select an answer to a multiple-choice question, a slide says, “pediatricians should start asking patients about gender identity starting around 3 years old.”
Additionally, the module also provides those in the medical field with multiple websites and graphics that are aimed at children and can be used to indoctrinate them with gender ideology.
One such graphic referenced in the module is the “gender elephant,” a diagram of a cartoon elephant that argues that gender identity, sex, and gender expression are all distinct. A variant called the “gender unicorn” is also displayed on the site.
Meanwhile, the online module also promotes the “gender book,” a graphic novel that encourages readers to be a “gender justice superhero” by supporting “political action that increases awareness of and protects the rights and safety of gender minorities. Drag king, transmasculine, and genderqueer are all listed as different gender identities.
The Fenway Institute, the healthcare organization that created this module, has repeatedly endorsed the “gender-affirming” model of care. Breitbart News previously revealed that the organization produced a guide for healthcare professionals that taught them to pressure parents into accepting their child’s transgender identity.
That guide from the Fenway Institute states, “Potential signs that a family needs additional help and resources to come to accept and support their child’s gender diversity” include “referring to the child’s gender diverse identity as a ‘phase,’” “Inconsistent name/pronoun use,” and, “Using incorrect gendered words like ‘son’ or ‘daughter.’”
Now see this next one - what do they have specifically against THREE year old children, for Heaven’s sake??
HIGH COURT RULES IN FAVOUR OF WELSH GOVERNMENT’S COMPULSORY LGBTQ+ TEACHING FOR 3- YEAR-OLD CHILDREN
The High Court has ruled today that the Welsh Government’s controversial plans to force LGBTQ+ teaching on all children from the age of 3 upwards is lawful and does not conflict with parental rights.
In a lengthy and comprehensive judgment handed down this afternoon (Thursday 22nd December 2022) Mrs. Justice Steyn rejected the judicial review by concerned parents against the Welsh Governments’ radical power grab which will force all children in Wales from the age of 3 to be subjected to the new Relationships and Sexuality Education curriculum, which includes compulsory and explicit sexuality and LGBTQ+ teaching. For the first time, the parental right to withdraw their children from explicit sex education classes had been removed from the law.
The controversial proposals, which were opposed by 90% of parents in the Welsh Government’s consultation, is to be subject to a “whole school approach” whereby themes of sexuality and LGBTQ+ are to permeate the whole curriculum.
The concerned parents argued that this new curriculum exposes their children to serious dangers, and that the common law protected parental rights to opt their children out of classes which they considered entirely inappropriate and conflicted with their religious and philosophical beliefs. This is the first time the courts have had to rule directly on this important question but Mrs. Justice Steyn held that:
“The case law and texts relied upon by the claimants do not support the existence of a fundamental common law right of excusal. I reject the contention that such a right exists.”
Further, she found that Article 2 of the First Protocol to the European Convention of Human Rights, which obliges the state to respect the right of parents “to ensure such education and teaching [is] in conformity with their own religious and philosophical convictions”, did not protect parental rights in the field of controversial sex education.
Parents gathered outside the high court last month as five claimants connected to the campaign group, Public Child Protection Wales, challenged the Welsh Government on what they claimed was an extremely unbalanced, woke curriculum, based on unethical and highly controversial ideologies such as gender theory and queer theory.
Some schools across Wales are embracing elements of this new curriculum already and reports of children as young as four being told they can “be born in the wrong body”. Concerns are rising daily with reports of children coming home confused and upset, some parents claim their children have been “traumatised by (certain) images.” (BW - I edited for decency.)
Kim Isherwood, one of the claimants and the spokesperson for the campaign said:
“We asked the High Court to recognise the overreach of power by the government, we asked the court to help us protect our children from future emotional, physical, and psychological harm. The evidence we provided to the court referenced and highlighted concerning levels of betrayal, deceit and false claims made by the government, but it appears as though the judge agrees with them - not only do we parents not have rights, but they were never there to begin with. The team is preparing the appeal, the higher the court the louder the message. This is not a loss; this is another level of exposure. We look forward to another court hearing in the coming weeks where we will fight all the harder to protect our children from a dangerous woke agenda gone off the rails.
Lucia Thomas, co-founder of Public Child Protection Wales, and spokesperson for the campaign: “My main concern is Justice Steyn quoting Professor Emma Renold and the support of her work on this RSE curriculum. Emma Renold references her own work and has a deep-rooted belief that childhood and childhood innocence is a myth. We look forward to another day in court.”
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Kim Isherwood 07494 440527 kimberleyisherwood@yahoo.co.uk
Lucia Thomas 07723 603235
luciathomas.acca@gmail.com
https://www.publicchildprotectionwales.org/_files/ugd/9e6336_31b8fe32ce984637be1661b85be6d2e1.pdf
How did such a horror attain this degree of legitimacy?
I want to open a window on the darkness, to help you understand what’s going on today.
Overton's window of opportunity
“The Overton window of possibility is the range of ideas the public is willing to consider and accept,” according to conceptually.org. The plan for how the “window” can successfully be moved is the result of extensive study of psychology and society.
The following piece on how the world powers silently move the Overton Window of Opportunity is part of a book published in Hebrew warning about the globalists’ agenda, titled “The Tears of Angels.”The book was written by an anonymous author, to alert us to what we’re witnessing and what can be on the way. This chapter was google-translated from Hebrew, and I’ve edited and shortened it.
The American sociologist Joseph F. Overton, describes a process for creating change in society in relation to any issue in the world. Things that were strictly taboo and forbidden were legitimized in hidden and unknown ways so that they could come be publicly acceptable.
Overton served as the senior vice president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in the United States. He dedicated his research to the fascinating question: How is it possible that things that have always been disgusting in the eyes of the public, suddenly manage to become legitimate issues that stand at the center of public debate, so much so that at the end of a process they even acceptable to the general society?
Overton came to an amazing conclusion.
In the right way, he claimed, any subject can be legalized, no matter how delusional, crazy, or controversial it is. What is needed for this is effort, determination, and a lot of patience. What is most important is proceeding correctly, step by step.
Overton described how completely unacceptable ideas among the public were taken out of the trash can of public scorn, washed and cleaned, so to speak, until eventually they were put in the law book, and became legitimate and approved by the public in practice.
Overton didn't just talk about 'gradual change'. You don't have to be a genius to say that. Everyone knows that cultural changes are made in small steps. And it doesn't always work, because even with small steps, it is impossible to legalize things that are strictly taboo.
Overton's method teaches something else. Overton explains how to find all kinds of bugs and loopholes in the wall of human culture, which allow the agents of change to penetrate through them, slowly but surely, and thus bring about the long-awaited change in society.
Many people who read about the Overton Window, read it superficially, and thought it was something theoretical with no practical ramifications for daily life.
But they were wrong. The Overton Window is all about practical techniques and doomsday weapons. The best of minds were used to create a tool for destruction of cultures and communities of peoples of all sorts, in an efficient and practical way. The technology is more effective than nuclear weapons.
The most striking example of the malicious and intentional use of the tools provided by the Overton method is the global campaign currently underway in all Western countries, to grant public, moral and legal legitimacy to those with the most morbid desires on earth. The organizations of the left and the liberals invest unimaginably huge sums on these techniques, which they currently see as the tip of the spear in their war against the religious, right-wing and conservative world and the values they represent. Unfortunately, they succeed.
By treading cautiously and calculatingly, according to the Overton model, they succeed in causing billions of people in the world to shake off the most basic foundations of the world of values in which they grew up. They get people to adopt concepts that in their eyes were once disgusting, and turn them into legitimate and legal things. At the same time, the one who thinks differently than them is presented as an archaic and rigid person, who sometimes may even get into trouble with the law.
The change is astounding and extreme. Those morbid creatures lacking human form, who sat on the social and moral dock until a few years ago - receive full protection. Those who sit on the real dock, in real courts, and receive real punishments, are the sane and normative people, who want to continue living with a straight scale of values and not the other way around.
How did such a radical, fundamental, and rapid change happen?
Officially, these moves are presented as if they were social processes occurring by themselves, as part of the development of the new generation. But that's not true. This is not a normal social process. This is an initiated and joint move by the liberals, the leftist circles, the courts, the liberal legislators, and the leftist media, operating according to the Overton outline.
Six Steps for Perceptual Transformation
People are not prepared to accept a radical change in their principled positions, especially if they are aimed at breaking the basic values and traditions that are deeply rooted in the soul. According to the principles of the "Overton Window," the solution is simple: adjust "the scale of what is allowed" in relation to the subject you want to allow, not immediately, but gradually, step by step, until the final goal.
This is not brainwashing, like it sounds, but a much more sophisticated technology. What makes it so effective is its consistent and systematic application. This is coupled with a lack of transparency of the planned impact for the target community/ victim.
The Overton's window layout is built on six steps:
The first stage is the "unacceptable" stage, in which, in fact, they are dealing with an idea that is completely contrary to public morality, and therefore is immediately ruled out. Overton discovered that anything that is 'illegitimate' is also 'non-existent' on the map of possibilities and in normal discourse. This is the first stage of the Overton model (a zero window of opportunity to change something).
For this purpose, they go on to the second stage:
They will not deal now with the legitimacy at all. They will just talk about it, and that's how it will turn from “nothing” to “something.” They make it at least 'exist'. The distance from 'existing' to 'legitimate' is very short, much shorter than you think... but right now they won't tell you what they want. Of course you won't object that much, and even if you object it won't help you much, because no one is coming to say that it is allowed and legitimate. They just want to talk about it a little bit. What's wrong with talking?
But creating a discourse and giving an abominable concept a place in human culture is not a simple matter either. After all, this is a truly abominable thing, right? This is exactly why Overton found all kinds of loopholes. First of all, they use the services of the academia and the researchers, who are ready to discuss virtually any topic.
They have academic discussions that portray the idea as extreme. The very talk erases the taboo, and opens the window for the buds of change.
Third stage: The creation of semantics that make the idea plausible among the public. This can be done by changing the name, or connecting human tendencies that support the change. Or, giving positive descriptions of people who have changed. With the changes of definition, slowly, the needle is moving.
Fourth stage: Discourse and artificial discussion in society, which will conclude that with clear boundaries as to what is forbidden and what is permitted, the idea becomes acceptable in certain cases.
Fifth step: Media storms are made, giving popularity to the idea in the press, and legitimacy among society (“Everyone has their way of doing things,” etc.)
Sixth stage: The idea now becomes political by raising it to a public debate, introducing it to the public consciousness. Slowly society internalizes the matter and treats it as something acceptable; and at the very end, it is accepted by law, its status officially, legally regulated.
Who would have dreamed?
Thus a previously unthinkable topic becomes part of an official policy and becomes accepted by the public in practice. The process enables the acceptance of the new law as a founder and protector of this 'something', which in the recent past was considered a terrible and shocking thing...
This method works on all people and all areas. It works on individuals, on groups, on countries - on everyone.
The Overton model in action
This is how the Overton model can process any idea that seems completely absurd to any human morality and logic, make it legitimate and qualify it to come into the public domain. Let's take, for the sake of demonstration, a completely absurd idea: Cannibalism.
Freedom of Expression
The first step of moving the Overton window: to move the issue of cannibalism from the unthinkable zone, to the radical zone. After all, in Western society the use of freedom of expression is approved, not to mention encouraged. So why not talk about cannibalism? The freedom of academic research in modern society is a sacred value, for which everything is permitted.
Eating people is forbidden. It is forbidden to legitimize it. Casting any doubt on the latter is also forbidden, from the point of view of society, absolutely forbidden. But there is one loophole - scientists are allowed to research and talk about everything. Woe to those who try to shut them up.
Anthropological Conference
Later, the scientists propose to hold an anthropological conference on "Exotic Customs and Rituals of Polynesian Tribes". The conference will discuss the history of cannibalism, introduce the concept into scientific discussion, and receive authoritative citations professionally. This creates the possibility to talk about eating a person and at the same time remain within the respectable framework of “science”.
Overton's window has begun to move. This means redefining the boundaries, which ensures a transition from the people’s most negative attitude towards the subject to a more positive one.
A group called “The Gang of Radical Cannibals” must appear, and it doesn't matter if it will only be established as a virtual website in the network. These Radical Cannibals will no doubt be quoted and featured in all relevant media outlets. Firstly, this is another reminder of the existence of the phenomenon. Secondly, there is a need for ostentatious exercises of this special phenomenon, in order to create the image of a radical scarecrow . These will be the "bad cannibals", as opposed to the scarecrow at the other end - "fascists who call for the burning of everyone who differs from them".
I will talk about scarecrows later. For starters, it's enough to publish articles about what British scientists and other kinds of radical perverts think about eating human flesh. In doing so, they arrive at the first result of moving the Overton window: the "unthinkable" enters the public consciousness. The taboo was destroyed. An unequivocal understanding of the problem was destroyed. In other words - shades of 'grey' were created in the mind.
At this stage, a new concept is introduced to people - "the issue of cannibalism". There is an issue here, there is a topic. It is complex and deep, with sides and arguments. It's not just human monsters that eat each other, but a deep academic-research-cultural issue, which supposedly requires an in-depth discussion...
Change the Name
In the next step, the window moves forward and transfers the cannibalism from the "radical" field to the "possible" field. At this point, they will continue to quote "scientists" - it is impossible to turn their backs on knowledge - about cannibalism of course. A person who refuses to discuss the issue will be declared archaic and outdated, hypocritical and arrogant.
On the way to the condemnations of self-righteousness, we must come up with an elegant name for cannibalism. This is so that all the fascists of all kinds will not dare to call those who "think differently" by the horrible connotation that begins with the letter "C".
Pay attention! The creation of the cultural term is the decisive moment! In order to whitewash the unpalatable idea - the original name must be replaced.
From this moment on, within a few months, the concept of cannibalism will completely disappear from the field, as it were. Just like various concepts disappeared in the past and new and more modern names appeared in their place. Cannibalism will be called from now on - anthropophagy. This term will be replaced soon, afterwards it will later also be defined as too insulting.
The goal in inventing new names is to distract the public from the essence of the taboo phenomenon with the literal definition; we need to separate the form of the word from its meaning, and to smear the ideological opponents. Cannibalism becomes anthropophagy, later it becomes anthropophilia, similar to a criminal who changes his name and identification.
At the same time as we play the name game, the underlying precedent event is produced - historical, mythological, topical and even simulated - the main thing is that it looks legitimate. It will be found, or invented, as "proof" that anthropophilia can be a legitimate thing.
"Do you remember the myth about the devoted mother, who gave her children dying of thirst to drink her blood?"
"And what about the stories about gods from ancient times who ate each other in order? The Romans accepted this as routine!"
The main goal of these sentences, at this stage, is to remove cannibalism from the criminal domain, at least partially, and at least once, at some historical moment.
Artificial Battlefield
After a precedent / legitimate / historical case has been presented, an opportunity arises to move the Overton window from the realm of the "possible" to the realm of the "rational". This is the third stage, in which the negative phenomenon crashes and disperses into small pieces.
"The desire to eat a person is genetic, it is in a person's nature, a person loves his own kind."
"Sometimes eating a human being is necessary, there are circumstances that cannot be refused, like in the Holocaust."
"There are people who desire to be eaten."
"The free man has the right to decide what he will eat."
"The tendency to eat grass is exactly the same as the tendency to eat those walking on two legs."
"Don't hide information. That way everyone will decide for themselves whether they are an anthropophile or an anthropophobe."
"Is there really any harm in anthropophilia? This is a folk myth that has not been scientifically proven."
An artificial 'battlefield' is created in the public's mind. At both ends they place the 'scarecrows' of the radicals both in favour of anthropophilia and those who are against it. The real opponents - those who do not wish to remain indifferent to the problem of removing the definitions of cannibalism - these people are automatically associated with 'scarecrows' and labeled as racists.
The role of these scarecrows is to create an image of crazy psychopaths on both sides of the fence: aggressive anthropophagy haters, fascists, who call for all cannibals, Jews, and communists to be burned alive. The media proudly provides exposure to all extremists - but they don’t provide any exposure for the real opponents of the legalization.
By representing the arguments in this way, the anthropophiles themselves are placed, so to speak, in the middle, between the radical scarecrows for and against, they are now within the range of what is considered normal. With all the pathos of "sanity and humanity", they condemn "fascists of any kind", and all manifestations of cultural intolerance of any kind .
Press, News, and Entertainment Programs
The "scientists" and the journalists, at this point, are proving to everyone that humanity throughout history has eaten one another, and that this is natural and quite normal. Quite impressive oil paintings by scandal-seeking painters showcase well-known and famous 'historical events' of cannibalism by the so-called good and well-known of the human race.
Now it is possible to transfer the subject of anthropophilia from the "rational" field to the "acceptable category". The Overton Window continues to move forward with vigor.
In order to publicize the issue of cannibalism in the public, we must have the support of popular content and link them to historical or mythological figures, and if possible, also, connect them with famous figures of today. Anthropophilia is making its way into news and entertainment programs in an acceptable way.
One of the marketing means of the advertising process is called "Look around you!"
"Didn't you know that that well-known composer is.. uh.. an anthropophile?"
“Did you know that, screenwriter so-and-so, who is known to everyone - all his life he was an anthropophile and was not even persecuted for it?"
“You know how many of them are put into psychiatric hospitals! How many millions were deported and stripped of their citizenship! By the way, what do you think about the new music video "Eat My Children"?
At this point the promoted topic hits the headlines, it begins to spread randomly in media, business and politics.
The next effective approach - the essence of the problem is discussed to extensively at the level of the information carriers: journalists, TV show hosts, social activists, etc. , without the participation of the experts.
At the defining moment, when everyone is bored and the discussion reaches a dead end, the expert chosen strictly for this purpose will come out and announce in the spotlight: "Gentlemen, things are actually not true at all. The problem is not here but there. And we need to do this and that." It even gives the specific direction required for further moving the Overton window.
Beautify the Bad
In order to justify the supporters of the legalization of cannibalism , the criminals are beautified with the help of humane and human characteristics that are not at all related to the essence of their crime.
"These are the people of the spirit and creativity. Well then, what if he ate his wife?"
"They really love their victims. Eat, I mean, love, like people who love fish - eat them ."
"Anthropophiles have a very high IQ. They are very conservative and moral in all other matters."
"The anthropophiles themselves are victims. They were forced to become what they are due to the constraints of a difficult life."
"They were brought up that way," and so on.
Confusions of this kind are simply the bread and butter of panel shows on television , the Internet, and other media .
Current Politics
The Overton window begins to move into its fifth stage only when the matter is 'heated up' enough to move it from a popular category to the realm of actual politics.
The process includes an activity to introduce a constitutional basis for the issue. Lobbyist and groups in the government are getting together and coming out of the shadows. Referendums conducted by sociologists are published which prove, so to speak, a high percentage of supporters for the legalization of cannibalism. Politicians are beginning to feel the pulse and issue public statements regarding official legislation to establish the matter.
Now, in the last stage of the window, and its transformation from “popular” to “current politics,” the public is already broken. The living part of them will still continue to oppose the constitutional establishment of things that were unthinkable until a relatively short time ago; But overall, the public is broken. They have had already agreed and surrendered to their loss. The laws were accepted; the norms of human life have now been destroyed; In the future, the concept will also be rolled out in schools and kindergartens and the next generation will grow up with this concept part of daily life without a chance to change it.
Not only can you legalize cannibalism, it is also possible to create a situation where the opponents of cannibalism are the ones who will be led to the gallows! This is exactly what has been done, not in a dark country somewhere, but in a incredibly cultured and modern country!
The Overton Model Works Amazingly Well.
Think about the Holocaust.
The German public of those days was very modern and intelligent. The most civilized, most kind and polite people in the world. The people of progress and enlightenment. Within a decade and a half they became the equivalent of cannibals. They may have not eaten people with a knife and fork, however they would have been able to do so without any problem.
Think of the soaps made of human fat.
In Meron, at the entrance to Rabbi Yehuda Bar Ilai's cave, on the right side, there is a special grave where they buried the fat soaps that remained after the war - the infamous soaps of the Nazis. They were made, these soaps, from the fat of their victims. These soaps circulated all over Germany, and no one saw anything wrong with it. Is there a difference between eating human flesh and using soap made from human fat?
The Nazis knew the method very well. They went step by step. It was not in one day that they turned from normal people into the most horrible and terrible monsters ever.
Here, these exact methods are used today in the western world to legalize all kinds of abominations, which include murder in the full sense of the word of babies, the terminally ill, and more. To beautify this horrible crime, this murder received the new-old washed-up definition “euthanasia.”
But do not fear! G-d is the only True Power. He just wants us to do our part, to stand strongly and publicly on the right side - on His side, to educate others, fight against evil, and pray. He will destroy the evil ones. There is no question.
Here are some verses from Psalm 33, which is recited by many after lighting the Menora. The Psalm reminds us that G-d is in charge. He knows all the thoughts and deeds of the wicked. Their apparent strength is meaningless. They will not prevail.
Let all the earth fear G-d; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
For He said and it came about; He commanded and it endured.
G-d frustrated the counsel of nations; He put the plans of peoples to nought.
G-d looked from heaven; He saw all the sons of men.
From His dwelling place He oversees all the inhabitants of the earth.
He Who forms their hearts together, Who understands all their deeds.
The king is not saved with a vast army; a mighty man will not be rescued with great strength.
A horse is a false hope for victory, and with his power, he will not escape.
Behold the eye of G-d is to those who fear Him, to those who hope for His kindness,
to rescue their soul from death and to sustain them in famine.
Our soul waits for the G-d; He is our help and our shield.
For our heart will rejoice in Him, because we hoped in His holy name.
May Your kindness, O G-d; be upon us, as we hoped for You.
This has been a remarkable read, I actually chose the listen to version of it since I have been working around the house.
Thank you Bracha for putting it all together. Pretty illuminating.
Be the light spread the light this Hanukkah and every day. Drive the darkness and deceit away.
Excellent synthesis. Here is my two cents.
I find profound significance in the Hav'dalah prayer - separation between holy and secular, between light and darkness, between Sabbath and the 6 days of action, and so on. This has echoes in the separation between kosher and unclean, meat and dairy, wool and linen, permitted relationships and abominations, and so on.
I think our religion has more distinctions than any other. This is an obstacle for the elites, whose agenda requires "undifferentiated human protoplasm", in the words of French intellectual Renaud Camus. The Overton Window, as Glenn Beck has discussed at length, must erase distinctions in order to make humanity more malleable, and thus more subservient.