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Opinion | I’m Glad the Dyke March Banned Jewish Stars

his weekend, at a lesbian march in Chicago, three women carrying Jewish pride flags — rainbow flags embossed with a Star of David — were kicked out of the celebration on the grounds that their flags were a “trigger.

Yes, yes and yes again. This is the best opinion piece I have read in years concerning the quickly growing mutual exclusivity of being a proud Jew and a progressive liberal in the current American form of liberalism (which is not what many people refer to as classical liberalism). As the author of the article states "Since when did a politics that celebrates choice — and choices — devolve into a requirement of being forced to choose?" It is very sad that American Jews are being forced to choose, like their ancestors in Europe, between their identities and "fitting in." For me the choice is very simple: fitting in will ALWAYS lose.