Can you believe he said that stuff about you guys ...
Mark this page I was the one with the thick skin ..
Mark this page I was the one with the thick skin ..
I shouldn't be this shocked to have stumbled into so many self hating Jews and anti semites in a 2A forum. I'm not sticking around to put up with the hate. 2000 yrs of persecution have only made us stronge. The 2nd amendment stands between us and those who threaten our safety. Am Yisrael Chai!
Wow.
Yeah, if you are the accurate representation of what a "Jewish" gun club is like.... I don't think I'd want to be a part of it.
I'll stick with my local club that doesn't require a specific religious affiliation and treat people like dicks.
I would say the typical MDS member is more in your corner than most of the liberal Jews that you might encounter.
So glad I cut the cable, you get all the entertainment and drama one can handle rat cheer on MDS!
Whats wrong with you?
This thread is classic gold. I even got the shout-out from Chad over an old fight! NICE.
Here is my take: Shmuel is not a bad guy, but he is a typical yeshivish Jewish dude from Baltimore, and there is a certain level of insularity that comes with that. I know how that is, 'cause I was pretty yeshivish, too, until I took off my black hat a year out of high school because I realized that I didn't really have any interest in that hashkafah/theology vs modern Orthodoxy, and looking back, man, I said some crazy stuff. Givati is full of new shooters who don't know what they don't know. They'll get there - again, that was me once upon a time - but you're talking about a population segment that's generally new to the hobby and is gonna make some mistakes - including, it seems PR mistakes.
I don't know how I feel about the membership voting policy, TBH. It does rub me the wrong way, but if we're going to get more Jews into 2A stuff, this might be the way forward, at least for a few years. The real problem with it, IMHO, is that it tends to put a brake on more experienced shooters wanting to go in there and help drive things forward. Instead, you get Masada Tactical driving club shooting culture, and, put politely, I'm not sure it's necessarily healthy to have that one perspective driving things to that extent.
This
Some people think people don’t like them because they’re black/Muslim/red headed/a lawyer/whatever and it turns out that the reason people don’t like them is simply because they act like a dick.
This is not about the OP, this is just in general.
Oy! What did Groucho say about joining clubs?
Agree with JMintzer. I think the OP needs to chill and stick around because he is among friends—friends who are just as opinionated as he is.