I ran across this address of Evan Sayet to the National Heritage Foundation some time back. It is almost 48 minutes long, but I found it to be worth listening to in its entirety. Extremely interesting perspective from a New York Jew who was once a liberal. Among other observations, he says, “Imagine being in a restaurant with an old friend & suddenly he blurts out, ‘I hate my wife.’ You kind of chuckle to yourself because he says it every time you’re together, & you know he doesn’t hate his wife. They’ve been together for 35 years. He loves his daughters & they’re just like her. Naw, he doesn’t hate his wife. And you sit there & look out the window, & you spot his wife out the window. And she’s being beaten up. And you grab your friend & say, ‘Come on! Come on! Let’s help her! Let’s help your wife!’ And he says, ‘Naw, I’m sure she deserves it.’ At that moment, it dawns on you that he really does hate his wife. Well, that’s what 9/11 was to me (Sayet continues). I would hear my friends from the left say how evil & horrible & racist & imperialistic & oppressive America is, and I’d laugh to myself & say, ‘Aww, they always say that. They love America.’ And then on 9/11 we were beaten up. And I grabbed ‘em by the collar & said, ‘Come on! Come on! Let’s help her! Let’s help America!’ And they said, ‘No, she deserves it.’ At that moment, I realized that they really do hate America.”
His National Heritage speech is found at
His National Heritage speech is found at
