M.D. on Yechezkel Hirshman

Yechezkel Hirshman, defending the Chareidi thugs who beat Mrs. Miriam Shear for not sitting at the back of the bus, writes that Mrs. Shear is no Orthodox Rosa Parks. In an imaginary dialogue between God and Mrs. Shear upon her death and arrival at the Pearly Gates (!!!), Hirshman writes:

You have no idea what Rosa Parks felt. She was the victim of discrimination.

Rosa Parks was relegated to the back of the bus when any white woman could sit wherever she wants. Why should one woman be able to sit wherever she wants and another woman needs to sit in the back of the bus? But you were entitled to sit where any other woman was entitled to sit. In my eyes, all women are created equal. Nobody was discriminating against you. Any other woman would have been ushered to the back if she sat where you sat except that most of them do not need to be told.

M.D. comments:

This post is disgusting - I agree with anonymous, it oozes condescension and presumptuousness.

But to discuss a few specific points, let me paraphrase what you said.

An answer to Rosa Parks:

Why should one Jew be able to sit wherever she wants and another Jew needs to sit in the back of the bus? But you were entitled to sit where any other black person was entitled to sit. In my eyes, all blacks are created equal. Nobody was discriminating against you. Any other black would have been ushered to the back if she sat where you sat except that most of them do not need to be told.

More on Hirshman to come...