Wouldn’t You Just Know It? Butler Has Evil Jewish Twin
In a way, it’s too bad racist Richard Butler and Jewish blowhard Irv Rubin couldn’t meet at Fourth and Sherman at high noon - and settle their hatred for each other. They wouldn’t need guns, knives, or tire irons, either. Both are so venomous, they could kill with a bite.
Butler, of course, is our cross to bear, a nasty old man who believes the white trash he surrounds himself with is superior to people of other races and religions. He has asked for a permit to goosestep down Sherman Avenue, now on July 25, rather than the original date, April 18.
Rubin, who has yet to enter the local scene, is a Jewish Defense League militant with a chip on his shoulder the size of a ponderosa. From Los Angeles, he’s fuming because the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations hasn’t tried to stop Butler from marching - which shows he has as much respect for our Constitution as neo-Nutsies do.
Rubin’s also trying to rally his disciples to combat Butler & Co. in Coeur d’Alene. Said Rubin via telephone: “I want to show there’s a different kind of Jew in town. It’s not the weak, submissive Jew that runs and hides and pulls down his blinds.”
Ironically, the same First Amendment freedoms that permit the Aryan Nations to assemble also allow knuckleheads like Rubin to counterdemonstrate, which increases the chance of violence in town in July. Sometimes, freedom boils down to putting up with the Butlers and Rubins of the world.
Sexy sexagenarian pooh-poohs pulchitrude
Now, I’m no “Hanoi Jane” Fonda fan. But she said things to 165 teen girls at a Bozeman conference Saturday that are worth repeating.
First, she told them that she, at 60, still struggles with self-esteem, despite her fame and wealth. Then, she urged her young sisters not to worry about the opinions of others but find their own way. Said she: “‘Difference’ becomes a dirty word when you’re in girlhood. The girls that were the most beautiful and most popular never went anywhere. They sort of peaked in high school.
“Girls that are beautiful, in the traditional sense, they don’t have to work as hard. … The ones that don’t fit in, they developed different sorts of muscles, that helped them face adversity in their lives.”
One of the unfortunate aspects of high school and middle school, Fonda said, is that they can breed mean-spiritedness and gossip among girls. Added Fonda: “This isn’t an easy world for being girls. It’s important to feel like sisters and act like sisters, and help each other out.”
Right on, sister.
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