What happens when a 'Western' person mocks the Jewish position?
Here are some possible responses:
1. Disconnecting the line. The Jew disconnects the phone and no longer wants to hear from the Westerner.
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2. Don't be so quick to ridicule, it is possible to combine Judaism with the West.
3. Forget it. In general, Judaism is right, there are a few things that need to be updated.
4. Let's think again, maybe there is justice in what the Westerner says?
5. You're right! Judaism needs to change.
6. You're right! There shouldn't be any more Jews.
7. You're right! Judaism should be abolished.
(Classic responses from Haredi, Haredal, religious, conservative, reformist, secular, atheist respectively, more or less).
Now what happens the other way around? When a Jew mocks the West's position?
Surprisingly, the answers are the same - just the opposite.
1. Disconnecting the line, the Westerner doesn't want to hear from the Jew anymore.
2. Don't be so quick to ridicule, it is possible to combine Judaism with the West.
3. Forget it, by and large the West is right, there are some things that need to be fixed.
4. Let us think again, maybe there is justice in what the Jew said?
5. You're right! The West needs to change.
6. You're right! We don't need to be more Western.
7. You're right! The West needs to be abolished.
(Here too, in reverse order: atheist, secular, reformist, conservative, religious, Haredi, Haredi).
Conclusions:
The atheist and the Haredi have taken a specific, consistent approach, in which they hold a coherent worldview.
What does the Reformist claim? Here are his answers according to the above index:
You're right! Judaism needs to change.
Forget it, by and large the West is right, there are some things that need to be fixed.
And again, as in all his adventures, he leaves Reformist Bald here and there.
