Agreed. Eventually I will drag out and post the full rant on the Shir HaShirim translation in the Artscroll Chumash, which uses Midrashic drash as pshat in the most insulting and counterproductive ways.

Yes... I didn't mean 'in violation of' so much as I meant 'without observation of'. The whole Jewish exceptionalism/am segulah tradition is in tension with an obligation to show respect and kindness to those outside the nation.