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Why do people hate Jews?

senorpogo said:
That's something I've been thinking about as of late. In the modern world, a lot of is has to do with Israel or Zionism, but it seems to me - with the average knowledge of history that I have - the Jews have been a targeted group since the get go. Why? Is a large portion come from some Christian's view of Jews as "Christ-killers"? Is it because Jews are seen as being affluent and well off? Why do people hate Jews?
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Why do people think "people" hate Jews? You mean the world on the whole? They don't. Mostly it's Arabs/Muslims, and you know how loony they are. :cool:

I mean cmon - how can you hate a group that gave us the 3 Stooges, not to mention Capt Kirk and Spock?
 
MaGZ said:
Are there any films about the Armenian genocide?
Any films about the Soviet starvation of the Ukraine?
Any films about the expulsion of Arabs in Palestine in 1948?
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Er...many. On all counts. Seriously.
 
parky76 said:
Until 100 years ago anti-Semitism was almost completely a christian phenomenon. I have no doubt that had christianity not taken hold in the roman empire and spread through europe, anti-semitism would not exist today.

as long as one jew exists, the christian philosophy is challenged. as long as one of jesus' fellow jews exists and says "uh uh...sorry...jesus was NOT the messiah"...there will be anti-semitism.
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Didn't exactly ace your world history classes did ya?

Well I'm really shocked that - at JREF of all places - some people grabbed this like a dog to a favorite bone and turned it into Christian-bashing. I'm surprised you haven't blamed them for the ebola virus and El Nino too.

:rolleyes:

PS you might try learning a little about something before attacking it. That's not how Christianity is at all; I've no doubt most Christians would find your statements laughably inaccurate. In fact, I suspect it's much more like you would be if you belonged to it - ie live for the attack. How wonderful your beliefs must be to have instilled that attitude in you.
 
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Human beings have a natural tendency to want to single out those who are slightly different. Whether its Jews, blacks, Muslims, Gypsies, Irish, people will always find a group to make a scapegoat out of. The only reason why hatred of Jews is so widespread is that Jews are everywhere.

When someone hates another person, it is not the hated person that has the problem.
 
a_unique_person said:
It wasn't the roots either. It was imperialism, pure and simple
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And imperialism cannot be the root of antisemitism??

it wasn't the roots of anti semitism, any more than it was the roots of hatred of other ethnic groups.
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Why can't it be the root of hatred for multiple groups?

This argument doesn't make any sense at all.

For example, Athens can be described as the root of modern democracy. Athens can also be described as the root of theater.
 
Dumbledore said:
So Dustin Israel should sit back as a terrorist group launches missiles at its civilians. How would the US respond if terrorists were launching missiles at us from Mexico or Canada? We nearly had a nuclear war over the Cuban missile crisis, and that was just the threat of nuclear missiles off our shore.
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If some group of crazies in the U.S. started launching missiles from the United States into Canada, what should Canada do? Firstly they should try to work with the U.S. Govt to get these people stopped and arrested. If that fails they should come into U.S. territory and try to stop them themselves. However should they start launching missiles themselves into U.S. cities, killing numerous civilians in the process? No. BTW, Israel admited they made numerous strategic mistakes during that conflict.

Dumbledore said:
No, as Dustin shows us people really do hate Jews for various reasons, antisemitism is just as real as any other form of racism.
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Probably more prevalent than other forms of racism, especially in the Middle East.
 
Jews are not a race, so how can you be a racist for hating Jews? Wouldn't it be a religious intolerance thing?
 
That's quite the generalization to say people hate jews. A lot of jews are universally respected for their brilliance. John Stewart is very popular because of his brilliant intellect. Einstein was universally respected by practically everyone. Of course they are considered as humanists to most. Stewart to be openly skeptical of Middle East issues. It's the pro-Israel dogmatists who tend to be most unpopular. Never acknowledging the faults of your country, and overt nationalism or ethnocentrism, tends to turn people off. Much like a lot of people in the US who deny our countries misdeeds are unpopular internationally.
 
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robinson said:
Jews are not a race, so how can you be a racist for hating Jews? Wouldn't it be a religious intolerance thing?
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Actually Jews are considered a race. You are considered a Jew if your mother is Jewish. There are a lot of secular Jews who are atheists. That's kind of part of the Jewish Conspiracy thing actually.
 
Anybody can become a Jew. Race has nothing to do with it. I checked. Jews are of many racial backgrounds.

"You are considered a Jew if your mother is Jewish". Well, that isn't 100% true. If you are a male, you also have to be circumcised to be a Jew.
 
blndrhed said:
Actually Jews are considered a race. You are considered a Jew if your mother is Jewish. There are a lot of secular Jews who are atheists. That's kind of part of the Jewish Conspiracy thing actually.
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Exactly. I'm am one of these. An ethnic Jew. Halfbreed, really, but born via the Jewish half.
 
marksman said:
And imperialism cannot be the root of antisemitism??
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No, because Imperialism is about subjugating and ruling anyone you can think of. It has nothing to do with Jews specifically.

Why can't it be the root of hatred for multiple groups?

This argument doesn't make any sense at all.

For example, Athens can be described as the root of modern democracy. Athens can also be described as the root of theater.
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Yes, different case. Theatre and democracy have nothing to do with a specific race.
 
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