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To: shadowlands1960

What is the definition of “anti-Semitic”, anyway?

Is it a bias against some shadowy oligarchy of bankers and financiers who may have a Jewish ancestry, but are practicing atheists, or is against some very religious and practicing scholars of the Torah who meet in synagogues to chant and praise their Creator, or is it the Israeli Mossad that is a high-level arm of the government of Israel, or is it the Anti-Defamation League that operates as a sort of paramilitary unit that hunts down expressions of what they consider to be “hate crimes” or “hate speech” to expose to the rest of the public?

Trying to assign identical traits to EVERY member of a minority is an exercise in futility, insofar as it may be practiced. As with all other ethnic groups, there is a very wide spectrum of behavior among the people known collectively as “Jews”, and the very bad behavior of one or a small group within that demographic is in no way a reflection on the behavior of of the great and abiding numbers of the remaining category.

Showing a dislike for a specific person of Jewish descent is in no way “anti-Semitic”, despite all the efforts put into picturing it that way. Some people are just despicable regardless of their heritage.


35 posted on 11/05/2022 1:31:26 PM PDT by alloysteel (People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do - Isaac Asimov)
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To: alloysteel

Like Harvey Weinstein and Soros. Despicable.


39 posted on 11/05/2022 1:35:53 PM PDT by dforest ( )
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To: alloysteel

It is what Kanye said, going after Jews as a whole.


60 posted on 11/05/2022 2:38:54 PM PDT by cowboyusa (America Cowboy up! )
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