[Riodacat]

Don’t kid yourself, there are Jew haters on all sides - of every political, cultural, ethnic, racial and religious persuasion..

[SJackson]

Don’t kid yourself, there are Jew haters on all sides - of every political, cultural, ethnic, racial and religious persuasion..

That's true, though I think the left is more tolerant of antisemites institutionally. A Republican who hung with Rev. Wright, or a number of BHO's associates, would be rejected by the party. I acknowledge the media would be a big part of that.

[sig226]

It would make an extremely interesting study if someone actually cataloged the different versions of anti semitism extant in the western world and analyzed the findings. The reasons given for hating Jews vary according to the needs of the hater. Marx said Jews were screwing up communism. Hitler blamed communism on Jewish Bolsheviks. Jews are either pacifist cowards or Zionist murderers, depending on whether you ask skinheads or jihadis.

F’rinstance:
Jews control the government so they can control the money.
Jews control the money so they can control the government.
Jews control the media so they can control the government and the money.
And of course, the UN is controlled by Jews, even though it trashes Israel every chance it gets.
etc., etc.

The various and conflicting reasons given for hating Jews place them in the category of bogeymen. Every nation has bogeymen. We have them, too. But anti semitism lends itself to hatred across national boundaries.