I'm not much into what goes on in the Middle East or between Israel and Palestine but I just wanted to say that I think some people may have negative feelings towards the Jews because they think right now they are being treated as 'favorites' in the Middle East and the people around them aren't being acknowledged. I guess it goes deeper than that but its my observation.
Name: Teshan
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Comments: Let's face it, religion is the big problem here. If everyone would just realise that it's just all a big con and based on fairytales and lies, instigated by people who sought power, then the world would be a better place.
Why do we have to hate people? We're all humans. We all have the same needs, wants and loves. We just let religious leaders dictate what we should and shouldn't do and who we should love and who we should hate. We'd all be better off just living our lives to be the best pepole we can be and treating other people the way we'd like to be treated ourselves. That's it - simple.
Name: Fella
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Comments: The Jews shouldn't even have a country. They were prosecuted and expelled from everywhere they went all throughout history and they were given Palestine by the British after world war 2 because of big money Jewish influence in world politics at the time and the holocaust but the Palestinians had already been living there for hundreds if not thousands of years after the Jews left. It's like the Romans wanting to reclaim their empire or like the Aztecs wanting their empire back. It's ridiculous but the Jews finally got it the shady way. And now a lot of them are involved in corruption giving the rest a bad name. I am very fond of a lot of Jews but I understand as a people their arrogance sometimes gets the best of me. It's the same type of arrogance Muslims have. They throw their religion all over your face. Not all Jews and not all Muslims but most.
People just choose to hate because they can. If its not the Jews they would just choose someone else. People say the Jews did this or that but when you study it carefully you'll see the Muslims and Christians did just sthe same things.
Name: Justme
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Comments: Well, is it the Jews people hate or is it people that fall into the Jewish stereotype? I am disgusted by people that have many of the traits that are normally associated with Jews. I can say the same about Mexican [gangsters] too so don't get all fired up just yet.
You have to admit many stereotypes are based on reality....
I have spent more time in the Middle East that I wanted to. I have seem the way business is done and deals are arranged. A lot of it is shady, unscrupulous, and in many cultures considered "out of bounds". Since the Jews have been all over the western world much longer than Arabs it is only natural that the Jews are associated with people that will do anything (within less reason) to achieve their goals.
Their moral compass seems to be pointed in a slightly different direction than Euro cultures. I am not saying it is necessarily wrong or right, but different.
In looking through this and other sites to see why I was starting to feel a loathing for the Jews I saw info that made it clearer that it is people that do practices that are normally associated with Jews that I hate. I know there are plenty of great ones and all that.
One other reason from way way back... I dated a Jewish girl for a while and was told that we could never get serious because I was not Jewish. The "chosen people" elitist aspect. If they are chosen, then why are they chosen to be killed, ridiculed, and abused by almost every other culture?
So back to my story... When confronted, one guy I know just says he is "just a New York Jew". The impression that many people have is that the Jews do not care what others think of them, they are going to get what they can, any way they can. If a person gets screwed over it is his own fault.
All boils down to trust, honor, and integrity. I think there is a culturally different view of those with Jews and other Euro and American cultures. (Jews + middle eastern cultures. ME are not the topic so I am not lumping them in)
Judge tosses 'Kick a Jew day' lawsuit
Glenn's prediction that anti-Semitism is on the rise gains more evidence with each passing day. From the polls that reveal 35 million Americans have anti-Semitic tendencies to the less subtle things such as 'Kick a Jew Day,' hate keeps popping up at schools around the country. Glenn talks about how the lawsuit seeking to further look into the 'Kick a Jew Day' incident at a Florida school was dismissed. Where are we headed? Glenn has more on radio today. Ref. Source 9
Name: Flora
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Title: Ms
Comments: I am a Jew. The assimilation assumption is a nonsense. Assimilation is one of the reasons to obliterate us given by the Nazis. We were a threat to racial purity because we were insidious in society. Many people were considered Jewish if they had a grandparent or even Great grandparent who was Jewish. This despite the fact that the Jewish birthright stems only from the mother.
Source 1: Family history
Name: Joanne
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Title: Ph.D
Comments: I am constantly amazed when the issue of Jews killing Jesus comes up. The usual response