This is very important to me because I have many friends who are Jews or are heavily involved in Jewish culture.
In places like this, I use "jew" to describe evil, dark, and malevolent people who are secretly ruining lives, mainly for the meme-factor.
Yet, I've met rabbi's, visited synagogues and jewish centers, and guess what? They are all normal people. ESPECIALLY the practicing Jews. I remember as a child, going to Jewish events, learning a little bit about their traditions, plights, etc. and it was all very much so in the name of remembrance and acknowledgment of history and traditions.
It rubs me the wrong way, because though all ethnic backgrounds have experienced great tragedy in the past, the Jews get the most attention, more so than blacks and slavery. If all was held equal, historical tragedies would be nullified because everyone would have something to share.
As a cherry on top: One of my (practicing and ethnic) Jewish friends is more based than most of you here. He is skeptical of the holocaust, despises "jewish" celebrities, and is comically anti-Israel. He jokes about wondering when he will get his "dark powers" and how he can "join the club" to get to a high place.
Do I think that Jews should get the most attention? Of course not. Do I acknowledge that Jews have had great loss in the past? Of course. Now, do I acknowledge that there is a rather large amount of Jews in high places? Absolutely.
However, IMO, practicing Jews must be differentiated from ethnic Jews who happen to be in places of power. Did they get there by conspiring? Maybe.
Practicing Jews are people like us: they have their traditions, food, rituals, etc.
But guess what? Like OP's thread, shitty people exist.
If it was a bunch of Sikhs who were behind the scenes of everything, we'd be talking about them.
If all of the biggest events in history were caused by a bunch of Aztecs, we'd be talking about them.
We are allowed to be critical, but we HAVE to acknowledge that there are critical differences between a religion, and a whole group of people.
It’s easier to fool a man than to convince him he’s been fooled
This is very important to me because I have many friends who are Jews or are heavily involved in Jewish culture.
In places like this, I use "jew" to describe evil, dark, and malevolent people who are secretly ruining lives, mainly for the meme-factor.
Yet, I've met rabbi's, visited synagogues and jewish centers, and guess what? They are all normal people. ESPECIALLY the practicing Jews. I remember as a child, going to Jewish events, learning a little bit about their traditions, plights, etc. and it was all very much so in the name of remembrance and acknowledgment of history and traditions.
It rubs me the wrong way, because though all ethnic backgrounds have experienced great tragedy in the past, the Jews get the most attention, more so than blacks and slavery. If all was held equal, historical tragedies would be nullified because everyone would have something to share.
As a cherry on top: One of my (practicing and ethnic) Jewish friends is more based than most of you here. He is skeptical of the holocaust, despises "jewish" celebrities, and is comically anti-Israel. He jokes about wondering when he will get his "dark powers" and how he can "join the club" to get to a high place.
Do I think that Jews should get the most attention? Of course not. Do I acknowledge that Jews have had great loss in the past? Of course. Now, do I acknowledge that there is a rather large amount of Jews in high places? Absolutely.
However, IMO, practicing Jews must be differentiated from ethnic Jews who happen to be in places of power. Did they get there by conspiring? Maybe.
Practicing Jews are people like us: they have their traditions, food, rituals, etc.
But guess what? Like OP's thread, shitty people exist.
If it was a bunch of Sikhs who were behind the scenes of everything, we'd be talking about them.
If all of the biggest events in history were caused by a bunch of Aztecs, we'd be talking about them.
We are allowed to be critical, but we HAVE to acknowledge that there are critical differences between a religion, and a whole group of people.