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Behind the Aegis

(53,956 posts)
Fri Apr 9, 2021, 12:27 AM Apr 2021

Polish university calls lecturer's anti-Semitic blood libel part of 'scientific discourse'

A Polish lecturer who said that Jews had practiced “ritual murders” will not be reprimanded because his claims are the subject of “scientific discourse,” the university that employs him said.

An internal ethics panel made the decision not to take disciplinary action against Tadeusz Guz, a priest and faculty member at the Catholic University of Lublin, for a second time after again reviewing complaints over a 2018 speech he gave in Warsaw.

“We know, ladies and gentlemen, that the facts of ritual murder cannot be erased from history. Why? Because we, the Polish state, in our archives, in the surviving documents, have evidence spread across centuries when Jews lived together with our Polish nation,” he said.

Ritual murder by Jews is an ancient blood libel that was common throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. Such libels served as the pretext for multiple deadly pogroms and anti-Semitic murders.

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This is but one way it starts, especially with the veil of "legitimate scientific discourse."

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Polish university calls lecturer's anti-Semitic blood libel part of 'scientific discourse' (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Apr 2021 OP
'Jews lived together with our Polish nation' under duress. elleng Apr 2021 #1
Looks like Poland is in LOCKSTEP with Florida & DeSantis. I guess applegrove Apr 2021 #2
Much of Eastern Europe is heavily influenced by Russian propaganda, and is turning more right. SunSeeker Apr 2021 #3

applegrove

(118,642 posts)
2. Looks like Poland is in LOCKSTEP with Florida & DeSantis. I guess
Fri Apr 9, 2021, 01:19 AM
Apr 2021

A.L.E.C stands for "Authoritarian" Legislative Exchange Council, not "American".

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215313520

SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)
3. Much of Eastern Europe is heavily influenced by Russian propaganda, and is turning more right.
Fri Apr 9, 2021, 02:27 AM
Apr 2021

It is sickening to watch.

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