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[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. It might be from the pages of WaPo, but is that really the sort of article

we want to help spread across the net? It seems more intended to exacerbate divisiveness than to heal it.

[HooptieWagon]

2. We've already seen it on display.

The anti-semitics are a minority, but there's no point in ignoring their presence. The same ones also channelling Joe McCarthys red-baiting.

[melman]

13. This a really incredible post

The idea that something like this should be ignored because it makes you uncomfortable or because it's politically inconvenient...it's just...incredible.

[linuxman]

3. No way.

White people are totaly the worst, always and forever .

[bhikkhu]

4. I haven't heard a genuine anti-semitic remark in decades

the only one I recall really is something my grandpa said back in '75 or so (and my mom and grandma just rolled their eyes).

But then again it was extremely rare to here anything racist either, until Obama became the Democratic frontrunner.

[CBGLuthier]

10. I guess you weren't listening to anything Jesse Jackson said in 1984

I mean you would expect that shit from Farrakhan but Jackson shamed himself with his remarks.

[Nye Bevan]

5. As someone with a clearly Gentile name, I have heard anti-Semitic views expressed many times,

always by white people. I find the most shocking aspect of this to be the fact that this anti-Semitism frequently is expressed by relatively young people, whereas most overtly racist comments I hear tend to come from the older generation (think: racist old uncle). And the anti-Semitism is generally expressed unapologetically as though the person fully expects me to agree with them (which of course I do not).

[hunter]

6. They are old fashioned Christians.

All the new Christian Conservatives, especially the white sort, know Israel (and Jewish people by extension) are friends because Israel has The Bomb, and a common hatred of Middle Eastern Islamic "extremists."

But it's all just different flavors of hate-your-neighbor fundamentalist bullshit.

[Behind the Aegis]

8. Incorrect.

Your comment is a common fallacy. Christian conservatives are "friends" with Israel, not because it has a bomb, and not for what you imply is a "common hate of" 'Arabs/Muslims' (though I am sure some do), but rather because they "need" Israel for their apocalyptic fantasies. They don't give a shit about Israel and certainly don't give a shit about Jews. However, it is this alleged "union" which is often an excuse for some to dismiss or ignore anti-Semitism.

[Behind the Aegis]

7. I wouldn't say "very rare", but not common.

Also, the numbers are a bit wonky, which is addressed at the end of the article. Though it only brushes by it, from other studies, the higher incidents of anti-Semitism among minorities is almost always connected to religiosity; the more religious, the more anti-Semitic. This is the same with whites as well. This, of course, does not mean religious people are automatically anti-Semitic or that non-religious people aren't/can't be anti-Semitic, it just suggests there is a strong correlation.

What I find more concerning is not who is anti-Semitic, but rather those who ignore it or make excuses for it; enablers. Then there are the "casual" anti-Semites, who may not actually be anti-Semitic, but engage in anti-Semitic rhetoric. Seems some can always find an excuse for anti-Semitism depending on who the target is.

[Fumesucker]

9. I know a "Christian" who carries on negatively about Jews

But she carries on negatively about damn near everyone so I'm really not sure if she's actually antisemitic or just a huge grouch.

A wearying person to be around for any length of time, particularly when she complains of how negative everyone else is.

[Quantess]

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[romanic]

12. Only black anti-semities out there I know of

are Farrakhan and his wonky congregation of followers. Never heard if anti-semitism in the Latino community, even among Catholics.