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In reply to the discussion: Jewish schools on alert after eight men threaten to cut schoolchildren’s throats (Australia) [View all]Aerows
(39,961 posts)and some people are just plain lunatics without the need of prejudice of any sort. Frankly, anyone that kills children is a lunatic, but that is beside the point.
What about the guy that attacked the Sikh Temple and was too ignorant to tell the difference between a Sikh and a Muslim?
Unbridled hatred is not reserved for any one type of organization or person. Anti-Semites certainly exist, as do bigots of all stripes. Leaping on Malaise for saying that it was unclear what this particular hater's motive was and implying she is an anti-Semite, however, was out of line.
You aren't going to convince me otherwise. Drag whatever you like out, but that was still wrong, as it is wrong to call anyone who questions the policies of the Israeli government an anti-Semite.
Some people fail to get that, and it gets tedious to have to continue to explain to the same people over and over again that no, you don't despise Jews or Israelis just because you think Netanyahu is an asshole.