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Behind the Aegis

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12. That's the "sometimes it is excuseable" rationale.
Tue May 31, 2016, 04:43 PM
May 2016

See the first post, which, surprisingly, was hidden! Most people are probably familiar with the racist version of "There are black people, and there are..." (you can guess the next word without my needing to write it). That statement is something people say when they have convinced themselves they aren't racists because it is only the "bad ones" they dislike. It is very similar in regards to anti-Semitism, especially certain anti-Semitic tropes; Jews are more loyal to Israel; Jews control Hollywood; Jews control the banks; Jews play the "Holocaust card" too much. Those are used on both sides of the aisle, but what is really disappointing is how often they are "no longer considered anti-Semitic" if the statement is made from the left. Of course, who says it doesn't determine if it is anti-Semitic or not.

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