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knightmaar

(748 posts)

16. When your life sucks and you have no self esteem

Reply to OliverQ (Reply #13)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 10:48 AM

Dec 2017

Racism is a good rope to reach for. If you actually took away the people that racists look down on, the racists would be forced realize what kind of awful, pathetic people they are.

But while they have their imagined superiority to <whomever>, they've at least got something.

But anti-semitism specifically ... it's a long history of passed down bigotry.

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Toronto synagogues among several across Canada to receive anti-Semitic hate mail [View all] Behind the Aegis Dec 2017 OP

Once again, this ridiculous "fear of the Jews" rears its head. Idiocy. 7962 Dec 2017 #1

Evil shenmue Dec 2017 #2

In Canada? I doubt this, and so should Canadians. Looks like a hit operation from foreign trolls. ancianita Dec 2017 #3

You can't be serious oberliner Dec 2017 #4

Because destabilizing public opinions never happened anywhere else, right? ancianita Dec 2017 #6

Anti-semitism exists in Canada oberliner Dec 2017 #7

The closest I ever came to marriage leftynyc Dec 2017 #5

Offering another perspective that doesn't sweep Canada into an anti-Semitic shade casting dustbin. ancianita Dec 2017 #8

Maybe you should read up on anti Semitism in Canada rising over the past few years.. 7962 Dec 2017 #9

Sure. Then again, there's been a rise in anti-Semitism everywhere. To me, who's doing it is key. ancianita Dec 2017 #11

I know it's hard to believe - but there *are* assholes in my country. knightmaar Dec 2017 #10

I'm not saying Canada doesn't have assholes or anti-Semites. But I'd like to find out who they are. ancianita Dec 2017 #12

Don't underestimate the power of social disapproval knightmaar Dec 2017 #15

True. But in this case, we both know the Canadian glare won't get to the bottom of this. ancianita Dec 2017 #17

I really don't get the hatred of Jews. It's just bizarre. OliverQ Dec 2017 #13

When your life sucks and you have no self esteem knightmaar Dec 2017 #16

The Story of the Jews on PBS was a real eye-opener Rhiannon12866 Dec 2017 #18

Damn William Postsalot Dec 2017 #14