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  • Global surge in antisemitic incidents following the conflict between Hamas and Israel, affecting Jewish communities in various countries.
  • Antisemitic acts range from verbal abuse to physical assaults, often justified by anger over the Gaza conflict.
  • In areas like the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, and South Africa, antisemitic incidents have increased several hundred percent compared to the same period last year.
  • Official responses vary, with Western authorities generally quick to support Jewish communities, while some countries like China have not taken steps to curtail antisemitic content online.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But wasn't it the Romans who did that?

[–] FlyingSquid 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but it's been a long-standing precedent to blame the Jews anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Why though? Why perpetuate such an obvious lie?

[–] Dkarma 4 points 8 months ago

If u believe the Bible it's not a lie. The Jews could have saved Jesus. They chose barrabus instead iirc.

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't have the answer to that one. Maybe the same reason that lies like 'Asian men have small penises' and 'all black people are good dancers' perpetuate. It sounds good to a bigot and they just assume it's true.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

That tells me there's some other undelying reason for the bigotry.

I've felt this for a long time, but the more I watch politics play out, the more justified I feel it is: I think bigotry is a kind of mental illness, a severe one, and it might be connected with other conditions that case paranoia and manic episodes like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

It's the only way it makes any sense.