Open Question: Why do so many people hate Jews?
I'm not talking about anti-Zionism, I'm talking about anti-Semitism. I, as a Jew, can tell you that I've gotten loads of derogatory comments on my being Jewish. I don't want to sound like a "whiner" but you have to admit that there is this bizarre, irrational hate for Jews. I know for a fact that much of this anti-Semitism is irrelevant to Zionism, because alot of the anti-Semitic comments I get are from (at least from my perspective) very uneducated people, whom I strongly doubt have much information on the Israeli&Palestinian conflict. On a more shocking note, I've gotten several "Ha-Jew!" (fake coughs) from several Afro-Americans. I find this ironic because I would think a black person would be the most understanding of racism and persecution. I didn't point this out to insult blacks because it happens to be the nicest gentiles I know are black. (I also find them in general to be very pro-Jewish). But I'm just saying that there are so many mixed ethnicities/cultures that despise Jews. I always look at videos of Jewish people on Youtube and many comments say outright anti-Semitic comments, and some of them suggest anti-Semitism. Take a look at this video below. The video, I would think, suggests that the Israeli man was 100% correct in this case, but yet the anti-Semitic comments suggest otherwise...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVS4Zgjm8HECan you explain these anti-Semitic comments to me? I find them totally unneccesary. Not only was this man justified in defending his identity, but he didn't even use any curse words or any inappropriate language in the slightest. So, why are so many people commenting that Hitler should have wiped us all out?
Also, I used to live in a Hassidic neighborhood and many of them used to tell my dad that they've experienced anti-Semitism. And if you know much about Hassidim you would know that the vast majority of them are anti-Zionists. So the hate expressed torwards them couldn't have been relevant to Zionism. And I also know many anti-Zionist Litfish Rabbis who have also experienced anti-Semitism. Also, just look at history - before the state of Israel there was the holocaust and so many other anti-Semitic conspiracies... So, there has to be a reason for this outlandish hate? Can you explain it?
I know there might be a religous side to this hate, such as our rejection of Jesus - but atheists, can you explain the agnostic/atheist side to this hate? If agnostics do hate Jews, it can't be for a religous reason...
Also, about the Youtube video - I'm not being biased because I know there are a couple of pro-Jewish comments on that, but I also find it ironic that such a large number of them are anti-Semitic.
Thank you so much for answering, btw! Shalom to all:)
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