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In reply to the discussion: Everybody Hates the Jews [View all]

Karadeniz

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4. The Romans stoked an antiJewish sentiment, suggesting Jews were lazy because they refused to
Tue Sep 21, 2021, 03:59 PM
Sep 2021

work one day a week... nevermind that their own work time amounted to the same thing, their holidays just being scattered instead of orderly. So they stoked prejudice for centuries, fueled also by the Jews' lack of appreciation for being subjugated by pax romana. Then the Christian church more openly used laws and theology to denigrate Jews. Centuries upon centuries of cultivated fear and hate doesn't just stop. Schools don't teach these things because it would make western culture seem imperfect. The push against CRT is the modern equivalent.

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