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 Thoughts on Jews? (3)

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One of the fascinating things about Jewish culture is that it has such a long memory. This is a result, I think, of the Jewish identity being tied to a covenant with YHWH over a particular parcel of land. First the Hebrews and then Jews have been raised to maintain a continuous cultural identity. This has been augmented by the adoption of the Old Testament by Christianity.

I think this is the root of the stereotype of "Oi vey, why do these things always happen to us?"

Importantly, the history of the Hebrews and later the Jews includes the same bad treatment, brutality, injustice, and hardship that have been typical of the history of ALL people throughout history. Nothing has happened to the Jews that has not happened to myriad other people groups.

The only difference is that they remember it as personal and pertinent to themselves.

This makes their history a history of all people in microcosm. Because of the continuity of the culture, the longevity of the memory, and the migration of the people across the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, Europe, and Latin America, we can see the history of cultural clashes over almost two thirds of the world, spanning a period of almost four thousand years.

The Jews give us a window into how our ancestors were treated, how they might have lived, how their conflicts with other cultures played out.

Fucking jews...

Nah jk... my friends a Jew, hes nice. It’s kinda funny, he makes jokes like the one I just made all the time.

marcusmoon(576) Clarified
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I appreciate that you were willing to joke about it.

I like the fact that you immediately took a jab at the stereotypical attitude. Even the some-of-my-best-friends are... excuse plays up to the stereotype of the anti-Semite line.

It is nice to see a humorous response instead of the standard pedantry, especially when it risks being seized upon for the sake of pointless outrage.

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Gas sie alle, weiter, was Vater Hitter begann

HEIL HITLER!

im kidding...or am i?