• corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    “There are a lot of people afraid of being Jewish at this time, and are getting a taste of what it feels like to be a Muslim in this country.”

    I don’t think Jewish people need reminding of the west’s antisemitism

    To read the original comment again, you may find it’s not about proving or disproving one form of hate but comparing with another level of hate in the country.

    And, while there’s no Olympic medal for hate victims being more victimized than another, the physical brand of hate muslims can be a little exceptional after the 1900s. Not being a member of either group, my read of the ‘taste of’ quote would have been more received if the comparison to Germany in the late 1900s was more blatant.

    But I’ll take this moment to add: the friends I have whom I know follow Judaism do not hate like one state demands they hate. And that needs to change.