Why do people hate the Jews?

Originally posted by benevolent tyrant
Bigotry. Racism. Discrimination. These are all words to describe one thing -- hate. These are all words to express what the Jewish people , collectively, have endured for, well, as long as anyone can remember. But why?

In western civilization, I think most kids eventually ask that question. I did. I remember asking my mother (in the fifth grade, 1978) why Israel and the PLO were fighting. She couldn't tell me why. And her honesty about it was refreshing. Tho it didn't help me out any, otherwise.

As a Christian I have heard it said that it is because an angry mob of Jewish people insisted Jesus be killed. That old curse that Mel Gibson was forced to remove from his film, The Passion.

I wish all hate would be vanquished.

benevolent tyrant
Why do people hate the Jews?

People that hate jews are racist bigots, no better than people that hate blacks, arabs, or euros.

Hatred against the jews started when they were dispersed from Israel into the rest of the world. They were hated, because all societies have hated minorities and people that are different. The jews were dispersed all over the world, and thus were hated everywhere. With other groups, no one thinks about it becuase they are 'only' localized minorities.

Just as I don't understand why Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews.

Hitler was around when the idea of the aryans was also around. Its more complex perhaps than its sometimes portrayed. People noticed that all languages, from Madrid to Madras, were related, that they were, infact, branches with a common root. English, French, Latin, Greek, Iranian, Sanskrit, Hindi, etc, the langauges were all related, and it seemed that the language spread to its current edges from a common midpoint. The languages together are called the Indo-European language family, back then called Indo-Aryan. People also noticed that the various non-indo-european language speaking civilizations were wiped out in seeming catacylsms. All of them reported having fast and furious iron weilding chariot and horse ridiing nomads storm in from their northern border, ultimately destroying them. ANd then we see advanced civlizations spring up in those areas, with sophisticated techonology and religious thought. So it was though, there was originally a tribe, somewhere in the middle between india and ireland, that developed iron working, tamed the horse, speaking the original indo-european language, that spread out from their small homeland to practically conquer the whole world. And the results were the heights of humani accomplishment, pyramids in egypt, greco-roman civilization, the iranian religions, western philsophy, the hindu religion and its accompanying philosophy, etc etc.

And crushed by this, you'd find people like the jews, who had a completely different language and different civilization, who's God was their master and they its willing slaves, who absurdly concerned themselves with restrictions like kosher dietary and cleanliness laws, and who must've been weak, corrupt, and pathetic, why else would they be wiped out.

So the jews became the sum representation of that ancient struggle between the semitic "half-men" and the aryan heroes, and if they were going to be slaves to their god, then the superior aryans would be that god and they the slaves, and any other non-aryan civilization .

So when hitler came around, he didn't have to invent anything, all these things were 'known' to the general public. Thats why the jews are castigated for being weak today, for being money-grubbing, corrupting, and spiteful.

Its the same old story, hate that tries to justify itself.

Originally posted by leo_infowarrior
I cant say that I hate jews, because that will be morally wrong and also because I know really good jewish people, but I dont understand why they think they are better and they wont respect human rights, they want to take over everything, also they want to be different than everybody.

What the hell makes you think that jews think that????

The other day I went to the supermarket and I went to get some salami, and I saw 2 different stand, one for normal people, and another one for jews. to me that is really stupid,

And because of finicky dietary laws, the jews deserve to be hated?

I dont get them, why they want to be different to everybody

So unless they behave like you think everyone should, there is something wrong with them?? People aren't permited to be different?

and why they have so much money. most of jews in the us are wealthy.

Thats a complete lie. Jews are like everyone else, some are rich, most are not.

I dont hate them but I dont really like them.

Then you should be ashamed of yourself for being a bigot.

LooseLipsSinkShips
what makes them so special?

Nothing does. What makes the arabs so special that the world gave them the lands taken from the ottomans? After the war, the jews, arabs, kurds, turks, were aggitating for land. THe turks got turkey, the arabs got arabia, the jews got a slice of the levant, and the kurds got screwed.

and the reason they are hated is because they are occupying the arab's land

Why would the rest of the world give a damn about the arabs loosing a peice of desert land? The OP is talking about why the jews have been hated throughout history. At all times, there were groups hating the jews.

Snazoulu
the Jews are Gods chosen ppl, THATS why they got THEIR land back

So Lord Balfour is the Messiah or something?

derfred33
allways toght that were the nazis who first "declared war" on the jews but recently wile talking to a friend about it he told me that before the begining of the ww2 the International Judea boycotted the German Exports

There were attacks on jews in europe long before the nazis existed. Jews are a minority, and they have the 'nerve' to keep their own religion and traditions, thus, they are loathed because they are different. People can come up with all sorts of reasons to rationalize hating a minority. "They're control the banks, they're here to take our women, they're not really human, they worship the devil" etc etc.

stumason
I'd hazard a guess and say it is the "superiority complex" that runs through Judaism. Gods Chosen? Calling the rest of us Goyim, Gentliles or worse.

Every nation think that they are chosen. The germans thought they were the master race and that any civilization's greatness was merely determined by the amount of aryan blood it had.
THe jews said 'god is our god, and he protects us', like every other group, especially in those ancient days when this religion was 'new'. Its not a particularly odd statement, what would be odd would be if the old jewish religin said 'god is everyone's god'.

Why, if the Jews can claim back Israel

They were given Isreal, by the UK and UN. Its far too late now to say 'other people's haven't gotten their land requests fufiled, therefore we should roll back previous land grants'.
Also, the arabs have arabia, and egypt, and iraq, and syria, and the jordan, etc etc. So looks like the arabs did pretty well for themselves when the world powers were handing out land.

You can covnert to Judaism, thats were 75% of the worlds Jews came from.

Thats also where 99 percent of the world's christians came from. THe first christians were a small group of jews, and then the rest of europe came over to that religion. I don't understand why this claim is (and not saying you are using it in this viscious way) used to say that the modern jews aren't 'real jews', but 'converted khazars'. Its meaningless.

Whereas those that inhabit the area, say the Palestinians are actually Semitic tribes and probably have better "jewish" ancestry than modern day Jews.

Indeed, they do. The Arabs in general are more closely related to the ancient hebrew tribe than the khazars are.

hogtie
I hate to say it, but I would like to hear from someone who is anti-Jewish that can peacefully articulate why it is they are held in such disdain,

They hate jews because they view them as snivling subhuman animals. There's no peacfully articulated reason. IF there was a mutant gorilla that could speak and fire a gun, and it was set up settlements in your town and took your resources, would you view it favourably? Would you give it the same laws as apply to you? Thats how anti-semites view jews, thats how old racist southerners viewed blacks, thats how the majority allways viewed the minority, as sub-human animals not deserving of equality. THey expect you to demonstrate that they should be treated equally, to them its a given that they are beneath them.

Originally posted by EastCoastKid
I wish all hate would be vanquished.

There are some scary things said in this thread....

:shk:

Nygdan touches on the reason I think Jews seem to have been singled out as a particular object of hatred in many places: their history as an exiled people, living in foreign lands, yet maintaining their own religious and cultural traditions.

Since the Diaspora the world's Jews have lived as a minority wherever they are, not only that, but a minority that puts a strong cultural emphasis on education, literacy and tradecraft. So they are in many places both a despised minority (to different degrees in different places at different times) and yet an essential element of the local economy.

This results in a lot of resentment.
Not that the Jews are the only people in this predicament, the impression I get is that the Chinese in Malaysia are in a similar boat: an ethnic/religious minority with disproportionate economic clout.

Originally posted by loam

Originally posted by EastCoastKid
I wish all hate would be vanquished.

There are some scary things said in this thread....

:shk:

I would agree with alot of it.. Scary and sad...usually means true. It's said that the Jews are the leaders of the Illuminati...masonry, or whatever you consider the people behind capitalism, and Hitler hated the jews because they were pioneers of the ecomomic conquest that is taking over most of the world. Lots of people hate america. ...why? it's because Jews are the backbone of this country....I love everyone...Jews or not...nothing but love in me baby.

How exactly would 'the jews' be the people 'behind the illuminati'????? There are a heckuva lot of jews, that'd be one damned big conspiracy.

Well here is my best explaination . Jews created Freemasonry. The upside down triangles that create the star of david is in tribute to the Jewish slaves that built the Egyptian pyramids thousands of years ago. Jewish people are simply the smartest builders in history. They struggled so much, that is why they are great. Struggle made them great. The Illuminati symbol ..the pyramid, is 3 sided and the 3 sides represent the 3 courts that tried Jesus Christ. I believe the names were ...

Jubelo , Jubelum, and Jubela .. all have the letters " JU" in the names.

After christ was murdered, Freemasonry was "christianized" They are in fact the Illuminati. The Jews control Hollywood don't they? Creators of currency and maybe even the Vatican Church to be the first failed attempt of a New World Order...a one world government.

Originally posted by StreetCorner Philosopher
Jews created Freemasonry. The upside down triangles that create the star of david is in tribute to the Jewish slaves that built the Egyptian pyramids thousands of years ago.

Why, even if one accepts that as true, does that mean that the jews created masonry? Could it not simply be the the people that did create it were fond of jewish symbology, like many today are fond of the kabbala, but arent' jews or jewish?

Also, while the square and compass do indeed look something like the star of david, they, moreso, look like a square and compass. If anything, the symbology of freemasonry indicates that it was started by stone masons.

Jewish people are simply the smartest builders in history.

?
The jews didn't even build Solomon's Temple, it was built by Contractors from Tyre, who were recognized as being far more skilled than the jews.

The jews say that they were used as slave labour to build the pyramids, not the designers. Whats more, the pyramids weren't built especially by slave labour anyway, it was a national egyptian project.

The Illuminati symbol ..the pyramid

The illuminati records were captured while weishaupt was still around, I am not familiar with the Pyramid being one of their symbols.

, is 3 sided

A pyramid is 5 sided. A triangle has 3 sides.

and the 3 sides represent the 3 courts that tried Jesus Christ

THe people that actually use the Triangle as a symbol use it as a representation of the Trinity.

I believe the names were ...

Jubelo , Jubelum, and Jubela .. all have the letters " JU" in the names.

This is from some of the masonic rites. The three courts that christ was put before were King Herod's Court, the Sanhedrin, and the Roman Court. I don't see how those are references to any of them. THe three names have 'ju' in them because the peopel that made up the myth/rite wanted to 'blame the jews'. Jubelo, Jubelum, and Jubela are the three people who kill Hiram Abif, the focus of hte masonic legend, (who, btw, is raised from the grave). Its a recapitulation of the idea that the Jews killed Jesus.

The Jews control Hollywood don't they?

No, they don't. Some people that are very influential and rich in hollywood are jewish.

Creators of currency and maybe even the Vatican Church to be the first failed attempt of a New World Order...a one world government.

The vatican isn't jewish and indeed has sponsored and approved many attacks upon the jews.

Some might say that they hate the Jews because, after all, "the Jews killed Jesus". This has been the "justification" for Christian pesecution and the hatred of the Jews in spite of the fact that Jesus, Himself, was a Jew. How can Christians continue to call themselves Christians when they, in turn, deny Christs' own words to "Forgive them, for they know not what they do"? In the same light, how can Christians deny that, according to the very same Bible that they adhere, expresses that the Jews are "God's Chosen people"?

I am a Christian and I don't know of any other "true" Christian in the last 150 years who really believed that the "Jews" killed Christ; in fact any Christian who really knows Jesus and has any grasp of scripture knows that it wasn't the Jews who killed Christ but Jesus who laid down His life willingly and then rose again to save the world from sin and death. The Jews are indeed God's chosen people and any nation or people who come against them will suffer God's wrath.

I have to say that for my own part, what is going on now in the Mid-East has tremendous prophetic significance.