Why do people hate Jews?

Fromthetrees

Hitler, the people who made them build the pyramids, the conspiracy theory forum ect. ect.

Why all the hate towards them, why not hate the Croatians?

Oranage2

They killed Jesus!

Gummy Panda

They shot Cyrus

AnonoBoy

I hate the Croatians. :mad:

GalwayGuy2

biko

Oranage2 wrote: »

They killed Jesus!

The Romans actually killed Jesus (if he even existed) and yet no-one hates the Romans.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

the jews didnt build the pyramids...

well maybe some of the workers were jewish but like.. i don't think it's anything they can take credit for as a people

landsleaving

biko wrote: »

The Romans actually killed Jesus (if he even existed) and yet no-one hates the Romans.

The Roma and Romanians get a bad time of it though, maybe people got confused.

AnonoBoy

biko wrote: »

The Romans actually killed Jesus (if he even existed) and yet no-one hates the Romans.

Tell that to Gerard Depardieu.

Kidchameleon

biko wrote: »

The Romans actually killed Jesus (if he even existed) and yet no-one hates the Romans.

he did exist. Fact.

landsleaving

Kidchameleon wrote: »

he did exist. Fact.

I was all like, NO WAY! when you said he did exist, and then you said fact and I was all, totally dude, can't argue with that kinda logic.

Winty

Fromthetrees wrote: »

why not hate the Croatians?:

I hate the Croatians because all the letters St Paul sent them and not one single reply

Death and Taxes

Kidchameleon wrote: »

he did exist. Fact.

If he did, he was Jewish

Winty

Kidchameleon wrote: »

he did exist. Fact.

Thanks for that

mickgotsick

biko wrote: »

The Romans actually killed Jesus (if he even existed) and yet no-one hates the Romans.

I hate the Romans. What have they ever done for us?

Attabear

Kidchameleon wrote: »

he did exist. Fact.

Nope, didn't.

admiralofthefleet

they have big noses because air is free

Oranage2

biko wrote: »

The Romans actually killed Jesus (if he even existed) and yet no-one hates the Romans.

At the time everybody hated the romans.

On a more serious note i think people hate the Jews because of their claws.

Ghandee

landsleaving wrote: »

The Roma and Romanians get a bad time of it though, maybe people got confused.

Roma people are gypsies, originating from parts of India.
Romans, people from Rome.

The Roma had zero affect on the life of Jesus afaik.

landsleaving

Ghandee wrote: »

Roma people are gypsies, originating in India.
Romans, people from Rome.

The Roma had zero affect on the life of Jesus afaik.

Assumed obvious joke was obvious.

Was wrong.

Manach

They (the haters) have no heard that polite society hate the Catholics now.

Sunnyisland

I hate hateing and dont know why people hate.

Ghandee

landsleaving wrote: »

Assumed obvious joke was obvious.

Was wrong.

Ah.....

Oh it was a joke.

Penny drops.

Oranage2

Ghandee wrote: »

Roma people are gypsies, originating from parts of India.
Romans, people from Rome.

The Roma had zero affect on the life of Jesus afaik.

Actually in Matthew 12:22 a Roma gypsy asked Jesus for money to buy her baby food and Jesus told her to f*ck off.

Siuin

Oranage2 wrote: »

They killed Jesus!

I've actually had some people genuinely claim this (and berate me for it)- the RC church only formally repudiated the idea in 1965.

As a Jew myself, the reasons I have found people most commonly have for hating Jews have been a mix of:
- a sense of suspicion towards Jews due to the insularity and small size of the Jewish community
- jealousy towards Jews' (real or perceived) success
- acceptance of Jewish stereotypes which have been propagated in the media
- hatred towards Israel

For anyone who is genuinely interested in the subject, I'd highly recommend "Antisemitism: The Longest Hatred" by Robert Solomon Wistrich

Andy!!

Jokes need to be funny or clever, that was neither. Hence the 'not getting it was a joke' bit.

People hate Jews because of their behaviour in this world. They think they are the superior race, 'those created and chosen by God'. They don't want anything to do with you or anyone of a different culture. They manipulate whatever they can, these days on a global scale.

The Germans hunted them. The English hunted them. The Romans hunted them. And the Egyptians enslaved them.

This isn't coincidence. These things all happened for reasons. They move into a country and feck it up so bad that the natives start hating them and then the inevitable happens.

jam_mac_jam

Because they are different? A lot of people are backward who don't like the idea of anyone different.

franktheplank

Historically Jews were bankers in Europe.

In the middle ages the church forbade Christians to charge interest (usury as it was then known), Jews were allowed to charge this and so became prominent in the banking sector.

Even into the 17 & 18th century European nations had 'court Jews' who acted like a minister for finance.

As far as I know there are still a lot of wealthy Jewish families linked to banking and it's associated activities.

I'd imagine this is where the hatred came from. Is it justified, no of course not.

Siuin

Andy!! wrote: »

Jokes need to be funny or clever, that was neither. Hence the 'not getting it was a joke' bit.

People hate Jews because of their behaviour in this world. They think they are the superior race, 'those created and chosen by God'. They don't want anything to do with you or anyone of a different culture. They manipulate whatever they can, these days on a global scale.

The Germans hunted them. The English hunted them. The Romans hunted them. And the Egyptians enslaved them.

This isn't coincidence. These things all happened for reasons. They move into a country and feck it up so bad that the natives start hating them and then the inevitable happens.

... and this, everyone, is what we call; Classic Antisemitism

Andy!!

Oranage2 wrote: »

Actually in Matthew 12:22 a Roma gypsy asked Jesus for money to buy her baby food and Jesus told her to f*ck off.

Fair play Jesus. :pac:

Yugioh

landsleaving wrote: »

I was all like, NO WAY! when you said he did exist, and then you said fact and I was all, totally dude, can't argue with that kinda logic.

How are people even debating the existence of Jesus? It is pretty much guaranteed fact that he did exist; it's just all that other stuff that people can quite rightly be sceptical about.