Fear of Antisemitism

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Anonymous wrote:Anecdotally my jewish friends in the US are by far more successful, connected, happy, fulfilled, living their best lives compared to almost all of my non jewish friends. Not only do they have the unconditional support, connections and networking opportunities from their synagogues and other jewish friends, but many have inherited wealth that most could only dream of. None of my non jewish friends attend church, they have no community whatsoever, minimal, if any inheritance and zero connections. Perhaps I only associate with the exceptions but these jewish individuals are not hurting or suffering from anything other than jet lag from their last international holiday. They have a vast network of support that many others lack due to not belonging to a particular religion or group.

Your point is Jews are not hurt by anti-semitism because they are successful? Excellent.

I want to know specifically and individually how each of these seemingly comfortable, very happy, well adjusted, well educated, well traveled, well cared for connected people feel threatened solely for being jewish people.

I’m happy, comfortable, well-educated and well-off, but I still would prefer if I didn’t have to go through a metal detector to go to synagogue. I don’t feel constantly, or even often, threatened for being Jewish, but I think it’s pretty silly to say that if you’re happy in most regards it doesn’t matter if some people hold misguided stereotypes or hatred for you.

Antisemitism isn’t like most other prejudices — being successful actually often makes people hate Jews MORE. It’s a conspiracy theory at heart, that we’re too powerful and run the world. No one is going to deny me a job or a mortgage these days because I’m Jewish, but that doesn’t mean there’s no cost at all to Jew-hatred for the Jews. Just ask the unfortunately large number of Jews who have been shot in recent years at their synagogues — even entirely excluding incidents where the shooters say they were motivated by Israeli atrocities (which I don’t think is really a reasonable thing to exclude, but let’s do it for the sake of argument), you still have neo-Nazis attacking us because they think we’re bringing in non-whites to somehow ruin the country. Sure, your Jewish friends may be happy, but I bet they’d be happier if that didn’t happen!

I am an active atheist because I don’t enjoy or appreciate the forced collectivism and conformity that comes with all religions. I don’t have to worry about being shot for discussing my ancestry or going to church or temple where metal detectors are required. I live freely and independently in the modern day and I am my own person not the culmination of my supposed ancient ancestors.

Good for you, seriously. But I don’t think I should have to give up traditions that are important to me (and that have been important to my family for generations) in exchange for safety.

You could be free and as relatively safe as anyone else if you chose to be.

Right but you do see where telling me that I can be safe as long as I don’t want to be Jewish anymore might come off as something less than the optimal solution from my perspective?

Yes, ideally we all should be able to believe and support whatever we want, but that’s not reality. We can only control ourselves. If the risks of something outweigh the benefits is it worth it? It’s detrimental when a group dictates how a person should be, who a person should be, becomes their entire identity, this is harmful. It doesn’t matter how old or longstanding the religion or group is, it’s harmful to an extent. This is true for any religion.

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As an atheist I haven’t witnessed or experienced antisemitism directly. Why do you believe you are more at risk for discrimination? Why? Why do you fear that you are hated? I don’t see anyone hating on jews where I live.

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Anonymous wrote:Anecdotally my jewish friends in the US are by far more successful, connected, happy, fulfilled, living their best lives compared to almost all of my non jewish friends. Not only do they have the unconditional support, connections and networking opportunities from their synagogues and other jewish friends, but many have inherited wealth that most could only dream of. None of my non jewish friends attend church, they have no community whatsoever, minimal, if any inheritance and zero connections. Perhaps I only associate with the exceptions but these jewish individuals are not hurting or suffering from anything other than jet lag from their last international holiday. They have a vast network of support that many others lack due to not belonging to a particular religion or group.

Your point is Jews are not hurt by anti-semitism because they are successful? Excellent.

I want to know specifically and individually how each of these seemingly comfortable, very happy, well adjusted, well educated, well traveled, well cared for connected people feel threatened solely for being jewish people.

I’m happy, comfortable, well-educated and well-off, but I still would prefer if I didn’t have to go through a metal detector to go to synagogue. I don’t feel constantly, or even often, threatened for being Jewish, but I think it’s pretty silly to say that if you’re happy in most regards it doesn’t matter if some people hold misguided stereotypes or hatred for you.

Antisemitism isn’t like most other prejudices — being successful actually often makes people hate Jews MORE. It’s a conspiracy theory at heart, that we’re too powerful and run the world. No one is going to deny me a job or a mortgage these days because I’m Jewish, but that doesn’t mean there’s no cost at all to Jew-hatred for the Jews. Just ask the unfortunately large number of Jews who have been shot in recent years at their synagogues — even entirely excluding incidents where the shooters say they were motivated by Israeli atrocities (which I don’t think is really a reasonable thing to exclude, but let’s do it for the sake of argument), you still have neo-Nazis attacking us because they think we’re bringing in non-whites to somehow ruin the country. Sure, your Jewish friends may be happy, but I bet they’d be happier if that didn’t happen!

I am an active atheist because I don’t enjoy or appreciate the forced collectivism and conformity that comes with all religions. I don’t have to worry about being shot for discussing my ancestry or going to church or temple where metal detectors are required. I live freely and independently in the modern day and I am my own person not the culmination of my supposed ancient ancestors.

Good for you, seriously. But I don’t think I should have to give up traditions that are important to me (and that have been important to my family for generations) in exchange for safety.

You could be free and as relatively safe as anyone else if you chose to be.

What a clever threat--buy antisemitism relies on cleverness as we see.

I don’t hate you because you are jewish. We may not get along because I find you insufferable, but I find many people from all backgrounds to be insufferable and impossible to get along with. I generally don’t associate with members of cultish religions.

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Anonymous wrote:As an atheist I haven’t witnessed or experienced antisemitism directly. Why do you believe you are more at risk for discrimination? Why? Why do you fear that you are hated? I don’t see anyone hating on jews where I live.

Yah, in basketball this is called drawing a foul.

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Anonymous wrote:Anecdotally my jewish friends in the US are by far more successful, connected, happy, fulfilled, living their best lives compared to almost all of my non jewish friends. Not only do they have the unconditional support, connections and networking opportunities from their synagogues and other jewish friends, but many have inherited wealth that most could only dream of. None of my non jewish friends attend church, they have no community whatsoever, minimal, if any inheritance and zero connections. Perhaps I only associate with the exceptions but these jewish individuals are not hurting or suffering from anything other than jet lag from their last international holiday. They have a vast network of support that many others lack due to not belonging to a particular religion or group.

Your point is Jews are not hurt by anti-semitism because they are successful? Excellent.

I want to know specifically and individually how each of these seemingly comfortable, very happy, well adjusted, well educated, well traveled, well cared for connected people feel threatened solely for being jewish people.

I’m happy, comfortable, well-educated and well-off, but I still would prefer if I didn’t have to go through a metal detector to go to synagogue. I don’t feel constantly, or even often, threatened for being Jewish, but I think it’s pretty silly to say that if you’re happy in most regards it doesn’t matter if some people hold misguided stereotypes or hatred for you.

Antisemitism isn’t like most other prejudices — being successful actually often makes people hate Jews MORE. It’s a conspiracy theory at heart, that we’re too powerful and run the world. No one is going to deny me a job or a mortgage these days because I’m Jewish, but that doesn’t mean there’s no cost at all to Jew-hatred for the Jews. Just ask the unfortunately large number of Jews who have been shot in recent years at their synagogues — even entirely excluding incidents where the shooters say they were motivated by Israeli atrocities (which I don’t think is really a reasonable thing to exclude, but let’s do it for the sake of argument), you still have neo-Nazis attacking us because they think we’re bringing in non-whites to somehow ruin the country. Sure, your Jewish friends may be happy, but I bet they’d be happier if that didn’t happen!

I am an active atheist because I don’t enjoy or appreciate the forced collectivism and conformity that comes with all religions. I don’t have to worry about being shot for discussing my ancestry or going to church or temple where metal detectors are required. I live freely and independently in the modern day and I am my own person not the culmination of my supposed ancient ancestors.

Good for you, seriously. But I don’t think I should have to give up traditions that are important to me (and that have been important to my family for generations) in exchange for safety.

You could be free and as relatively safe as anyone else if you chose to be.

What a clever threat--buy antisemitism relies on cleverness as we see.

I don’t hate you because you are jewish. We may not get along because I find you insufferable, but I find many people from all backgrounds to be insufferable and impossible to get along with. I generally don’t associate with members of cultish religions.

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Anonymous wrote:As an atheist I haven’t witnessed or experienced antisemitism directly. Why do you believe you are more at risk for discrimination? Why? Why do you fear that you are hated? I don’t see anyone hating on jews where I live.

Yah, in basketball this is called drawing a foul.

There are solutions to the fear you face. Although you would lose some or most the benefits of the exclusive group if you left, and that’s a harsh unpalatable reality.

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Anonymous wrote:Anecdotally my jewish friends in the US are by far more successful, connected, happy, fulfilled, living their best lives compared to almost all of my non jewish friends. Not only do they have the unconditional support, connections and networking opportunities from their synagogues and other jewish friends, but many have inherited wealth that most could only dream of. None of my non jewish friends attend church, they have no community whatsoever, minimal, if any inheritance and zero connections. Perhaps I only associate with the exceptions but these jewish individuals are not hurting or suffering from anything other than jet lag from their last international holiday. They have a vast network of support that many others lack due to not belonging to a particular religion or group.

Your point is Jews are not hurt by anti-semitism because they are successful? Excellent.

I want to know specifically and individually how each of these seemingly comfortable, very happy, well adjusted, well educated, well traveled, well cared for connected people feel threatened solely for being jewish people.

I’m happy, comfortable, well-educated and well-off, but I still would prefer if I didn’t have to go through a metal detector to go to synagogue. I don’t feel constantly, or even often, threatened for being Jewish, but I think it’s pretty silly to say that if you’re happy in most regards it doesn’t matter if some people hold misguided stereotypes or hatred for you.

Antisemitism isn’t like most other prejudices — being successful actually often makes people hate Jews MORE. It’s a conspiracy theory at heart, that we’re too powerful and run the world. No one is going to deny me a job or a mortgage these days because I’m Jewish, but that doesn’t mean there’s no cost at all to Jew-hatred for the Jews. Just ask the unfortunately large number of Jews who have been shot in recent years at their synagogues — even entirely excluding incidents where the shooters say they were motivated by Israeli atrocities (which I don’t think is really a reasonable thing to exclude, but let’s do it for the sake of argument), you still have neo-Nazis attacking us because they think we’re bringing in non-whites to somehow ruin the country. Sure, your Jewish friends may be happy, but I bet they’d be happier if that didn’t happen!

I am an active atheist because I don’t enjoy or appreciate the forced collectivism and conformity that comes with all religions. I don’t have to worry about being shot for discussing my ancestry or going to church or temple where metal detectors are required. I live freely and independently in the modern day and I am my own person not the culmination of my supposed ancient ancestors.

Good for you, seriously. But I don’t think I should have to give up traditions that are important to me (and that have been important to my family for generations) in exchange for safety.

You could be free and as relatively safe as anyone else if you chose to be.

What a clever threat--buy antisemitism relies on cleverness as we see.

I don’t hate you because you are jewish. We may not get along because I find you insufferable, but I find many people from all backgrounds to be insufferable and impossible to get along with. I generally don’t associate with members of cultish religions.

1) I am not Jewish
2) Judaism is not a cult or cultish
3) I called your statement clever because it is, that is all you know about me. So if noticing cleverness is insufferable, so be it.

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Anonymous wrote:Anecdotally my jewish friends in the US are by far more successful, connected, happy, fulfilled, living their best lives compared to almost all of my non jewish friends. Not only do they have the unconditional support, connections and networking opportunities from their synagogues and other jewish friends, but many have inherited wealth that most could only dream of. None of my non jewish friends attend church, they have no community whatsoever, minimal, if any inheritance and zero connections. Perhaps I only associate with the exceptions but these jewish individuals are not hurting or suffering from anything other than jet lag from their last international holiday. They have a vast network of support that many others lack due to not belonging to a particular religion or group.

Your point is Jews are not hurt by anti-semitism because they are successful? Excellent.

I want to know specifically and individually how each of these seemingly comfortable, very happy, well adjusted, well educated, well traveled, well cared for connected people feel threatened solely for being jewish people.

I’m happy, comfortable, well-educated and well-off, but I still would prefer if I didn’t have to go through a metal detector to go to synagogue. I don’t feel constantly, or even often, threatened for being Jewish, but I think it’s pretty silly to say that if you’re happy in most regards it doesn’t matter if some people hold misguided stereotypes or hatred for you.

Antisemitism isn’t like most other prejudices — being successful actually often makes people hate Jews MORE. It’s a conspiracy theory at heart, that we’re too powerful and run the world. No one is going to deny me a job or a mortgage these days because I’m Jewish, but that doesn’t mean there’s no cost at all to Jew-hatred for the Jews. Just ask the unfortunately large number of Jews who have been shot in recent years at their synagogues — even entirely excluding incidents where the shooters say they were motivated by Israeli atrocities (which I don’t think is really a reasonable thing to exclude, but let’s do it for the sake of argument), you still have neo-Nazis attacking us because they think we’re bringing in non-whites to somehow ruin the country. Sure, your Jewish friends may be happy, but I bet they’d be happier if that didn’t happen!

I am an active atheist because I don’t enjoy or appreciate the forced collectivism and conformity that comes with all religions. I don’t have to worry about being shot for discussing my ancestry or going to church or temple where metal detectors are required. I live freely and independently in the modern day and I am my own person not the culmination of my supposed ancient ancestors.

Good for you, seriously. But I don’t think I should have to give up traditions that are important to me (and that have been important to my family for generations) in exchange for safety.

You could be free and as relatively safe as anyone else if you chose to be.

What a clever threat--buy antisemitism relies on cleverness as we see.

I don’t hate you because you are jewish. We may not get along because I find you insufferable, but I find many people from all backgrounds to be insufferable and impossible to get along with. I generally don’t associate with members of cultish religions.

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Anonymous wrote:Anecdotally my jewish friends in the US are by far more successful, connected, happy, fulfilled, living their best lives compared to almost all of my non jewish friends. Not only do they have the unconditional support, connections and networking opportunities from their synagogues and other jewish friends, but many have inherited wealth that most could only dream of. None of my non jewish friends attend church, they have no community whatsoever, minimal, if any inheritance and zero connections. Perhaps I only associate with the exceptions but these jewish individuals are not hurting or suffering from anything other than jet lag from their last international holiday. They have a vast network of support that many others lack due to not belonging to a particular religion or group.

Your point is Jews are not hurt by anti-semitism because they are successful? Excellent.

I want to know specifically and individually how each of these seemingly comfortable, very happy, well adjusted, well educated, well traveled, well cared for connected people feel threatened solely for being jewish people.

I’m happy, comfortable, well-educated and well-off, but I still would prefer if I didn’t have to go through a metal detector to go to synagogue. I don’t feel constantly, or even often, threatened for being Jewish, but I think it’s pretty silly to say that if you’re happy in most regards it doesn’t matter if some people hold misguided stereotypes or hatred for you.

Antisemitism isn’t like most other prejudices — being successful actually often makes people hate Jews MORE. It’s a conspiracy theory at heart, that we’re too powerful and run the world. No one is going to deny me a job or a mortgage these days because I’m Jewish, but that doesn’t mean there’s no cost at all to Jew-hatred for the Jews. Just ask the unfortunately large number of Jews who have been shot in recent years at their synagogues — even entirely excluding incidents where the shooters say they were motivated by Israeli atrocities (which I don’t think is really a reasonable thing to exclude, but let’s do it for the sake of argument), you still have neo-Nazis attacking us because they think we’re bringing in non-whites to somehow ruin the country. Sure, your Jewish friends may be happy, but I bet they’d be happier if that didn’t happen!

I am an active atheist because I don’t enjoy or appreciate the forced collectivism and conformity that comes with all religions. I don’t have to worry about being shot for discussing my ancestry or going to church or temple where metal detectors are required. I live freely and independently in the modern day and I am my own person not the culmination of my supposed ancient ancestors.

Good for you, seriously. But I don’t think I should have to give up traditions that are important to me (and that have been important to my family for generations) in exchange for safety.

You could be free and as relatively safe as anyone else if you chose to be.

What a clever threat--buy antisemitism relies on cleverness as we see.

I don’t hate you because you are jewish. We may not get along because I find you insufferable, but I find many people from all backgrounds to be insufferable and impossible to get along with. I generally don’t associate with members of cultish religions.

1) I am not Jewish
2) Judaism is not a cult or cultish
3) I called your statement clever because it is, that is all you know about me. So if noticing cleverness is insufferable, so be it.

All religions are cults/ cultish, exclusive groups of people are cultish. MAGA is a cult.

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Anonymous wrote:Anecdotally my jewish friends in the US are by far more successful, connected, happy, fulfilled, living their best lives compared to almost all of my non jewish friends. Not only do they have the unconditional support, connections and networking opportunities from their synagogues and other jewish friends, but many have inherited wealth that most could only dream of. None of my non jewish friends attend church, they have no community whatsoever, minimal, if any inheritance and zero connections. Perhaps I only associate with the exceptions but these jewish individuals are not hurting or suffering from anything other than jet lag from their last international holiday. They have a vast network of support that many others lack due to not belonging to a particular religion or group.

I wonder why? Ever wonder how that happens? I mean , we all would love to have a vast network of opportunities and connections and wealth coming from a group we are part of....Hmmmmmm.

This is silly. Yes, Jews as an ethnicity are relatively successful. But we don’t know each other - the heads of business / entertainment happen to be Jewish, but they didn’t get any boost from a network or conspiracy or whatever. It’s just a bunch of individuals. Maybe they have similar values, but that’s it. All the successful Jews are not connected.

They do get a boost because Jews are more likely to hire or befriend other Jews. That happens with all groups and ethncities and it’s what perpetuates the success - for example, you see the same with Mormons.

That is really not true. Very often people don’t know someone is Jewish - it’s not always obvious. I am on my organization’s hiring committee and I could care less if someone is Jewish.

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Anonymous wrote:Anecdotally my jewish friends in the US are by far more successful, connected, happy, fulfilled, living their best lives compared to almost all of my non jewish friends. Not only do they have the unconditional support, connections and networking opportunities from their synagogues and other jewish friends, but many have inherited wealth that most could only dream of. None of my non jewish friends attend church, they have no community whatsoever, minimal, if any inheritance and zero connections. Perhaps I only associate with the exceptions but these jewish individuals are not hurting or suffering from anything other than jet lag from their last international holiday. They have a vast network of support that many others lack due to not belonging to a particular religion or group.

I wonder why? Ever wonder how that happens? I mean , we all would love to have a vast network of opportunities and connections and wealth coming from a group we are part of....Hmmmmmm.

This is silly. Yes, Jews as an ethnicity are relatively successful. But we don’t know each other - the heads of business / entertainment happen to be Jewish, but they didn’t get any boost from a network or conspiracy or whatever. It’s just a bunch of individuals. Maybe they have similar values, but that’s it. All the successful Jews are not connected.

All religions and cults provide connection and networking opportunities for members. Some groups are more lucrative and beneficial for members than others. It’s a choice to be an active member of any group.

Who controls the British crown?
Who keeps the metric system down?
We do, we do!
Who keeps Atlantis off the maps?
Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do, we do!
Who holds back the electric car?
Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star?
We do, we do!
Who robs cave-fish of their sight?
Who rigs every Oscar night?
We do, we do!

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Anonymous wrote:Anecdotally my jewish friends in the US are by far more successful, connected, happy, fulfilled, living their best lives compared to almost all of my non jewish friends. Not only do they have the unconditional support, connections and networking opportunities from their synagogues and other jewish friends, but many have inherited wealth that most could only dream of. None of my non jewish friends attend church, they have no community whatsoever, minimal, if any inheritance and zero connections. Perhaps I only associate with the exceptions but these jewish individuals are not hurting or suffering from anything other than jet lag from their last international holiday. They have a vast network of support that many others lack due to not belonging to a particular religion or group.

I wonder why? Ever wonder how that happens? I mean , we all would love to have a vast network of opportunities and connections and wealth coming from a group we are part of....Hmmmmmm.

This is silly. Yes, Jews as an ethnicity are relatively successful. But we don’t know each other - the heads of business / entertainment happen to be Jewish, but they didn’t get any boost from a network or conspiracy or whatever. It’s just a bunch of individuals. Maybe they have similar values, but that’s it. All the successful Jews are not connected.

All religions and cults provide connection and networking opportunities for members. Some groups are more lucrative and beneficial for members than others. It’s a choice to be an active member of any group.

Judaism is a religion, but it is also an ethnicity. Lots of Jews are not active in a temple, don’t live in Jewish communities or go where there are lots of Jews. They are simply successful, or whatever they are, in their own right.

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Anonymous wrote:Anecdotally my jewish friends in the US are by far more successful, connected, happy, fulfilled, living their best lives compared to almost all of my non jewish friends. Not only do they have the unconditional support, connections and networking opportunities from their synagogues and other jewish friends, but many have inherited wealth that most could only dream of. None of my non jewish friends attend church, they have no community whatsoever, minimal, if any inheritance and zero connections. Perhaps I only associate with the exceptions but these jewish individuals are not hurting or suffering from anything other than jet lag from their last international holiday. They have a vast network of support that many others lack due to not belonging to a particular religion or group.

I wonder why? Ever wonder how that happens? I mean , we all would love to have a vast network of opportunities and connections and wealth coming from a group we are part of....Hmmmmmm.

This is silly. Yes, Jews as an ethnicity are relatively successful. But we don’t know each other - the heads of business / entertainment happen to be Jewish, but they didn’t get any boost from a network or conspiracy or whatever. It’s just a bunch of individuals. Maybe they have similar values, but that’s it. All the successful Jews are not connected.

They do get a boost because Jews are more likely to hire or befriend other Jews. That happens with all groups and ethncities and it’s what perpetuates the success - for example, you see the same with Mormons.

No, they don’t. Jews definitely do not hire other Jews.

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Anonymous wrote:Anecdotally my jewish friends in the US are by far more successful, connected, happy, fulfilled, living their best lives compared to almost all of my non jewish friends. Not only do they have the unconditional support, connections and networking opportunities from their synagogues and other jewish friends, but many have inherited wealth that most could only dream of. None of my non jewish friends attend church, they have no community whatsoever, minimal, if any inheritance and zero connections. Perhaps I only associate with the exceptions but these jewish individuals are not hurting or suffering from anything other than jet lag from their last international holiday. They have a vast network of support that many others lack due to not belonging to a particular religion or group.

I wonder why? Ever wonder how that happens? I mean , we all would love to have a vast network of opportunities and connections and wealth coming from a group we are part of....Hmmmmmm.

This is silly. Yes, Jews as an ethnicity are relatively successful. But we don’t know each other - the heads of business / entertainment happen to be Jewish, but they didn’t get any boost from a network or conspiracy or whatever. It’s just a bunch of individuals. Maybe they have similar values, but that’s it. All the successful Jews are not connected.

All religions and cults provide connection and networking opportunities for members. Some groups are more lucrative and beneficial for members than others. It’s a choice to be an active member of any group.

Judaism is a religion, but it is also an ethnicity. Lots of Jews are not active in a temple, don’t live in Jewish communities or go where there are lots of Jews. They are simply successful, or whatever they are, in their own right.

You have free will here. If the risks to something outweigh the benefits you can modify, reduce, or even end the risk factors. You cannot control other people and their beliefs and actions unfortunately, and the more you try to control people’s actions the deeper the hole you dig yourself into.

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...Has anyone been able to give a coherent explanation on how a journalist reporting sexual abuse claims by soldiers means a newspaper hates a religion?