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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To elaborate on 22:07, there was some sort of law where the Jewish people could save someone (like get a pardon) and Pilate was trying to offer that so he could have a way out and spare him.  The people in the crowd picked Barabbas (some bad dude) instead.  I recall Pilate was surprised at this.

OP, if you go read the story rather than rely on DCUM (including me, who is going off memory) it should answer your question[/quote]
"The story" is deeply antisemitic. I think/hope OP is looking for actual historical information and not a regurgitation of "the Jews killed Jesus" that can be found in "the story."[/quote]
I don't think it is.  I think antisemites have used the story as an excuse to be antisemitic[/quote]
The story itself paints Jews as a mob that calls for Jesus' death; I think that's antisemitic in its own right. From the US Holocaust Museum: "For centuries the Church taught that Jews were responsible for Jesus' death, not recognizing, as most historians do today, that Jesus was executed by the Roman government because officials viewed him as a political threat to their rule." [url]https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/antisemitism-in-history-from-the-early-church-to-1400[/url]
Antisemites don't need much of an excuse to be terrible, but the story provides them a good one and that's a problem.[/quote]

I agree with PP that the story itself is not anti-semitic, although it has been used as an excuse by antisemites, who as you point out don’t need much of an excuse.

Keep in mind that Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and the apostles were all Jewish.

The story seems to be blaming those more concerned with their personal power than justice.  I wouldn’t say that January 6 is a reason to hate Americans, although those who stormed the capitol were American. It’s also a story of how those in power stirred up a mob for their own selfish interests.  I think those who are inclined to hate Americans anyway may point to it as an excuse, overlooking the Americans who made sure the mob didn’t get their way.

Every group has its good and bad members. There are always those looking for a reason to hate others and they’ll make it up if they have to.  This doesn’t mean that acknowledging some people within a group acted badly justifies hating the entire group.  The key to opposing hate (of anyone) isn’t to stop telling stories that reflect badly on individuals, but to remember that groups are not faceless monoliths, but are made up of individual humans who should be judged for all their individual virtues and flaws as individuals, just like our (flawed) selves. [/quote]

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