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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get that more and more swastikas being spray painted on synagogues is distressing.  I get that more and more Jews being beat up by hateful bigots is disturbing.  But I’d be remiss not to point out that those increasing hate crimes are being committed by civilians not the state and it was the state that carried out the Holocaust in 1930’s Germany.

Is the state still persecuting you in America today?

You ever had somebody call the cops on you simply because you’re Jewish?  You ever had the police tell you and your kippot wearing friends to “move along or we’re going to arrest you” simply because you’re Jewish?  You ever had an officer pull you over because of the Star of David decal on your SUV?  You ever had a judge hand down a harsh sentence on you because your last name denotes that you’re Jewish and turn you over to a corrupt criminal justice system that profits from your people’s pain?  You ever have your congressional district redrawn to dilute the value of your vote just because of it’s large Jewish population?  You ever had problems trying to cast your vote because there are no polling places in your predominantly Jewish community or you ever had strict voter ID laws put in place in your community to prevent you from exercising your Constitutional right?

Those are all examples of the state coming down on a people.  It’s all kinds of nutjobs and assholes out here among the general populace perpetuating discrimination against Jews, yes, but the state isn’t coming after you today with guns drawn ready to kill you and cuffs out eager to compromise your freedoms like in 1930’s Germany.

No, today the state is coming after people of color with guns drawn and cuffs out and when it’s the state doing the discriminating that’s what allows Holocausts to happen.[/quote]

I'm bout to do my due diligence for a few but y'all go ahead and do me a favor and let me know if this is venomous.  [/quote]

No, this isn't venomous toward Jews at all. Saying things like, "Jews better stop complaining about anti-Semitism or else" or "the Holocaust is irrelevant," that's venomous. Pointing out that Jews in America don't suffer from structural racism the way blacks do is just stating a fact. (At least as far as this Jew is concerned.)[/quote]
And this Jew, too. And the very fact that those comments quoted above aren't recognized as being antisemtic (or even threatening in the first example) is telling.[/quote]

I'm the black man paused to do his due diligence and I will gladly 2nd you above posters.  
The person(s) who made comments upthread about "Jews better stop complaining about anti-Semitism or else" and "the Holocaust is irrelevant" - that shit is INDEED venomous.  Maybe the person(s) didn't mean it to be, I mean I understand tone/context is everything and for a lotta people written communication is not necessarily their forte so sometimes the point they're trying to make doesn't come across as they intended, but nonetheless you just can't say shit like that.  It's not cool and those aren't attitudes that are pervasive among African-Americans.  
Black people in this country have always known suffering and thus we are more than capable of perceiving and relate to the suffering of others - from the atrocities against Native Americans to the massacre of Mexicans in the interest of annexing the Southwest and California to the Japanese interment camps to the genocide of Jews in Germany, black people don't dismiss any of that shit or downplay any that shit.  If anything we see all of those crimes against humanity as further proof of just how cruel and oppressive ruling classes can be and thus solidifying our argument that racism/discrimination is not a myth in America and there are still cruel and oppressive systems in existence today.  [/quote]

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