So much for the party of tolerance.
In the late fall, when the economic collapse began to accelerate, anti-Semitism began to come out of the closet.
One widely circulated conspiracy theory suggests that “$400 billion in funds was secretly transferred to Israeli banks” just prior to the collapse of Lehman Brothers and other major investment banks. Launched on an anti-Semitic Web site sponsored by a Washington, DC-based Holocaust denial publication, the false rumor has ricocheted across the Internet and around the world, appearing on numerous Web sites and comment boards with few questioning its veracity or citing its origins (ADL)
You wouldn’t think that theories like that would receive wide-spread acceptance in the United States. Unfortunately it has. Over 18% of all non Jewish Republicans blame the Jews for the financial crisis and almost one-third of Democrats blame the Jews: Read more at Yid with Lid.
I have noticed this among liberal friends & acquaintances. I assume that they held these views for quite some time–interesting that now–with Barack Obama in the White House–they feel comfortable expressing it.
Unfortunately, my local liberal Jewish community refuses to see it (though the conservatives most certainly do). And it was a DEMOCRAT who suggested that the very presence of the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. caused the recent shooting there (“I wanna know why we even have a Holocaust Museum there, D.C. is about American history” etc…) I don’t understand how people bury their heads and march to their doom–I sincerely can’t understand it.
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That nearly one-third of Democrats blame Jews for the bad economy is amazing, but so is the fact that more than 18% of non-Jewish Republicans think the same thing.
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jews controll the usa. thats why it is ultra pro israel.
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