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Originally Posted by Russ B
So what is it about the Jews that makes people view them with such distain and mortal intolerance? Not aimed at anyone in this thread but there must be certain stereotypes and images of them which people take so personally.
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Well, they were blamed for killing your saviour (just look at the number of xians even today who won't admit he was Jewish or that christianity is a jewish sect), that did a lot of damage and was used to justify applying restrictions on them such as what work they could do. Ironically those restrictions made them quite wealthy, which bred further jealousy.
They generally keep themselves to themselves and are viewed as different, as such they fall into the role of scapegoat rather well.