Are you black, yellow, or red? Are you Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, or of any other non-Christian religion?
Are you female (not a minority but often treated like one), pregnant, or planning to be pregnant? Are you elderly, unemployed, or poor? Are you an immigrant, documented or otherwise.
Are you gay? Are you a descendant of a foreign nationality? Are you a liberal?
Do your leaders promulgate hatred toward any group? Do you feel safe because you’re not part of that group? Do you join in the hatred?
Realize this: Hatred knows no bounds.
Hatred of one group quickly devolves to hatred of other groups. The reason: Hatred of any group says nothing about the group, but it says a great deal about the haters.
None of the abovementioned groups are “good” or “bad.” They all contain individuals who vary according to many qualities and standards. To hate a group is to tell the world you have no discretion.
Assigning a “bad” quality to an entire religion, nationality, or gender is foolish on its face and is the mark of a bigot. When a politician claims that a nationality is composed of “rapists,” he merely announces to the world, “I am an ignorant bigot.” If someone agrees with that statement, they too become ignorant bigots.
Being Jewish, I have been made especially aware that all bigotry devolves to even more bigotry and sadly becomes the world’s oldest hatred. The term “world’s oldest hatred” is often used to describe antisemitism, which refers to hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews.
Antisemitism has a long and tragic history, dating back thousands of years. It has manifested in various forms, including religious, ethnic, and racial discrimination.
Throughout history, antisemitism has taken on different guises, from ancient prejudices in Greece and Rome to the religious persecution during the Middle Ages, and the racial antisemitism that culminated in the Holocaust.
Unfortunately, antisemitism continues to persist in various forms even today. Antisemitic claims are often based on stereotypes and conspiracy theories that have been used throughout history to justify prejudice and discrimination against Jewish people. Some common antisemitic claims include:
Blood Libel: A false accusation that Jews use the blood of non-Jewish children in religious rituals, particularly in the preparation of Passover bread.
Economic Control: The unfounded belief that Jews control the world’s financial systems and economies, often represented in the stereotype of the “greedy Jew.”
Global Conspiracy: The baseless idea that Jews are orchestrating a secret plot to dominate the world, often linked to the debunked publication, “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.”
Deicide: The claim that Jews are collectively responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, used historically to justify religious persecution.
Dual Loyalty: The accusation that Jews are more loyal to Israel or international Jewish interests than to their own countries.
Cultural Corruption: The belief that Jews are responsible for promoting moral decay and corrupting cultural values through media and entertainment.
If you are not Jewish, you might feel safe when you read this article:
Antisemitism continues to surge in the United States, with the latest annual survey of American Jews reporting one-third have been targeted in person or online in the last 12 months — and more than half have changed their behavior, including taking steps so they’re not identified as Jewish.And a huge share — almost three-quarters of those surveyed — said Jewish Americans feel less secure than they were a year ago. Three years earlier, less than one-third felt that way.
That has led some people to avoid wearing anything in public that might identify them as Jewish or avoiding publicly commenting on Jewish issues.The sobering findings come from the American Jewish Committee, which commissions major surveys each year, one of Jewish Americans and one of the general population.
The implications are clear, said Ted Deutch, a longtime member of Congress from Broward and Palm Beach counties until he became CEO of the American Jewish Committee in 2022: “Jew hatred” has become “pervasive.”“I have black guys counting my money. … I hate it. Laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is, I believe that. The only guys I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes all day.”“Antisemitism has reached a tipping point in America, threatening the freedoms of American Jews and casting an ominous shadow across our society,” Deutch said in a statement.
Donald Trump is the quintessential bigot.
He spews hatred of Mexicans, Muslims, immigrants and foreigners in general, and anyone who may object to his hatemongering.
He lives on hatred. Seldom does a day pass when he is not expressing hatred for some group or individual.
To disagree with anything he says or does is to feel his wrath. This is not normal human behavior.
You may disagree with something I say, write, or believe, but being normal, you will not automatically hate me.
Trump would. He measures people, not by what they do, but by only one criterion, “Do they agree with Trump.”
If you criticize anything Trump says or does, he will vilify you as a person — not just your opinion, but you as a human being. To Trump, Vladimir Putin, who murders political opponents, is a “smart man” because he says nice things about Trump.
Trump likes and admires ruthless dictators and wishes to follow their examples. Trump sets the example for those in the MAGA movement, the basis of which is love for Trump and hatred of all others. It is their one unifying aspect and is the mark of a cult: Love for the leader and hatred of “outsiders.”
The Jan 6 attack on Congress resulted from Trump’s lying and hatemongering. People in the MAGA group were driven into a foaming frenzy, physically attacking anyone who stood in their way.
Later, many admitted they had lost their senses, and regretted what they did. These were not bad people. They were sucked into a raging mob by bad people.
The Republican Party has surrendered its moral ground to Trump. Listen to their speeches. Watch Fox News. You will hear snark and hatred far beyond what is customary even in political discourse.
And now, you have billionaire Elon Musk, trying to become a political power by being a Trump toady. He makes broad, bigoted generalizations about government workers being lazy, incompetent, or absent.
The irony of him raking in billions in payments from the government, is not lost.
I have Jewish friends who support Trump. I find this incomprehensible. Seemingly they have forgotten or ignore the lessons Hitler taught — the hatred, the book burning, the unnecessary cruelties inflicted on gays, immigrants, Muslims and opponents.
#Monetary Sovereignty - Mitchell 
Well said, Rodger!
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