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To: Elroy who wrote (367763)	6/7/2010 9:02:23 AM
From: FJB	5 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793914

RE:I think most people who dwell on "anti-Jewish" attitudes are 60+, or foreigners. Not at all. Go to any bulletin board discussing the Helen Thomas issue and you will find anti-semites galore. Check out HuffPost and Daily Kos. Tons of young American leftist anti-semites and a bunch of Muslims who of course hate Jews.

To: Elroy who wrote (367763)	6/7/2010 9:58:47 AM
From: ManyMoose	2 Recommendations Respond to of 793914

I think most people who dwell on "anti-Jewish" attitudes are 60+ We were walking down the street in Long Branch New Jersey back in the 60s, when an old guy waved us onto his doorstep. "I want to show you something," he said. We went inside. He had what amounts to a mini-Holocaust museum in there. Photos of atrocities and horrors that nobody could imagine. I met a few people in upstate New York who made a point of being Jewish and they were quite wealthy, but I did not hold it against them any more than I held the Welsh, Irish, Italian--and so forth--communities at arm's length. America is open to all, as long as they don't fly planes into buildings or try to run drugs across the border.

To: Elroy who wrote (367763)	6/7/2010 10:08:31 AM
From: LindyBill	3 Recommendations Respond to of 793914

but never met an actual person who had negative views of Jewish people. People are just not open about it anymore. Used to be you could badmouth Jews and Blacks in polite society. Not accepted anymore. But it's still there. I notice you didn't say you didn't know any Chinese haters. Biggest haters of South American Indians and blacks are South Americans who are light. Same with all the Caribbean islands.

To: Elroy who wrote (367763)	6/7/2010 2:39:07 PM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793914

I've known a few anti-Jewish people my age - babyboomer. Off the top of my head, I remember one woman I dated for awhile years ago who found the word colored used for black people offensive but who went off once about Jews when some lady was charging people to park in her driveway near a stadium - though I doubt very much the lady was Jewish. And yeah, this woman was pretty liberal down the line, down on Christianity, etc etc. For some reason, negative attitudes toward Jews is more associated with liberals - why it should be I can't say.