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To: DMaA who wrote (367843)	6/7/2010 3:39:32 PM
From: Geoff Altman	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

From what I gather before WWII anti-Jewish sentiment was the norm in most places in the US. Not just the US but throughout the world. It was a convenient hatred for the left to use to demonize capitalism and lay the groundwork for socialism...... IMO that's the reason the left more or less encourages anti-semetic crapola.....

To: DMaA who wrote (367843)	6/7/2010 7:51:49 PM
From: Elroy	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793955

From what I gather before WWII anti-Jewish sentiment was the norm in most places in the US. That is the culture Thomas grew up in. The Holocaust seems to have shocked most people out of it, at least for a while. I think it lasted past WW2, just based on movies and TV from the time. Gentleman's Agreement is quite a good film, 1947, I think it won Best Picture, and it's about discrimination against Jews. Mad Men takes place in the 1960's and being Jewish is "an issue" in the series. Ship of Fools (1965) shows discrimination against Jews. But in the past 20-40 years, I think that attitude has become fairly extinct. The only negative view I've seen/heard about Jews is Cartman on South Park, and it's a parody of the view. I think most people aged 40 and under have never heard or expressed bias against Jews in their life. People who believe there is this large anti-Jewish component out there tend to be 60+, and they probably lived through some of this earlier discrimination, and haven't accepted that it hardly exists (at least in the US) any more.