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This is such a strange comment, but I'm finding it hard to put my finger on exactly why. It's something to do with how you're happy to make generalisations abou
by flashman 11y ago
This is such a strange comment, but I'm finding it hard to put my finger on exactly why. It's something to do with how you're happy to make generalisations about Jews, but careful in how you demonise Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans.
- cb18 11y agoIt's probably strange because it describes a basic reality of the world, but one that so many people strain to avert their eyes from. I'm not making any generalisations about Jews. Just conveying what looking at any Sunday Times, or Forbes rich list will tell you, or what looking at the annals of scientific history or the recipients list of Nobel prizes will tell you, or what looking at a list of highly regarded concert pianists or violinists will tell you, etc. etc. But I'm not much interested in going back and forth about this, the facts are the facts. And I already found it strange that oska took a thread of this sort as an opportunity to promote an agenda that is basically against the interests of all involved, i.e. mass migrations of cultures into lands where they are wholly incompatible with the native culture.
- selimthegrim 11y agoAnd I suppose the Palmach, Irgun and Stern gang were made of....
- ars 11y ago> It's something to do with how you're happy to make generalisations about Jews, but careful in how you demonise Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans. That's the part you found odd? That part's not so strange, people are OK with generalizations when they are positive, and not OK when they are negative. It's combining the two subjects that I found offputting.