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But you might be biased by your work. For me (and, probably, many other people), who doesn't daily work with antisemitic pamphlet, ‶secret control″ evokes more

by shakow 6y ago

But you might be biased by your work. For me (and, probably, many other people), who doesn't daily work with antisemitic pamphlet, ‶secret control″ evokes more some shady secret service shenanigans (à la Hoover files or MK Ultra) rather than a nebulous international Jewish plot :)

eru 6y ago
I sometimes wonder whether the world would actually be better off being run by a secret Jewish Cabal.
- m463 6y ago
  We already have silicon valley sucking up all the engineers, and wall street absorbing all the math guys. The last thing we need is a secret jewish cabal to take all the standup comedians off the market.
- webmaven 6y ago
  > I sometimes wonder whether the world would actually be better off being run by a secret Jewish Cabal. It might look something like: https://web.archive.org/web/20110106011917/http://internationaljewishconspiracy.com:80/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110106011917/http://internatio...
- sigstoat 6y ago
  anyone who could manage to secretly run the world would probably be better at it than the clowns we’ve got publicly running the world.
  - eru 6y ago
    At least in some countries. There are still a few better runs left.
  - mtsr 6y ago
    I assume there would still be a side show to keep us distracted from the important things. And if current politics is good at one thing, it’s keeping people distracted with unimportant outrage.
wpietri 6y ago
Sure, that's the point of language like that. If somebody comes right out and says "Nice to meet you, let's KILL THE JEWS" then they get rebuked and shunned. So it gets toned down enough that there's plausible deniability. Instead they talk about the Rothschilds and Soros and (((them))). And "unseen ones who control them", of course. I get that the language doesn't bother you. But there are plenty of people out there who lost family members due to pogroms brought on in part by antisemitic conspiracy theories. I, and presumably you, are not at the same level of risk, which makes it much easier for us to blow it off. But if your point is, "The experience of Jews reading something doesn't matter as long as I don't see a problem with it," that's a pretty weird stance to take.

by shakow 6y ago

eru 6y ago

I sometimes wonder whether the world would actually be better off being run by a secret Jewish Cabal.

m463 6y ago
We already have silicon valley sucking up all the engineers, and wall street absorbing all the math guys. The last thing we need is a secret jewish cabal to take all the standup comedians off the market.
webmaven 6y ago
> I sometimes wonder whether the world would actually be better off being run by a secret Jewish Cabal. It might look something like: https://web.archive.org/web/20110106011917/http://internationaljewishconspiracy.com:80/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110106011917/http://internatio...
sigstoat 6y ago
anyone who could manage to secretly run the world would probably be better at it than the clowns we’ve got publicly running the world.
- eru 6y ago
  At least in some countries. There are still a few better runs left.
- mtsr 6y ago
  I assume there would still be a side show to keep us distracted from the important things. And if current politics is good at one thing, it’s keeping people distracted with unimportant outrage.

wpietri 6y ago

Sure, that's the point of language like that. If somebody comes right out and says "Nice to meet you, let's KILL THE JEWS" then they get rebuked and shunned. So it gets toned down enough that there's plausible deniability. Instead they talk about the Rothschilds and Soros and (((them))). And "unseen ones who control them", of course. I get that the language doesn't bother you. But there are plenty of people out there who lost family members due to pogroms brought on in part by antisemitic conspiracy theories. I, and presumably you, are not at the same level of risk, which makes it much easier for us to blow it off. But if your point is, "The experience of Jews reading something doesn't matter as long as I don't see a problem with it," that's a pretty weird stance to take.