4 ms·
> pointing out that Jewish people are heavily involved in the media isn't inherently anti-semitic 'Jews are controlling the media' isn't antisemitic? 'der Stue
by MichaelMoser123 4y ago
> pointing out that Jewish people are heavily involved in the media isn't inherently anti-semitic
'Jews are controlling the media' isn't antisemitic? 'der Stuermer' was depicting caricature Jews with long noses just for the fun of it? And yes, fictional conspiracies were a big deal in antisemitic propaganda - 'the protocols of the elders of zion' is just an example.
- oska 4y agoYou're twisting the words of the person you replied to - you've changed 'heavily involved' to 'controlling'. And regarding The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. The whole point of that book is that it was passed off as not being fictional. It was fraudulently presented as a real text.
- MichaelMoser123 4y agoRoald Dahl, as quoted in the article (I am assuming that we are talking about Roald Dahl) https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/dec/06/roald-dahl-family-apologises-for-his-antisemitism https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/dec/06/roald-dahl-fam... “It’s the same old thing: we all know about Jews and the rest of it. There aren’t any non-Jewish publishers anywhere, they control the media – jolly clever thing to do – that’s why the president of the United States has to sell all this stuff to Israel.”
- oska 4y agoOk, I appreciate where you were coming from now, my apologies. Yes, Dahl explicitly talked about Jews controlling the media (although not in his fiction). So yes, I was wrong to jump in on this point.
- Uhhrrr 4y agoBut much of the Protocols was taken from an anti-Napoleon III tract which doesn't mention Jews at all: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dialogue_in_Hell_Between_Machiavelli_and_Montesquieu https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dialogue_in_Hell_Between... So just talking about conspiracies isn't a good indicator of anti-Semitism.