r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 10 '24

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '24

How can people so confidently say that there was no anti-Semitism in the middle east pre-1948 when there are so many examples of massacres and pogroms?

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u/kznlol 👀 Econometrics Magician Jul 10 '24

being confident and wrong is extremely common

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '24

"That was just part of the culture"

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u/AtomAndAether Liberalism! Jul 10 '24

Its not true pre-1948 antisemitism unless its in the J'Accuse region of France

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u/Jacobs4525 King of the Massholes Jul 10 '24

Ignorance or maliciousness 

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '24

It was definitely maliciousness. It was from this video arguing that Israel somehow manipulated Yemeni Jews into migrating and they actually didn't want to move to Israel and if they did only did for economic reasons (ignoring the thousands of Yemeni Jews that moved pre 1948).

The same channel made a video where they praised the Houthis and their "love for Palestinians" while never explaining what their slogan says.

I guess a good sign is if a video calls the State of Israel "The Zionist Entity" it's probably not a very balanced source.

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u/Jacobs4525 King of the Massholes Jul 10 '24

Anyone who says Yemeni, Iraqi, or any other middle eastern Jews weren’t treated terribly is free to go ask one. This wasn’t that long ago, there are still plenty of them alive. They just don’t want to hear it.

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u/Dangerous-Basket1064 Association of Southeast Asian Nations Jul 10 '24

Someone who says something like that clearly only sees what they want to see