It seems there is a lot of antisemitism on this forum and I'm curious as to why it's acceptable, whereas other forms of racism are not.
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I have no problem with criticism of Israel or Zionism.
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What i do resent is the idea that as a Jew I'm part of some grand conspiracy to run the world. I assure you I'm not.
You can't directly compare racism to antisemitism. Skin color and biological prejudice are fairly clear cut, compared to the murky complexities of 'who's a Jew.'
The term 'Jew' can connote biology (genetic Jews), ethnicity (semetic Jews), religion (fundy Jews), politics (Zionist Jews), and culture (Jewy Jews).
Sometimes this slippery ambiguity is cynically exploited and used to avoid scrutiny or derail uncomfortable conversations by digressing into the semantics of Semitism.
Furthermore, Jews (unlike all other minorities) are hyper-represented in the (non-military) institutions of power: technology, government, finance, law, education, media, medicine, entertainment, etc.
Understandably, this often results in jealously, leading to resentment and fear:
"If Kagan is confirmed, Jews, who represent less than 2 percent of the U.S. population, will have 33 percent of the Supreme Court seats," former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan gripes.
My advice is to not take the nasty things people say personally. When people talk about "the white man" keeping them down, I understand they mean the WASP elites, not Joe Sixpack or me.
Full disclosure: I'm not any sort of Jew but do tend to like their women, who also often like me. Two reasons: Christian girls usually think I'm the antichrist, and my brainy bohemian worldview reminds them of their fathers.
