What a stupid question from a highly intelligent person. We criticise religion all the time on here - Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the very concept of believing in a higher being.I guess the pertinent question now is Is it possible to criticise Judaism without being classed as anti-Semitic.
Is it stupid though? It’s extremely hard to question anything about Judaism without being labelled thick or an anti-Semite.What a stupid question from a highly intelligent person. We criticise religion all the time on here - Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the very concept of believing in a higher being.
The problem is where it strays over from questioning into hating a group of people, or all peopl, simply because they follow that religion.
to me, people of the Jewish faith are like Liverpool fans. They will defend there corner with aggressive bullying even when there is no threat to them.
Let's try. As we've seen in very recent years, there's still a sizeable, overtly racist element among their fanbase. They're probably proud of having a stand named after a racist.Fucking wish Bellamy would rock up to this thread with a set of golf clubs and get it back on track.
@Prestwich_Blue thank you for a much more measured and sensible reply.I wanted to make a point about attitudes to antisemitism.
While things were indeed different then, Lord was excoriated for his comments at the time and had to apologise. He was also probably corrupt as well, allegedly selling himself a piece of land adjoining the stadium cheaply, then selling it on at market price. Luckily for him all the relevant documents were burned.
The problem is that while we're doing markedly better on racist attitudes towards people of colour these days, antisemitism has probably got worse. "The Jews who run television" are now "the Rothschilds who control the world's banking systems" and "the Israel lobby who run the world". And the irony is that much of this comes from groups on the left, who wouldn't entertain a racist thought about a black person. The same people who are tearing down monuments to people connected to slavery have no issue with expressing anti-Jewish sentiments, often disguised as "anti-Zionism". I want to make it clear that there are many genuine and heartfelt criticisms you can make about Israel's treatment of Palestinian. Many Jews express these, me included. But, with many, that criticism is used to disguise their antisemitism.
And that's why this controversy has reared its head again after nearly 50 years. Things have changed since the 1970's but antisemitism is getting worse, not better.
Granted Burnley and a segment of its support are knuckle draggers, but it’s not the whole fan base (I know lads who are home and away).Let's try. As we've seen in very recent years, there's still a sizeable, overtly racist element among their fanbase. They're probably proud of having a stand named after a racist.
And as for Kompany, I simply can't believe that a man with an MBA would have seriously considered going to this financial car-crash of a leveraged debt buyout.
Then let them believe what they want to believe as it clearly doesn't matter what I say.That’s why people think you’re an anti semite.