(July 22, 2016 at 6:00 am)Rhythm Wrote: It is, and you've got to wonder what the lowly jews could have -possibly- done to all the high and mighty master races who've harbored this shit in their hearts since time immemorial.
You know, from a purely historical perspective, antisemitism has it's roots in the Middle Ages. And it's not the obvious killer argument of jews having nailed the saviour to the cross. It's purely materialistic. The church forbid christians to do business with interests involved. So the jews stepped in as money lenders to the high and mighty. That's where the original stereotype comes from. They, well I should say some, were money lenders and got rich that way. It's no coincidence that during the first crusade, certain jewish communities got attacked. It was the very communities lending money to the Crusaders. So, apart from doing the lord's work, as they put it, they also got rid of debt.