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Title: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: Sheilbh on May 26, 2009, 08:39:37 PM
Does anyone remember where that poll that said x% of Europeans blamed Jews a great deal/a bit for the financial crisis came from?

Just saw a reference to a similar survey in Americans and I was wanting to see if it's the same people and how it compares.
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: Siege on May 26, 2009, 08:44:37 PM
Europeans are not anti-semites. They are just anti-israelis.

Get your facts straight.

Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: Neil on May 26, 2009, 08:46:14 PM
Quote from: Siege on May 26, 2009, 08:44:37 PM
Europeans are not anti-semites. They are just anti-israelis.

Get your facts straight.
Pretty sure the Holocaust predates the existance of Israel.

Besides, most Westerners are anti-Israeli, due to the fact that Israel is anti-Western.
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: Siege on May 26, 2009, 08:48:08 PM
Iron your knee.

Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: Neil on May 26, 2009, 08:49:43 PM
Quote from: Siege on May 26, 2009, 08:48:08 PM
Iron your knee.
That doesn't make any sense.  What are you, the new bmollson?
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: Siege on May 26, 2009, 08:54:04 PM
Oh, the irony.

Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: Fireblade on May 26, 2009, 08:55:32 PM
Quote from: Neil on May 26, 2009, 08:49:43 PM
Quote from: Siege on May 26, 2009, 08:48:08 PM
Iron your knee.
That doesn't make any sense.  What are you, the new bmollson?

COW WELL FRUITPLANE!!! :w00t: :w00t: :w00t:

I think our heeb friend might be on the sauce again tonight.
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: Razgovory on May 26, 2009, 09:14:23 PM
I got it.
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: MadImmortalMan on May 26, 2009, 10:05:16 PM
Was that the one that showed Spain and Portugal as the most antisemitic?
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: Sheilbh on May 26, 2009, 10:18:21 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on May 26, 2009, 10:05:16 PM
Was that the one that showed Spain and Portugal as the most antisemitic?
Spain and Poland, I don't think Portugal was included.  But, yeah, that's it.
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: MadImmortalMan on May 26, 2009, 10:35:56 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on May 26, 2009, 10:18:21 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on May 26, 2009, 10:05:16 PM
Was that the one that showed Spain and Portugal as the most antisemitic?
Spain and Poland, I don't think Portugal was included.  But, yeah, that's it.


There's a bunch of stuff on the ADL's site. Maybe this?

http://www.adl.org/anti_semitism/european_attitudes_may_2005.pdf

That question about Jews having too much power in financial markets sounds familiar. I think I was thinking Portugal was in it also because Martim Silva was all up in here around that time claiming Goldman Sachs was teh evol and the rest of it.  :P
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: Sheilbh on May 26, 2009, 10:41:15 PM
That's it.  It didn't have the question I thought so I can't compare :(

The Times columnist mentioned that around 40% of Americans believe Jews are a little bit to a great deal responsible for the financial crisis, though only a quarter say it's a moderate amount to a great deal.  I was wanting to see how it compared with different Euro countries and can't :(
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: viper37 on May 27, 2009, 01:34:31 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on May 26, 2009, 10:35:56 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on May 26, 2009, 10:18:21 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on May 26, 2009, 10:05:16 PM
Was that the one that showed Spain and Portugal as the most antisemitic?
Spain and Poland, I don't think Portugal was included.  But, yeah, that's it.


There's a bunch of stuff on the ADL's site. Maybe this?

http://www.adl.org/anti_semitism/european_attitudes_may_2005.pdf (http://www.adl.org/anti_semitism/european_attitudes_may_2005.pdf)

That question about Jews having too much power in financial markets sounds familiar. I think I was thinking Portugal was in it also because Martim Silva was all up in here around that time claiming Goldman Sachs was teh evol and the rest of it.  :P

same study, but updated for 2008.

I think it was the BBC that mentionned it...  Have you checked there Sheilb?
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: garbon on May 27, 2009, 01:37:45 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on May 26, 2009, 10:41:15 PM
The Times columnist mentioned that around 40% of Americans believe Jews are a little bit to a great deal responsible for the financial crisis, though only a quarter say it's a moderate amount to a great deal.  I was wanting to see how it compared with different Euro countries and can't :(

I liked this part:
QuoteThey found that Democrats were significantly more prone to blaming Jews than Republicans: while 32% of Democrats accorded at least moderate blame, compared to only 18.4% of Republicans.
Yay tolerance!
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: Razgovory on May 27, 2009, 01:40:40 PM
Quote from: garbon on May 27, 2009, 01:37:45 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on May 26, 2009, 10:41:15 PM
The Times columnist mentioned that around 40% of Americans believe Jews are a little bit to a great deal responsible for the financial crisis, though only a quarter say it's a moderate amount to a great deal.  I was wanting to see how it compared with different Euro countries and can't :(

I liked this part:
QuoteThey found that Democrats were significantly more prone to blaming Jews than Republicans: while 32% of Democrats accorded at least moderate blame, compared to only 18.4% of Republicans.
Yay tolerance!

Makes sense since most Jews are democrats.  They'd know.
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: Siege on May 27, 2009, 01:41:33 PM
The funny thing is, how the hell are the jewish masses, which are nothing more than middle class, responsible for the crisis?

Because a few jews are bankers now ALL the jews are responsible for the crisis?

And why are the non-jewish bankers less responsible than the jewish ones?
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: Slargos on May 27, 2009, 01:42:34 PM
I think this begs the question of whether it's still anti-semitic if it's true?
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: garbon on May 27, 2009, 02:35:26 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on May 27, 2009, 01:40:40 PM
Makes sense since most Jews are democrats.  They'd know.

Actually the study indicated that Jews didn't have the kind of unfavorable reactions that non-jews had.
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: garbon on May 27, 2009, 02:37:08 PM
Quote from: Siege on May 27, 2009, 01:41:33 PM
The funny thing is, how the hell are the jewish masses, which are nothing more than middle class, responsible for the crisis?

Because a few jews are bankers now ALL the jews are responsible for the crisis?

And why are the non-jewish bankers less responsible than the jewish ones?


In at least one part of the study, they tested a story about Madoff and then to various groups introduced things like the fact that he was a jewish american or was an american who donated to jew charities/causes.  Then they gauged peoples reactions using some self-reported scale of Madoff's favorability.
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: Josquius on May 28, 2009, 04:56:37 AM
Any luck?
On any other forum you could just search for jews and find it in seconds but languish? Nah.
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: Caliga on May 28, 2009, 05:10:29 AM
Quote from: garbon on May 27, 2009, 01:37:45 PM
I liked this part:
QuoteThey found that Democrats were significantly more prone to blaming Jews than Republicans: while 32% of Democrats accorded at least moderate blame, compared to only 18.4% of Republicans.
Yay tolerance!

Duh, it's the blacks.  :)
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: Alatriste on May 28, 2009, 05:48:50 AM
Quote from: Siege on May 27, 2009, 01:41:33 PM
The funny thing is, how the hell are the jewish masses, which are nothing more than middle class, responsible for the crisis?

Because a few jews are bankers now ALL the jews are responsible for the crisis?

And why are the non-jewish bankers less responsible than the jewish ones?

You are trying to use logic against racism, and that never works...

Now, and tongue-in-cheek, I would say it is a matter of linguistic relativism: the pollster said 'the Jews' and meant 'all Jews' they did hear 'The Jews' and understood 'those fellows in great Wall Street firms with offices bigger than a football court, diamond rings, trophy wives and private jets'

Crazy, I know.
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: Malthus on May 28, 2009, 08:57:48 AM
Quote from: Alatriste on May 28, 2009, 05:48:50 AM
Quote from: Siege on May 27, 2009, 01:41:33 PM
The funny thing is, how the hell are the jewish masses, which are nothing more than middle class, responsible for the crisis?

Because a few jews are bankers now ALL the jews are responsible for the crisis?

And why are the non-jewish bankers less responsible than the jewish ones?

You are trying to use logic against racism, and that never works...

Now, and tongue-in-cheek, I would say it is a matter of linguistic relativism: the pollster said 'the Jews' and meant 'all Jews' they did hear 'The Jews' and understood 'those fellows in great Wall Street firms with offices bigger than a football court, diamond rings, trophy wives and private jets'

Crazy, I know.

What ever happened to PLJ, anyway? I haven't seen him around in ages.  ;)
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: Martim Silva on May 28, 2009, 10:57:00 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan

That question about Jews having too much power in financial markets sounds familiar. I think I was thinking Portugal was in it also because Martim Silva was all up in here around that time claiming Goldman Sachs was teh evol and the rest of it.  :P

Actually, I was quoting jewish authors about the accounting antics of Goldman Sachs. Including Paul Krugman, that well-known anti-semite (well, he must be, right? I mean, he is criticizing... JEWS *gasp* *gasp* nevermind he's jewish himself... after all, anyone who criticizes Goldman Sachs' most dubious practices *must* surely be an anti-semite)

And to be fair, I blame ALL private banks for the situation we're in (private banking has no place in a civilized society; giving private bankers' power over the creation of money is insanely suicidal at best; that power should be reserved to central banks and central banks alone. GS just happens to be the most influential one around.
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: CountDeMoney on May 29, 2009, 05:28:55 AM
Quote from: Malthus on May 28, 2009, 08:57:48 AMWhat ever happened to PLJ, anyway? I haven't seen him around in ages.  ;)

He was in town a couple weeks ago, caught breakfast with him.  He's busy jetsetting and making money.
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: Caliga on May 29, 2009, 05:42:44 AM
I think he's still playing LOTRO.
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: Valmy on May 29, 2009, 08:38:32 AM
Quote from: Malthus on May 28, 2009, 08:57:48 AM
What ever happened to PLJ, anyway? I haven't seen him around in ages.  ;)

He'll be back in football season to tell us all about Florida State.
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: PDH on May 29, 2009, 09:59:47 AM
Quote from: Valmy on May 29, 2009, 08:38:32 AM
He'll be back in football season to tell us all about Florida State.
Damn Criminoles.
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: Grey Fox on May 29, 2009, 10:04:36 AM
He forgot his password & he's too lazy to re-register.
Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: Siege on June 03, 2009, 11:43:48 PM
Who's PLJ?

Title: Re: Old European anti-semitism thread
Post by: Martinus on June 04, 2009, 01:31:26 AM
Quote from: Malthus on May 28, 2009, 08:57:48 AM
Quote from: Alatriste on May 28, 2009, 05:48:50 AM
Quote from: Siege on May 27, 2009, 01:41:33 PM
The funny thing is, how the hell are the jewish masses, which are nothing more than middle class, responsible for the crisis?

Because a few jews are bankers now ALL the jews are responsible for the crisis?

And why are the non-jewish bankers less responsible than the jewish ones?

You are trying to use logic against racism, and that never works...

Now, and tongue-in-cheek, I would say it is a matter of linguistic relativism: the pollster said 'the Jews' and meant 'all Jews' they did hear 'The Jews' and understood 'those fellows in great Wall Street firms with offices bigger than a football court, diamond rings, trophy wives and private jets'

Crazy, I know.

What ever happened to PLJ, anyway? I haven't seen him around in ages.  ;)
PLJ = Bernie Madoff? :o