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Re:Jewish Problems (2011) by jacob019 on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @10:07PM (#28137117)
Following the expulsion of Jews from Israel by the Roman's, Jews spent ~2000 years as smaller communities in Europe, never quite integrating. It seems a sad tendency of human nature to distrust and blame visible minorities for our problems. We have similar problems today, with different minorities, mostly.
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Re:Jewish Problems (2011) by X6S1x6Okd1st on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @01:20PM (#28144864)
Other examples where "Just integrate, problem solved." is extremely offensive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_laws

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_sc...

Not to mention that "just integrate" might mean abandoning your faith, language, customs, way of life etc.

Especially for Jews in Europe that would have meant abandoning their faith at a minimum.

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Re:Jewish Problems (2011) by gordon_gee1 on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @09:53AM (#28141961)
That didnt work in the slightest with the jewish community in europe, they were identified and forced into specific areas of cities or countryside. Unless by integrate you meant they should have just converted to christianity? Those that were in more liberal communities and integrated were identified and hunted regardless.
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Re:Jewish Problems (2011) by TKWasRight on Thursday August 12, 2021 @03:40AM (#28153239)
If I was dumped 109 times I'd eventually start to wonder if maybe it was, at least partially, my fault...
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