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Re: Is making anti Jewish comments bigoted?
Well. This is my take on the issue.
If you walk on the street and a jew trips you, and you fall, you are allowed to say: Screw you, you dirty jew, you tripped me; It's not a bigoted statement because you addressing him, the asshole who tripped you.
If you say however: screw the jews; now that's bigoted because you are attacking an entire ethnic group based on the fact that they are of that ethnicity.
If you dislike Israel however, or the Israeli govt, the israeli army, etc, that doesn't make you a bigot.
If you hate israelis, as in, the population that lives in Israel, then yes, you're a bigot.. and an asshole to boot.
If walking on the street, you see a jew and inside you, you start feeling the rage and decide you want to punch him in the face... you might have issues.
If you do punch him, you may be a bigot... and an aggressor.
If you are walking down the street and you see a jew, and he is speaking a lot stuff you don't agree with ( maybe you're pro-palestine and he is talking about Israel's right to exist) you can assault him with your verbal arsenal without being a bigot. Though tough luck proving that to your peers.
It's a bit tricky when talking about judaism and the jewish people because ever since reformed judaism kicked in during the late XVIIIth, early XIXth century, being a jew means no longer being part of the jewish religion. Or rather, being jewish is more than just being part of the jewish religion. If before reformed judaism, one would be a jew if he practiced judaism, same as all people from all religions (you're a Christian if you practice Christianity, etc), reformed judaism gave jews and ethnicity. that's why jews who are atheists are still jews.
As opposed to Christians whom, if they were to start being atheists, wouldn't really be Christians anymore. They would be what remains of that. But jewish atheists are still jews because reformed judaism established that.
Well. This is my take on the issue.
If you walk on the street and a jew trips you, and you fall, you are allowed to say: Screw you, you dirty jew, you tripped me; It's not a bigoted statement because you addressing him, the asshole who tripped you.
If you say however: screw the jews; now that's bigoted because you are attacking an entire ethnic group based on the fact that they are of that ethnicity.
If you dislike Israel however, or the Israeli govt, the israeli army, etc, that doesn't make you a bigot.
If you hate israelis, as in, the population that lives in Israel, then yes, you're a bigot.. and an asshole to boot.
If walking on the street, you see a jew and inside you, you start feeling the rage and decide you want to punch him in the face... you might have issues.
If you do punch him, you may be a bigot... and an aggressor.
If you are walking down the street and you see a jew, and he is speaking a lot stuff you don't agree with ( maybe you're pro-palestine and he is talking about Israel's right to exist) you can assault him with your verbal arsenal without being a bigot. Though tough luck proving that to your peers.
It's a bit tricky when talking about judaism and the jewish people because ever since reformed judaism kicked in during the late XVIIIth, early XIXth century, being a jew means no longer being part of the jewish religion. Or rather, being jewish is more than just being part of the jewish religion. If before reformed judaism, one would be a jew if he practiced judaism, same as all people from all religions (you're a Christian if you practice Christianity, etc), reformed judaism gave jews and ethnicity. that's why jews who are atheists are still jews.
As opposed to Christians whom, if they were to start being atheists, wouldn't really be Christians anymore. They would be what remains of that. But jewish atheists are still jews because reformed judaism established that.
