timislegend
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Your first point is actually highly debatable, especially in cases of affirmative action programs in schools, but it doesn't make the process any less racist. Benign discrimination is still discrimination, regardless of legal standing or moral justifiability.
Practically every Bible's first half is the Old Testament - of course it's going to observe the 12 Tribes of Israel as such. And of course I'm going to assume that most faiths are presumptuous - that's what every single religion EVER is based on. Considering that the Bible wasn't compiled until the 4th century CE, though there's a lot of time before that when non-Christians wreaked havoc on Jewish people for acting, quite literally, holier than thou.
I'm not saying that hating Jews for being Jewish is ever warranted, but there were certainly times in history where Jewish people deserved to have the shit kicked out of them by an opposing force, just like there were many times Christians, Mormons, Muslims, Pagans, and the French deserved (and still do, in French cases) the same.
Kind of funny to call my opinion one-sided, though - you're the one arguing that anti-Semitism is rarely if ever warranted. I'm just saying that while it's not the greatest thing in the world and certainly led to a lot of horrific stuff, to say that they never deserved to be beat on at all is a bit naïve.
you are right... affirmative action is debatable but the purpose of affirmative action is to neutralize bigotry. it's not a matter of racism because racism means something different. it also calls on the hierarchy of merits... where the limits and choices are under public scrutiny. affirmative action is not fair but in an oxymoronic sense... it is just.
i don't know if all faith is based on presumption because faith means something different for everyone. you just think it is presumptuous because that is your opinion (which i respect). there is no proof for or against religion so everyone will go on thinking whatever they want (until they die). i believe that the people of my faith were chosen by god for a specific mission to be a light to the nations, and to have a covenant with god... jews do not believe that they are "god's only choice." this is a conspiracy and misconception formed outside the jewish faith. nowhere does this text exist in the tanakh. jews actually believe that all people on earth are chosen by god (for a purpose). that can mean whatever you want it to mean... but i don't think i am better or "holier" than you or anyone else in any way. it just means that i am content in my faith.
i still don't see the connection of justifiable antisemitism ?... my faith may be crippling my rhetoric. i do however see your disticntion in acceptable acts of violence.