Why does antisemitism exist?

Random thoughts by Freepers on Jews and antisemitism:

mamelukesabre on the Jewish divided government conspiracy:

They are terrified of government sanctioned anti-semitism and a unified population loyal to that government. Therefore they will support any party that will divide the people and keep them bickering.

The day that the left and socialism achieves dominance and unity and the right becomes fractured and powerless, the jews will switch loyalty to the right.

ottbmare knows antisemitism is more evil than your run-of-the-mill bigotry:

Satan urges people to act in the most vile and cruel of ways. God loves the Jewish people, whom He has chosen to preserve His Word and to give us His Son.

As Scripture tells us, they are to be a blessing to the whole world. So naturally Satan attacks them, and corrupts Gentiles in the process.

laweeks reminds us that antisemitism is a partisan issue:

Going back to Carter, Bill and Hitlery Clinton, and this Kenyon-born asshat, the democratic party could not be any more anti-Semitic than they are. Why the hell the American Jews have any use for these morons and keep voting for them is beyond me.

Absolutely Nobama must be awesome at family reunions:

I ask that of my Jewish relatives every time I’m forced to go to a family function.

Most of them think Franklin Dictator Roosevelt is still alive and still fighting Hitler.

Marie, a Jewish convert, analyzes Jewish populations.

The thing that struck us was the attitude. It was remarkably different between the converts (gentle, loving, enthusiastic), the Israeli’s (calm, accepting) and the born-Jews who were not Israelis (vicious, critical, defensive, snobbish).

The way one Israeli woman explained it was that the born-Jews had a victim mentality. The Israelis were conquers who had nothing to prove.

loving Israelis while having contempt for American Jews does split the difference elegantly. Till they actually meet Israelis and realize how liberal they are.