DrSmurfalicious t1_itp0cw5 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 7:01 AM

Reply to comment by Schnutzel in ELI5: Why exactly have Jewish people been discriminated against for so long throughout history? by DumpsterPuff

Sure, but things change, or should change, over time. Many groups of people have been discriminated against in the past that aren't today.

Schnutzel t1_itp0en5 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 7:01 AM

Of course. There's a lot less antisemitism now than there was 100 years ago. But it still exists.

Hydrasaur t1_itq0c4e wrote on October 25, 2022 at 1:48 PM

Sure, that tends to be the case, but we've always been an outlier throughout history. Discrimination follows us wherever we go, and persists throughout millennia to this day, perhaps by virtue of the fact that it's existed for so long, and has been so systemically ingrained, and perhaps because of the diaspora forcing us to spread out. We've always been an easy target, especially with antisemitism taking the form of conspiracy theories, portraying us as attempting to undermine the established order.