• futatorius@lemm.ee
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      7 days ago

      Truth is an absolute defense for libel accusations. So what about the comment was untrue? Or do you think including the phrase “blood libel” is sufficient to form a though-terminating cliche?

      Anyway, looking at it from an anthropological perspective, many societies have regarded themselves as human while characterizing all outsiders as non-human. I wouldn’t expect the ancient Jews to differ from anyone else in the region at the time when it comes to this.

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      I’m a Jewish person and I don’t see blood libel in this. They provided some interesting points and while I don’t fully agree they aren’t painting Jews as evil or others as good, just trying to reconcile our beliefs with these recent atrocities.