Sherman123
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And why would you argue antisemitism was part of European culture? I don't see any evidence of it being part of the culture or any culture at all. It seemed to be more linked to ignorance and fear... things they couldn't control and didn't understand, and it was the same with women. Jewish people and women were blamed for the Black Death, droughts, and every other frightening, explainable event people in the Middle Ages and Dark Ages couldn't understand. I don't think that's just part of the culture, it just part of not understanding modern science, germs, and medicine. Women and Jewish people were blamed for a number of things, and it seems common for people across all cultures behave irrationally and wrongly blame somebody or something under such circumstances. It's also far from uncommon for modern people to not trust outsiders and foreigners, and it's obvious in America today. That attitude will probably never change in people.
But if you really want to talk about the savagery in American history, then would you seriously and honestly just chalk it all up to American culture?
Just plain old fashion American culture is to blame for slavery, genocide, the Trail of Tears, witch burnings, and decades of inequality????
If you did pin slavery and witch burnings on American culture, you know how silly you would sound, right? And that's exactly what you're doing except you're doing it to a difference nation.
If you want to talk about what caused the Salem trials and the Calvinist belief system, property rights, and women owning property; then that has more clout than writing it all of as a symptom of American culture.
I'm not at all sure what it is you are trying to say. Clearly anti-semitism was rooted in European culture, it traces its roots from multiple sources including the late years of the Roman Republic and the birth pangs of the Christian church, and much more. All of the things you are saying are euphemisms for culture. "It's not culture, its fear and ignorance..." whatever you want to call it I don't really care. We can call it "X" and so my point is the X of the Levantine countries as opposed to the X of Israel is a major contributing factor in the gaps of prosperity and stability.