I was talking about real life rather than this board. You know that, and you also know that it's entirely likely on a public message board for some to behave in ways they wouldn't dare in real life.
Yes, and "fringe" is a generous term. How many people in real life accost others and rudely harangue them or tell them they're going to burn in hell? You say you've heard this, but have you ever been told this? Have you ever been told one-on-one and right to your face that Jews are "Christ Killers" or that you are?
My understanding is that you were reared in the Jewish faith. How is it that because I'm a Christian, I probably haven't heard thus-and-such whereas you as a Jew have heard anti-Semitic remarks? How does that work?
No, let's not look at Mel Gibson, who is an atypical example--a celebrity with obviously terrible "issues" (and then there is his father...). This is like trying to make something that Charlie Sheen says or does typical. On the face of it, it's not.
Yes, appallingly, anti-Semitism is on the rise, with a 57% increase from 2016 to 2017 in the United States. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/17/sunday-review/anti-semitism-american-jews.html
In Europe in the same period, reported incidents fell by 9% "and by almost 50% compared with the 2006-14 average--but there was a notable increase in harassment and abuse, according to a survey published by the Kantor Center." From the Guardian:
The report highlights a strengthening of the extreme right in some European counties, “accompanied by slogans and symbols reminiscent of the 1930s” and “the intensity of the anti-Jewish sentiments expressed in a variety of ways [...] especially on street demonstrations”. It says this may explain a discrepancy between the levels of fear among European Jews and the actual number of incidents.
“Expressions of classic traditional antisemitism are back and, for example, the term ‘Jew’ has become a swear word,” it says. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/11/traditional-antisemitism-is-back-global-study-finds
