Rick Spence
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Everything, you know, things should be given in good German. And that's the way we need to become Jewish Germans. We don't want to become a kind of group of people who are apart in that way. And that has created great tensions ever since. You know, one of the essential points, it seems to me, in anti-Semitism, anti-Jewism, is that all the Jews are in it together. Isn't that one of the things?
Everything, you know, things should be given in good German. And that's the way we need to become Jewish Germans. We don't want to become a kind of group of people who are apart in that way. And that has created great tensions ever since. You know, one of the essential points, it seems to me, in anti-Semitism, anti-Jewism, is that all the Jews are in it together. Isn't that one of the things?
Okay. They're always talking about it as if they're a collective. Jews this, Jews that. as if it's a single undifferentiated mass of people who all move and speak in the same way. From my personal experience, not being Jewish, It's incredibly diverse in many ways, really. One of the things that anti-Semitism proposes is a continuity or a singularity of Jewish identity that never existed.
Okay. They're always talking about it as if they're a collective. Jews this, Jews that. as if it's a single undifferentiated mass of people who all move and speak in the same way. From my personal experience, not being Jewish, It's incredibly diverse in many ways, really. One of the things that anti-Semitism proposes is a continuity or a singularity of Jewish identity that never existed.
Okay. They're always talking about it as if they're a collective. Jews this, Jews that. as if it's a single undifferentiated mass of people who all move and speak in the same way. From my personal experience, not being Jewish, It's incredibly diverse in many ways, really. One of the things that anti-Semitism proposes is a continuity or a singularity of Jewish identity that never existed.
Well, here's... Yeah. Jews aren't the only recipient of that. I mean, any time you hear people talking about Jews this or that, white people this or that, black people this or that, Asians this or that, where they're an undifferentiated mass who apparently all share something in common, well, then nobody's really thinking.
Well, here's... Yeah. Jews aren't the only recipient of that. I mean, any time you hear people talking about Jews this or that, white people this or that, black people this or that, Asians this or that, where they're an undifferentiated mass who apparently all share something in common, well, then nobody's really thinking.
Well, here's... Yeah. Jews aren't the only recipient of that. I mean, any time you hear people talking about Jews this or that, white people this or that, black people this or that, Asians this or that, where they're an undifferentiated mass who apparently all share something in common, well, then nobody's really thinking.
And the other thing you'll find is that people who will express those views when pressed will argue that, oh, well, if they actually know anybody from those groups, those are okay. Mm-hmm. It's like Nazis. They go, this isn't okay, Jew. They're all right. They were always constantly making exceptions.
And the other thing you'll find is that people who will express those views when pressed will argue that, oh, well, if they actually know anybody from those groups, those are okay. Mm-hmm. It's like Nazis. They go, this isn't okay, Jew. They're all right. They were always constantly making exceptions.
And the other thing you'll find is that people who will express those views when pressed will argue that, oh, well, if they actually know anybody from those groups, those are okay. Mm-hmm. It's like Nazis. They go, this isn't okay, Jew. They're all right. They were always constantly making exceptions.
What they actually meant an actual human being, and they seemed to be fairly normal, well, they were okay. So what it was that they hated weren't actual people for the most part. It was just this kind of gollywog vision that they had of them. You're not even talking about real people. Uh, I don't know. What does that tell you about human nature? Well, okay.
What they actually meant an actual human being, and they seemed to be fairly normal, well, they were okay. So what it was that they hated weren't actual people for the most part. It was just this kind of gollywog vision that they had of them. You're not even talking about real people. Uh, I don't know. What does that tell you about human nature? Well, okay.
What they actually meant an actual human being, and they seemed to be fairly normal, well, they were okay. So what it was that they hated weren't actual people for the most part. It was just this kind of gollywog vision that they had of them. You're not even talking about real people. Uh, I don't know. What does that tell you about human nature? Well, okay.
In 70 odd years, what have I learned about my fellow creatures? One, I don't actually understand them any better than I ever did. In fact, less so.
In 70 odd years, what have I learned about my fellow creatures? One, I don't actually understand them any better than I ever did. In fact, less so.
In 70 odd years, what have I learned about my fellow creatures? One, I don't actually understand them any better than I ever did. In fact, less so.
Okay. I would say this.
Okay. I would say this.
Okay. I would say this.