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In reply to the discussion: "Stealth Antisemitism". [View all]

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2. There are various types of bigotry/Jew-hate/anti-Semitism.
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 12:30 AM
Aug 2

There are a variety of modifiers for types of bigotry. There is "blatant", which is obviously in your face. There are "dog whistle" types of bigotry, which are more subtle, but not so much so to fly over the heads of the intended audience. There is "kitchen table" or "living room" bigotry, which describes the kind of bigotry that some discuss in their "living rooms/kitchen tables" (this can include websites), that they would never say or admit to in a public setting. There is "paternal/maternal" bigotry, which is similar to what you describe. It is a subtle, but unmistaken, form of bigotry, sometimes not even on the radar of the speaker, in which the non-minority involved feels superior in some way, as if the minority in question is a "child" of sorts. Again, this may not even be obvious to the person committing the bigotry; think, "white knight savior" trope in many movies. This type of bigotry is malignant because they perpetrator may think they are being "woke" or even "heroic" without realizing how patronizing they are being and when confronted can get very defensive.

Some forms almost seem unique to anti-Semitism, such as redefining anti-Semitism in order to include others, usually those who have been perpetrators, or more often, to exclude Jews. The closest thing I can think of in this type of bigotry is the concept often spewed by the aggrieved White majority, "reverse racism."

There are various, ages old, anti-Semitic tropes. Like a virus, anti-Semitism has "learned" to survive and adapt to fit the needs of the modern users and the new surroundings.

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