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And de Blasio seems to be doing nothing. More than the police, I think the city needs to deal with this at multiple levels. The educational system needs to confront and deal with racism of all kinds, not limited to anti-Semitism. The anti-Israeli propaganda at universities has to be halted. I think varying leaders of different ethnic groups should have a dialogue on how to move the city forward.
Unfortunately a lot of uneducated people believe in a Jewish conspiracy
But I can't just blame it on uneducated people, because there are alt right college students who hate Jews too.
To me it's just like the same same stuff happening over and over again (for eternity)
Can we stop it all or not?
That's basically what I was asking.
Basically with all these attacks, whether random or political violence, whether anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant, or anti-Black, at the end all government officials do is offer thoughts and prayers or the equivalent. It doesn't seem like any effort is ever made to address the underlying causes and prevent them.
To me it's just like the same same stuff happening over and over again (for eternity)
Can we stop it all or not?
No. Religious bigotry has been starting wars and fueling hate for as long as humans have existed. That said, I think we could mitigate the intensity through empathy and education and if our leaders espoused tolerance and inclusiveness instead of fueling hatred and division. So, no. I guess not. I'm going to the last night of Chanukah menorah lighting tonight and recent events notwithstanding, it never occurred to me not to go.
No. Religious bigotry has been starting wars and fueling hate for as long as humans have existed. That said, I think we could mitigate the intensity through empathy and education and if our leaders espoused tolerance and inclusiveness instead of fueling hatred and division. So, no. I guess not. I'm going to the last night of Chanukah menorah lighting tonight and recent events notwithstanding, it never occurred to me not to go.
That's exactly what would substantially mitigate these things. But we don't have that kind of leadership, in part because people don't vote for such people. It's easier for people to put their heads in the sand.
So I think to make things better, people have to have honest dialogues with people from different groups and learn to see other perspectives. Basically learn to LISTEN, and this is something that is often absent.
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