# Pitting of religious extremists . . . today it's the Hasidic Jews.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-of-religious-extremists-today-its-the-hasidic-jews/621532>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 10, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-of-religious-extremists-today-its-the-hasidic-jews/621532 "2012-05-10T18:10:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-of-religious-extremists-today-its-the-hasidic-jews/621532/41 "2012-05-12T22:23:08Z")

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> [@FinnAgain](#):
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> Those links, with actual quotes from them, should be cited then if they actually back up the claims. Wikipedia articles are chock full of claims, with citations, that when tracked down are either not supported or are outright contradicted by their linked citations.

The extent to which this happens is _inversely_ proportional to the level of emotion surrounding the topic.

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**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-of-religious-extremists-today-its-the-hasidic-jews/621532/42 "2012-12-01T00:07:00Z")

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Sorry to resurrect an old thread but this story is appropriate to the OP. I continue the pitting.

[http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/hasid\_henchmen\_uwKQXHvk6BH36s8LEvdPBN](http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/hasid_henchmen_uwKQXHvk6BH36s8LEvdPBN)

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-of-religious-extremists-today-its-the-hasidic-jews/621532/43 "2012-12-01T00:51:11Z")

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> [@R.P.McMurphy](#):
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> Sorry to resurrect an old thread but this story is appropriate to the OP. I continue the pitting.
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> [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/hasid\_henchmen\_uwKQXHvk6BH36s8LEvdPBN](http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/hasid_henchmen_uwKQXHvk6BH36s8LEvdPBN)

One of them is named Lemon Juice?

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**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-of-religious-extremists-today-its-the-hasidic-jews/621532/44 "2012-12-01T01:38:40Z")

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> [@R.P.McMurphy](#):
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> Sorry to resurrect an old thread but this story is appropriate to the OP. I continue the pitting.
> 
> [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/hasid\_henchmen\_uwKQXHvk6BH36s8LEvdPBN](http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/hasid_henchmen_uwKQXHvk6BH36s8LEvdPBN)

World’s first Hassidic rapper. He must be cool, he has a camera phone. The haircut sets him apart. The undersized baseball cap with no brim gives him street cred. (The New Era label is on the back, you just can’t see it.)

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