# Why are jews hated and/or mocked so much? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 23, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709 "2010-11-23T22:28:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MinkyBinks735](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@MinkyBinks735](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MinkyBinks735)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709/41 "2010-11-24T14:52:15Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > If you mean they call each other “jew” derisively, could you please show us an example. If you mean they call each other “jew” because they each believe the other is Jewish…so what? I don’t mean they call eachother because they believe the other person is Jewish. It is used as a negative term. If someone is cheap, they are often called a “jew”, and I wondered if it went deeper than that. Or simply if someone is acting like a jerk, “jew” is often thrown around. ---
**Author:** ![MinkyBinks735](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@MinkyBinks735](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MinkyBinks735)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709/42 "2010-11-24T14:54:36Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > I’d wager that the OP (should he ever return) is either European or hangs out on the internet. “Jew” is an insult in some places in Europe. At least, while I was living there I heard it used several times, especially by kids. > > On some uglier corner of the 'net (I’m talking video gaming sort of stuff, not st_rmfr_nt), “Jew” is simply mixed into the list of insults along side “nigger” and “faggot”. > > Then again, a guy I went to college with thought that the proper noun was “Jewish” as he’d only ever heard the word “Jew” used as an insult. I have not heard it on the internet, and I am not European. But from other people, I have heard it used often as an insult along side what you said. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709/43 "2010-11-24T14:56:34Z")
As far as mocking goes, you do see this on The Family Guy very frequently. There is an element of “equal opportunity” offender there (lord knows they have made fun of black people plenty of times), but Jews in particular get more than their fair share. All I can think is that perhaps there are Jewish writers on the show, and Jews–like most ethnic groups–indulge in self-deprecating humor? I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![MinkyBinks735](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@MinkyBinks735](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MinkyBinks735)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709/44 "2010-11-24T14:57:25Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > Well OP, it’s been a while since you posted, what do _you_ think the reason(s) are? > > It’s actually a classical anti-semitic claim. And if you think about it, there’s no real reason to take an isolated phrase/ritual out of context and use it as a slur. We’d laugh at people who claimed that all Catholics were cannibals because of the Eucharist. But if Jews have a phrase “the chosen people” then, why, they must have a superiority complex. I thought that it was because Jews were often thought of as greedy and cheap. Which is not a good thing in our society today. Also, because since they were known as “the chosen people” people began to mock them because of it and not take it for real. Almost like a poser of some sort. ---
**Author:** ![MinkyBinks735](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@MinkyBinks735](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MinkyBinks735)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709/45 "2010-11-24T14:58:43Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > As far as mocking goes, you do see this on The Family Guy very frequently. There is an element of “equal opportunity” offender there (lord knows they have made fun of black people plenty of times), but Jews in particular get more than their fair share. All I can think is that perhaps there are Jewish writers on the show, and Jews–like most ethnic groups–indulge in self-deprecating humor? I don’t know. yes, my point exactly. As well as on south park. I don’t think that there are jewish writers on the show but instead, it is another group to mock. And I never really understood why. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709/46 "2010-11-24T15:00:28Z")
> [@MinkyBinks735](#): > > I don’t mean they call eachother because they believe the other person is Jewish. It is used as a negative term. If someone is cheap, they are often called a “jew”, and I wondered if it went deeper than that. Or simply if someone is acting like a jerk, “jew” is often thrown around. It’s because the stereotype is that Jews are cheap. It’s an insult and there isn’t anything else to it. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709/47 "2010-11-24T15:04:21Z")
Q. What’s the definition of an anti-Semite? A. One who hates Jews _more than necessary_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709/48 "2010-11-24T15:11:56Z")
> [@MinkyBinks735](#): > > yes, my point exactly. As well as on south park. I don’t think that there are jewish writers on the show but instead, it is another group to mock. And I never really understood why. Matt Stone is Jewish. I recall an interview with the South Park guys about mocking Jews. Matt said he was Jewish, so he was allowed, and Trey said he just didn’t like Jews 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709/49 "2010-11-24T15:13:14Z")
> [@FE3O4ENAIL](#): > > Please do not argue with me about what I read in a book. I am just relating what someone else wrote. Okay, I’ll bite. What book did you read that basically says Jews regard everyone else as ‘bags of shit’? ---
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709/50 "2010-11-24T15:31:55Z")
> [@MinkyBinks735](#): > > I never said “raping a prostitute is shoplifting.” I ASKED it. And if you don’t think I am serious, then you can just step off and don’t contribute to the thread. I have read every post people have replied to on this thread. And I do care. I have always wondered why the hatred to this specific group of people. Is **MinkyBinks735** deliberately stupid and offensive? before you attack me, it’s just a question. ---
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709/51 "2010-11-24T15:35:20Z")
> [@MinkyBinks735](#): > > I don’t mean they call eachother because they believe the other person is Jewish. It is used as a negative term. If someone is cheap, they are often called a “jew”, and I wondered if it went deeper than that. Or simply if someone is acting like a jerk, “jew” is often thrown around. Let me guess, in your neighborhood a “house getting robbed” means someone showed up with a hitch and hauled it away. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709/52 "2010-11-24T15:37:41Z")
> [@sh1bu1](#): > > Is **MinkyBinks735** deliberately stupid and offensive? before you attack me, it’s just a question. > [@sh1bu1](#): > > Let me guess, in your neighborhood a “house getting robbed” means someone showed up with a hitch and hauled it away. Please don’t make this personal. Take that to the Pit if you think it’s necessary. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709/53 "2010-11-24T16:45:14Z")
> [@sh1bu1](#): > > Let me guess, in your neighborhood a “house getting robbed” means someone showed up with a hitch and hauled it away. That is funny because? ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709/54 "2010-11-24T16:48:13Z")
> [@MinkyBinks735](#): > > I thought that it was because Jews were often thought of as greedy and cheap. Which is not a good thing in our society today. Also, because since they were known as “the chosen people” people began to mock them because of it and not take it for real. Almost like a poser of some sort. Yes, but those aren’t _reasons_. Racism works backwards and tries to find justifications. It’d be like saying that some people are racist against blacks because they’re often thought of as criminals or being involved with drugs or prone to violent crime. But that puts it in exactly the opposite direction. _Because people are racists_, they think that blacks are prone to criminality, illegal drug use and violent crime. _Because people are anti-semites_ they think that Jews are cheap, miserly, etc… I am (somewhat) willing to grant the benefit of the doubt on the phrase “the chosen people”, but it does betray a high degree of willful ignorance. Just like one might look askance at someone who was claiming that Catholics are cannibals, even if the mistake was an honest one. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709/55 "2010-11-24T17:08:43Z")
I think it’s because observant Jews eat neither bacon nor cheeseburgers. How can you be American if you don’t eat bacon and cheeseburgers? Clearly, they hate America. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709/56 "2010-11-24T17:11:08Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > Back to the o.p. the only people I know of who retain the outdated Jew hating thing are neo fascists and muslims. > > Maybe I’m missing something. American White Nationalists, neofascist or not, seem to be antisemitic on general principles. There’s not much an actual tradition of antisemitism to draw on here, at least not compared to Europe, but the WNs seem to have absorbed certain Nazi attitudes and, in particular, they seem to blame the Jewish string-pullers for the American civil rights movement and integration – all part of the Jews’ plot to dilute the blood of the white race. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709/57 "2010-11-24T17:21:33Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > I think it’s because observant Jews eat neither bacon nor cheeseburgers. How can you be American if you don’t eat bacon and cheeseburgers? Clearly, they hate America. ::Checks calendar:: … but… we **love** turkey! 😕 😃 Mmmmm… bacon! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709/58 "2010-11-24T18:52:10Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > ::Checks calendar:: … but… we **love** turkey! 😕 😃 > > Mmmmm… bacon! “Turkey bacon” is a Jewish plot. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709/59 "2010-11-24T18:54:05Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > I’d wager that the OP (should he ever return) is either European or hangs out on the internet. “Jew” is an insult in some places in Europe. At least, while I was living there I heard it used several times, especially by kids. > > On some uglier corner of the 'net (I’m talking video gaming sort of stuff, not st_rmfr_nt), “Jew” is simply mixed into the list of insults along side “nigger” and “faggot”. > > Then again, a guy I went to college with thought that the proper noun was “Jewish” as he’d only ever heard the word “Jew” used as an insult. In college (in the US), I heard “Jew” used as an insult _all the time_, though nearly always referencing the skinflint stereotype. “How dare you Jew me out of a dollar!”, etc. I didn’t hear it _once_ in Britain, although I presume there are much more anti-Semitic countries in Europe. ---
**Author:** ![MinkyBinks735](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@MinkyBinks735](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MinkyBinks735)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-jews-hated-and-or-mocked-so-much/561709/60 "2010-11-24T19:57:29Z")
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