This week’s attacks in Amsterdam were only a few days from the anniversary of Kristallnacht and what Mehdi/others are doing here is exactly what the Nazis did at the time as a justification for the pogroms: “some Jews did something bad so you can’t blame people for engaging in violence against Jews” At the time, a Jewish teen assassinated a Nazi official Ernst vom Rath in Paris after his family was expelled from Germany for being Jewish. The Nazis said that it was understandable that Hitler youth would react by attacking Jewish homes and businesses. And then they ended up passing laws targeting Jews immediately after. These people will always find a way to excuse violence targeting Jews. That’s why it’s important to recognize them for what they are. Not to become like them because no decent or civilized person should justify random mob violence targeting a religious/ethnic/or national group (any group), but to see the individuals who would for what they are and reject them. https://bird.makeup/@aghamilton29/1855245845857190222
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