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Donald Trump calls bankers 'Shylocks', drawing criticism for antisemitic term. (www.usatoday.com)
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Shylock is a fictional Jewish money-lender invented by Shakespeare.

The story ends when Shylock is defeated and forced to abandon Judaism.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shylock

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[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 23 points 1 day ago (4 children)

So he hates Jews, but loves Israel?

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago

yhea, antisemitism nowadays tends to be best prozionist

anti-semites can deny the holocaust and use slurs and then say they support a genocide and the ADL/AIPAC will be ok with that

but if jews complain about the genocide they get the boot for antisemitism.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 37 points 1 day ago

This is a more common set of views than one might expect.

[–] match@pawb.social 23 points 1 day ago

you might be shocked at how the israeli government acts

[–] taco@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago

So unlike him to contract himself.