Blog 3

Classmates,
In the article from the website, http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/Why_Do_People_Hate_The_Jews.htm, it is clear that the author of this article is trying to persuade the audience to feel sympathy for the Jewish population. The author uses words that portray a sad tone and tries to unveil the social unjust in Jewish perception. Many of the reasons he gives that show that people are prejudice to Jews use the word hate and the explanations he gives make the rest of the world seem socially and religiously ignorant. This type of writing would definitely make readers believe that the outside world doesn't accept Jews and that they should feel bad for them. The author gives a list of examples, each with information filled paragraphs and extended details. The author examines Jewish hatred compared to the hatred of other religious people and groups and explicitly states that Jews are the only people hated for no reason. He tries to narrow down the attention of the reader to get them to solely focus on the issues that Jews are faced with and no one else. I find the economic evidence, the scapegoat evidence, and the outsiders theory to be credible; however, the quotes provided by the author do not seem credible because it is evident that the author edited the quotes to make the words seem more harsh and to persuade the audience of the article that Jews are not bad and should not be blamed for problems or given specific stereotypes. For example, the author gives this quote in one of his theories of why people hate Jews, "We hate Jews because they are different than us." I find this quote hard to believe because it seems doubtful that someone would actually say this and he would be able to quote it. It also is doubtful that this quote truly describes the way people feel, but rather the author chose to use this quote because it seems the most harsh and sets a different type of tone that persuades the audience to feel a certain way towards the Jewish people. The Jewish people, according to this quote, have done nothing wrong and do not deserve to be treated in such a way. It is clear that the intent for the article is to use evidence to persuade the readers of this website article to feel sympathy for Jewish people and to get them to understand how the Jewish people that receive hatred feel. This article proves a good point and has good evidence that is full of examples. This argument seems like something that should be more well known and hopefully change the way people view those that are different from them! Thanks for reading!