genetic intolerance
I read something today that really irritated me. It was an article on antisemitism (full article here). Actually, calling it an article is too generous. I'd call it a poorly written rant on 'Anti-Semitic Slurs'. Anyways, onto the portion that gave me grievance.
By implication, they are saying Jews do not have a certain gene that distinguishes them from others. This is hogwash. As a people, of course they have a gene that distinguishes them from other peoples! Genetic genealogy is built on this fact. Real genetic difference also has practical application in the medical field, even for those of Jewish heritage. This is real science. If someone says your racial heritage has a distinct gene by itself it is a statement of fact, not a slur.
This kind of prejudice and intolerance toward any science or remark that is remotely connected to Eugenics (a valid science) is just bigotry. The fact that it is published often in major liberal media groups is the quintessence of hypocrisy.
The economist: "All Jews have a certain gene … that distinguishes them from others." That remark, reminiscent of the master-race thinking of Nazi Germany, comes from Thilo Sarrazin, an economist who once sat on the board of Germany's central bank.
By implication, they are saying Jews do not have a certain gene that distinguishes them from others. This is hogwash. As a people, of course they have a gene that distinguishes them from other peoples! Genetic genealogy is built on this fact. Real genetic difference also has practical application in the medical field, even for those of Jewish heritage. This is real science. If someone says your racial heritage has a distinct gene by itself it is a statement of fact, not a slur.
This kind of prejudice and intolerance toward any science or remark that is remotely connected to Eugenics (a valid science) is just bigotry. The fact that it is published often in major liberal media groups is the quintessence of hypocrisy.
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