"blood libel:"

"and "Jews killed Jesus." and all the other crap that's been used to distance "us" from "them" over the centuries."

Isonomist, your attitude about Jews is demonstrating your keen ignorance on the subject. You should really read about Jews! It's a very interesting subject.

The way you're presenting your argument, you're acting as though Jews are just dying to assimilate and be "normal people...." you know, like us! They would just give anything to drop the stigma of being a Jew! If we were nice to those Jews, they wouldn't have to be Jews at all! The Jewish problem that burdens them so heavily could end!!!

Honestly, it's pretty ridiculous. In an attempt to discredit anti-Semitism, you're looking like more of an anti-Semite to me than anyone in this entire thread. And your personal anecdotes about "oh, my Jewish friend thinks such and such" really don't provide much evidence of anything.