tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281664882148510457.post6829058728850048468..comments2023-12-26T01:00:53.541+01:00Comments on A heedful idiot: Dostoevsky anti-Semitic?Fiodorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10565802662500924411noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281664882148510457.post-29102966350435614242015-04-16T22:24:35.115+02:002015-04-16T22:24:35.115+02:00"We are all flawed, sinful creatures regardle..."We are all flawed, sinful creatures regardless of our roots and nations". I fully endorse that statement. Jews are not, in se, better people than the others. But why are they so much more hated and persecuted? Fiodorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10565802662500924411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281664882148510457.post-48359072416730908642015-04-16T21:12:26.224+02:002015-04-16T21:12:26.224+02:00Hatred of others is always justifiable - that is, ...Hatred of others is always justifiable - that is, for someone. Humans hated and killed each other long before the Jewish people formed, during their existence and possibly long after Jews will be forgotten. Just this autumn I read a long thread of comments by readers of NY Times - who I assume are fairly liberal and humane toward those less fortunate in life, judging by what they are reading and who they do vote for - in which they argued with passion for genocide and ethnic cleansing of ethnic Russians. Did they have motives, justifications? Probably. Russians, just as Jews, are not the most likable nation on this Earth, and people have a lot of grudges against us too. But ultimately, the reason for all of this is always that we are all flawed, sinful creatures regardless of our roots and nations. Delving into motives for anti-semitism is perhaps too unseemly (taboo?) for a polite company, but seeing as how I have a real chance to end up a radioactive ash within a year, I prefer to tackle that sort of problems head-on. <br /><br />Roman (ethnic Russian)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281664882148510457.post-56846897933945457522015-04-16T10:38:01.874+02:002015-04-16T10:38:01.874+02:00I leave you the responsibility of your opinion. I ...I leave you the responsibility of your opinion. I simply point out that I did not make Dostoïevski an apologist of the Jews. By evoking Pierre Lamblé's research work, I simply wanted to counterbalance the judgment which I had emitted in another article (A spot on the beautiful garment). As if to looking for "motives" in the anti-Semitism, is it not another indirect way to justify it?Fiodorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10565802662500924411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281664882148510457.post-4148678716968889492014-07-04T21:35:13.951+02:002014-07-04T21:35:13.951+02:00Thank you Iulia for your comment.
Today, anti-Sem...Thank you Iulia for your comment. <br />Today, anti-Semitism, especially in Europe, is no more the result of old Christian prejudices (as "Deicide" or "replacement theology"), but it is, in large part, mediated by political Islam and powered by the Arab-Israeli conflict. <br />Fighting against anti-Semitism remains an important challenge.Fiodorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10565802662500924411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7281664882148510457.post-51139106101326216692014-07-04T18:32:01.911+02:002014-07-04T18:32:01.911+02:00I have wondered about these issues and appreciate ...I have wondered about these issues and appreciate the clarification. In my own reading of Dostoevsky, I have not noted anti-Semitism in particular. Within the current culture of Eastern Europe, however, I have experienced that it often manifests itself, unfortunately.Iulia Flamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06962212081437398247noreply@blogger.com