Category: Common Tropes Explained
This catchall subcategory addresses antisemitic stereotypes and conspiracies that don’t fit into a larger series—lies about power, loyalty, money, and manipulation.
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“Jew, Go Back to Europe”: Debunking the Israeli ‘European Settler’ Myth
“Jew, go back to Europe.” It’s a phrase hurled at Jews and Israelis on college campuses, in comment sections, and at protests. Behind it lies one of the most dangerous and enduring lies: that Jews are foreign to the Middle East — that we are European settlers with no ancestral claim to the land of…
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The Oldest Lies in the Book: Breaking Down Antisemitic Tropes
Jews control the media. Jews control the banks. Jews are loyal only to each other. You’ve heard them. Maybe not shouted — maybe whispered, hinted, joked about. But they’re always there, humming in the background. Antisemitic tropes work because they’re slippery. They rarely arrive as full-on Nazi rants. They come as sarcasm, “just asking questions,”…