As an organized worldview, or just a passing prejudice, antisemitism counts as not just dangerous, destructive and delusional, but profoundly and unmistakably stupid.
To make this observation recognizes that antisemitic remarks or actions generally display their fair share of stupidity, but it by no means suggests that every stupid observation can be automatically classified as antisemitic. The world features plentiful displays of idiocy and folly that may avoid the taint of Jew-hatred, and escape the conspiratorial fantasies at the core of modern antisemitism.
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