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Utah tech executive resigns after anti-semitic email rant
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Re: Utah tech executive resigns after anti-semitic email rant
#12Having just read it, this sounds like a mental health issue to me. It's well outside the bounds of opinion, even a ridiculous or hateful opinion.
I worry that people are running to mock this guy because they want to portray these views as the kind of things their opponents actually think, while in reality there is clearly something wrong with him and he may need some compassion. This is not a fringe opinion, there is some problem that's causing him to behave like this.
Re: Utah tech executive resigns after anti-semitic email rant
#13This man is seriously unwell. This wasn't just normal politics - This was deep conspiracy theory nonsense. The fact that he thought others would appreciate the message is further proof that he is in the midst of a serious crisis. He has completely lost touch with reality.
Unfortunately, being a wealthy ex-CEO and ex-pat living in another country, away from his former social circles, has likely removed all social support and peer group balance against his decline. When you're that wealthy, you can afford to surround yourself with people who won't challenge your ideas or suggest that maybe you're not well. The yes-men don't want to risk being ostracized by saying the wrong thing, so they go along with it.
I hope someone can talk him into getting the help he needs. That doesn't excuse what he said, obviously, but I doubt this issue will resolve on its own.
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It's fairly standard anti-semitic bullshit that huge numbers of people believed, and have believed for decades. Most conspiracy theories are at their heart based on anti-semitic lies produces by the various christian church for hundreds of years. Even during WW2 there were Americans commenting on hitler being right about the jews. As a reminder: WW2 was in no way about the holocaust.
My wife was in a line at a UC behind two students who said "well jews do incest, and they used to eat babies" in actual seriousness.
It is super important to understand a lot of people seriously believe a lot of insanely screwed up things about jews.
Re: Utah tech executive resigns after anti-semitic email rant
#15Having just read it, this sounds like a mental health issue to me. It's well outside the bounds of opinion, even a ridiculous or hateful opinion. I worry that people are running to mock this guy because they want to portray these views as the kind of things their opponents actually think, while in reality there is clearly something wrong with him and he may need some compassion. This is not a fringe opinion, there is…
Might also be a drug problem, stimulants can make you say/do/think weird things.
Re: Utah tech executive resigns after anti-semitic email rant
#16I came into this thinking that he made a joke about Jews and money. Nope. So much worse. And he doubled down too. Definitely read the article to the end. Anyone ever work with or meet this fellow? As he has fallen for such a large pile of nonsense that I wonder how he operates day to day?
Same, I thought this was going to be a boring “casually racist grandmother at thanksgiving” situation. Instead it was closer to my grandmother on thanksgiving…Sigh…
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#17Are these the same Jews that control the space laser used to start the California wild fires? So crazy.
I'm Jewish, how come I don't have access to this laser? I've loved lasers since I was a kid. Life isn't fair!
Re: Utah tech executive resigns after anti-semitic email rant
#18Having just read it, this sounds like a mental health issue to me. It's well outside the bounds of opinion, even a ridiculous or hateful opinion. I worry that people are running to mock this guy because they want to portray these views as the kind of things their opponents actually think, while in reality there is clearly something wrong with him and he may need some compassion. This is not a fringe opinion, there is…
You do realize that a non-trivial amount of politicians have publicly made similar claims about the Jews? It's not like this is some isolated incident.
Re: Utah tech executive resigns after anti-semitic email rant
#19Having just read it, this sounds like a mental health issue to me. It's well outside the bounds of opinion, even a ridiculous or hateful opinion. I worry that people are running to mock this guy because they want to portray these views as the kind of things their opponents actually think, while in reality there is clearly something wrong with him and he may need some compassion. This is not a fringe opinion, there is…
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Re: Utah tech executive resigns after anti-semitic email rant
#20Having just read it, this sounds like a mental health issue to me. It's well outside the bounds of opinion, even a ridiculous or hateful opinion. I worry that people are running to mock this guy because they want to portray these views as the kind of things their opponents actually think, while in reality there is clearly something wrong with him and he may need some compassion. This is not a fringe opinion, there is…
Nah, it's fairly standard anti-semitism. It's not remotely outside the normal bounds.