u/monchouchouchou

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"Friend" blamed Jews for the Holocaust

A few years ago, a "friend" of 20 years repeatedly asked me, "What did Jews do to make everyone hate them enough to try to exterminate them in WWII?" I cut contact with him.

Recently, he sent a long apology, claiming he now understood why his comments were wrong, and professed full support for Jews and the people of Israel. I gave him another chance, which I now regret.

While he claimed to support the Jewish community, in that exact same conversation, he mocked me for eating bagels, saying, "I know I shouldn’t be laughing, but how funny is it that you're Jewish and you have a bag of bagels?" He then laughed at the fact that I don't keep kosher.

Can people really change? He's still trying to be friends with me and even showed up at my house uninvited. When I saw him in my home talking to my husband, I turned around and walked back out the door.

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u/monchouchouchou — 3 days ago