On this day in 698, The Seventeenth Council of Toledo first met under Visigothic King Egica. Egica brought together two strains of hatred and distrust. On one hand, there was the threat of Islam's expansion and on the other, his intense dislike and distrust of Jews. He confiscated their property and made Jews the slaves of Christian slaves and, essentially, outlawed the practice of Judaism.
When you can convince people they are threatened by a group, you can persuade them to become the threat.
So, they took and existing hatred and built upon it. Two people group targets for the price of one.
Take a cup of hatred.Add two cups of fear.Sprinkle in two tablespoons of suspicion andAn ounce of all-purpose blame.Season with bitterness and ignorance.Mix well and stir up the crowds.Bake at 10,000 degrees for as long as it takes.Name it something that sounds noble.Invite the crowd.
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