When I was in high school, I sat down at the lunch table with entirely new people. We get to taking and learning about one another. Topic turns to religion. I’m Jewish. I say as such.
One of the girls looks at me, thoughtfully.
“You don’t have horns like they said you would”
I’m baffled. I’m almost 14 and had only read about people thinking jews had horns in like, old storybooks.
The test of the lunch table fucking goes off on her.
She’s still thinking. “Guess they lied about jews drinking babies blood then?”
I’m stunned. Blood libel? In 2001???
She was a good kid though. Realized it was lies and changed her world view right then. But still. It’s just. Still happening? It sucks.