[Sherman Logan]

Jews in this country, and I assume in Hungary, are highly disproportionately represented as supporters and especially leaders in leftist groups.

Given this fact, there is more or less by definition going to be some spillover of criticism and hostility from group A to group B.

That is unfortunate, but if nearly all redheads were vocal supporters of right-wing causes, one would expect supporters of left-wing causes to develop some generalized dislike of redheads.

[katana]

Unfortunately, in Europe in general the attitude toward the Jewish people is not like that here in the USA. Hungary is one of the places where antisemitism runs deepest. Hungarians, partly I'm sure for self preservation to avoid the fate of the Poles, were allied with the Germans in WWII. The attitude towards the Roma (Gypsies) is deeply ingrained as well. And to be honest the Gypsies keep separate and their community does have a reputation for thievery.

These are all things which existed before WWII and won't go away. European nationalism has a dark side which the Left tries mightily to identify the American Right with as well. But except for scattered groups like the Aryan Brotherhood and KKK (aka the militant arm of the pre-1970's Democratic Party) which any Conservative or Libertarian would completely disavow and despise, the shoe does not fit.