Was not really a joke per say, however, I don't really feel that way toward the faith. It was somewhat of an over-reaction because I didn't not wait to read the word "reform" in the article. Reform was the key word and I would've passed on saying that. My mistake.
No, I don't really believe that of the faith, just the particular group of individuals who did that, at the time, long ago. Sorry, it's the ace-in-the-hat extreme statement to counter against something like that.
But at the same time, if you believe the way I do, it was all by desgin anyway. It was supposed to happen that way.
Ok. Fair enough, when you explain it that way. ;)
Making that statement, without a contextual explanation, is likely to make many Jews react quite strongly, just given its history.