The notion that Herr Marx hated other Jews usually comes from a decontextualized quote from On the Jewish Question, where he summarises somebody else’s view of Jews. From what I remember, Herr Marx did share a fan letter from a gay man with Friedrich Engels, which disgusted him, but Herr Marx hisself had little to nothing to say about LGBT+ folk.
Okay so Engels had problems with gay people(which isn’t surprising considering it was the 1800s) but nobody knows what Marx actually thought, in conclusion: it’s just the same old misinformation. Also people not knowing how to read… a very common occurrence it seems. I want to know what that fan letter was like.
Wasn’t Marx Jewish himself? Also, does he even mention LGBT stuff at all in his works?
The notion that Herr Marx hated other Jews usually comes from a decontextualized quote from On the Jewish Question, where he summarises somebody else’s view of Jews. From what I remember, Herr Marx did share a fan letter from a gay man with Friedrich Engels, which disgusted him, but Herr Marx hisself had little to nothing to say about LGBT+ folk.
Okay so Engels had problems with gay people(which isn’t surprising considering it was the 1800s) but nobody knows what Marx actually thought, in conclusion: it’s just the same old misinformation. Also people not knowing how to read… a very common occurrence it seems. I want to know what that fan letter was like.
Does this link work?
Yes! Thanks you so much, I’ll read this as soon as I can!