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Originally posted by pimplink
There are many groups of people that declare themselves to be "chosen" or "special"
Examples:
The Chinese historically called China "The Middle Kingdom" ie., the center of the world meaning everyone else is a "barbarian."
The ancient Greeks called themselves Hellas which has one of its definition meaning roughly "the beautiful people"
Many American Indian tribes called themselves the Dine or "the people" meaning everyone else is not quite so human.
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none of those have the same significance in America today as jews do