when you have a guilty conscience, every potential depiction of an underhanded group that tries to subvert and eliminate friendly hosts seems to be a "tongue-in-check" reference about you.  the authors are just trying to create a group that can be widely hated and absolutely irredeemable. christians desperately want to make peace with everyone and jews always exploit their kindness and use it as a means to plan their destruction. it's comically evil.
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