Anyone know?
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Frumious_Bandersnatch_46 — 15 years ago(December 21, 2010 05:49 AM)
I'm old.
There was a time when bigots used labels to dismiss as beneath them anyone who wasn't just like them
vis-a-vis
race, ethnicity, nationality, economic level, religion, sexual orientation, etc.
I remember when there was a difference between
labeling
someone "a Jew" and
describing
someone as "Jewish".
I will admit that either there is less bigotry in the world now than there once was or else it's gone underground, bigots are becoming better at hiding it.
Get it?
Got it!
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Frumious_Bandersnatch_46 — 13 years ago(June 11, 2012 05:21 PM)
Do you really think so?
Have you ever tried expressing that opinion to someone
a) not Anglo-Saxon
and
b) over 50 years of age?
You might be surprised at their lack of agreement.
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Frumious_Bandersnatch_46 — 10 years ago(January 30, 2016 12:38 PM)
Yes. The English language is whatever you want it to be.
"Like" is a noun.
"Text" is a verb.
And what used to be a bouquet is now a "bokay".
And now "there", "they're", and "their" are all the same word.
As are "to", "too", and "two".
Aren't you glad you didn't have me teaching your Literature class?
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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maybe-later — 12 years ago(December 28, 2013 04:09 PM)
Jew here with many over-50 year old fellow Jews in my family members. Not offensive to be called a Jew in the least. It's the exact same thing as calling someone who follows Christianity a Christian, or someone from Europe a European.
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Frumious_Bandersnatch_46 — 15 years ago(January 11, 2011 03:45 AM)
LATER:
Okay. I'll give you the possibility that saying, "He is a Jew." isn't as pejorative today as it would have been 40+ years ago.
Do I also have to give
blador-1
credit for not knowing how to find the capital letters on his keyboard?
(He failed to capitalize both "Jew" and "German".)
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things,"
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patimarsters1934 — 12 years ago(October 28, 2013 05:14 PM)
For bugger's sake. Jew! Jewish! For years, I never understood all of the hatred directed towards Jewish people. Frankly, I still don't. From what I remember being told, after asking, Jews were blamed for the death of Jesus (wasn't he Jewish?) So, an entire people, was blamed for someone's death. Is that right? Religion, and religious-sanctioned hatred, boggles and disgusts me at the same time. Anyway, back to David Schwimmer's ethnicity. If 'Jew was said with malice, then it was inappropriate. But if stated as simple fact, what's the problem?
Dile Al Amor