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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:02 PM Original message |
"Jews". Would you mind taking the time to say "Jewish People"? |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. When people say "Jews" |
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sweetloukillbot (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
94. "Jews" itself doesn't bother me - but when I hear "The Jews" I get uncomfortable |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:52 AM Response to Reply #94 |
99. I agree with that; Bites under my skin whenever people use "The ________" |
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sweetloukillbot (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:40 AM Response to Reply #99 |
159. "Illegals" is the same way for me. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:53 AM Response to Reply #99 |
191. I always want to scream whenever I hear |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #191 |
228. huh? you want to scream when people call terrorists "terrorists"... |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:16 AM Response to Reply #94 |
112. I don't get it. What about "the Greeks", or "the French"? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:18 AM Response to Reply #112 |
114. It isn't... in itself. |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:25 AM Response to Reply #114 |
117. Are you trying to say that the word itself is derogatory? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:29 AM Response to Reply #117 |
119. Nope, I'm not. |
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sweetloukillbot (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:36 AM Response to Reply #112 |
158. To your initial question - It's from the Bible for me |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:44 AM Response to Reply #112 |
162. It's nobody's business but the Turks. n/t |
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nyc 4 Biden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #112 |
199. I'm Catholic but I am offended when people use the term Jew(s). n/t |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:03 AM Response to Reply #94 |
180. Same here, though the singular-as-collective drives me up the wall |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:27 AM Response to Reply #94 |
197. Yeah, for some reason putting "the" there is unsettling...it's like someone |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
161. Zionist I understand. |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. agreed |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. Unfortunately Israel is giving Jews a bad name |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. no, some people are just bigots |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
171. The term "Jew" is not derogatory as a noun (as in short for "Jewish"). It *IS* when used as a verb. |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. +1 |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. To many, Jews have had a bad name since the X-tians threw them under the bus. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Does that justify acting boorish in return? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. "it has nothing to do with being jewish" |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
230. actually, it has everything to do with being Jewish |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. good post nt |
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Make7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. To many, Jewish people have had a bad name since the X-tians threw them under the bus. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. JHC. I am allowed to use the word. |
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Make7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. So it is wrong when others refer to a sub-group the same exact way that you do? ( n/t ) |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Ever hear black people call each other the "n-word"? |
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Make7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:41 PM Response to Reply #37 |
56. "Be the change you want to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:46 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. +1 |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:48 AM Response to Reply #56 |
189. Damn. It's an in-group, out-group thing, okay? |
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Make7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #189 |
210. I'm not sure we are talking about jokes here. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:42 AM Response to Reply #37 |
92. But "Jew" is much more similar to "Catholic" than it is to the n-word. n/t |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:08 AM Response to Reply #92 |
109. Not to me. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:37 AM Response to Reply #109 |
120. Around here Catholic is pronounced "Kath-lick" |
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Make7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:16 AM Response to Reply #37 |
113. Why not use the "k-word" to refer to yourself then? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:19 AM Response to Reply #113 |
115. It is clear you don't care how (some) Jewish people feel, so why don't we end the charade? |
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Make7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #115 |
209. Some Jewish people? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
40. Do you use the word "Catholics" even though you're not Catholic? I don't get it, |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Oh - you mean those of us who have a Christian religion older |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Yeah, that's right. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
220. I would imagine... |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
231. The term "X-tians" is offensive. Please don't use it. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:07 AM Response to Reply #231 |
253. Since when is that a slur? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 05:24 AM Response to Reply #253 |
260. Since before you were born and continuing since. |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. "Unfortunately Somalia is giving African-Americans a bad name |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Thank you. They don't get it and it is right on the fron of their faces. nt |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
42. Nope I don't think the analogy fits at all |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Deleted message |
Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:34 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. If you say so |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:37 PM Response to Reply #51 |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. Wow, you hang out in temples and even, gasp, MARRIED one? |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:45 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. What are you trying to say exactly? |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:58 AM Response to Reply #25 |
132. Do we have a Somalian PAC that constantly works to conflate the two? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:06 AM Response to Reply #132 |
182. If there was, would that make it alright? (nt) |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
50. Are you fucking kidding me? |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:40 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. To you to me perhaps but to millions of others not so much |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:43 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Their bigotry is the problem in that instance, |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:50 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Thats like saying all the buffoons who voted for bush |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:00 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. That does not mean I will give their idiocy any credibility |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
63. I have no problem with Jewish people, BIG problems with Israel. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
184. There are Jewish people who oppose what Israel does when it is extreme |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
233. that statement bugs me too when you say Israel is giving Jews |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. interesting that some conflate the word Israel automatically |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. How do you know who's Jewish and who's not? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. We know. We ALWAYS know. |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
39. Heh... I thought it was the wide d... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Heh, well big noses and kinky hair definitely help. |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:02 AM Response to Reply #44 |
136. I wasn't talking about the nose, the hair or the humor... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:08 AM Response to Reply #136 |
142. Sorry to hear that. |
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MrsMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:04 AM Response to Reply #142 |
165. The use of "Goy" sounds demeaning to me |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #165 |
215. It is demeaning! |
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MrsMatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #215 |
225. thanks for the validation |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:03 AM Response to Reply #44 |
138. Jewish people don't know humor. Indians know humor |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:07 AM Response to Reply #138 |
141. Well anyway, we're both members of the tribe. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:13 AM Response to Reply #141 |
146. Choctaw |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. Growing up in the south you can learn to tell the difference by tone. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. You mean like how the genteel southern lady whispers the word |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I prefer overt. I was well tanned ,red burn had turned to dark at benning |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Yes... I would think so... |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. Question on this in relation to Israel |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Yes and yes. nt |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Ok, thanks. I guess the next question then is: What does "Jewish State" mean? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:11 AM Response to Reply #19 |
143. I think it is mostly an artifact from when they were founded. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Yes, there are muslim elected officials in their system. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
75. That's "Jewish People state" to you, pal. n/t |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
167. Yes, it's a Jewish state - but that means that it offers automatic refuge to all Jews who wish to |
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LordJFT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. i understand your sentiment with "Jew," but why Zionist? |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:06 AM Response to Reply #18 |
68. It's a dog whistle word |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:57 AM Response to Reply #18 |
177. And it's very often overused simply as a dysphemism for "Jew." (nt) |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
22. I had one guy freak the fuck out on me for saying "Jewish People" |
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one_voice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
23. I always say... |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
24. Doesn't bother me |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. It sure was a four-letter word when I was growing up. |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Wasn't for me |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Yes, well inflection doesn't work on a message board too well. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #34 |
58. So did I |
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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
26. The only people I ever hear use the term "Jews" are Jewish people. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
30. Generalizing any religious group is usually a bad idea |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
33. My husband is a Jew and says he's a Jew. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
46. Not reading OP you reply to = bad. nt |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
35. I do that because I know Jewish people who care about it. But I don't really understand |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
49. I can't explain. It is just a feeling. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:41 AM Response to Reply #49 |
90. Okay. I can accept that. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:20 AM Response to Reply #90 |
116. I completely get that. Thanks. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
36. I agree. Even worse is when someone says THE Jews. |
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skeptical cynic (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
38. Are there "Jews" who aren't people? |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #38 |
69. Of course there are. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:10 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Oh Gods, that's hilarious..... |
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skeptical cynic (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:15 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Without the religious costume... |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:54 AM Response to Reply #71 |
102. I don't see a half-empty bottle of whiskey in that picture |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 01:57 AM Response to Reply #69 |
252. Ever seen the TV show "Royal Pains" ? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
45. Jewish people is redundant |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
53. How about if they whisper it? |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
57. The 'radar going off' goes with the context of how it is used, and of course how the reader |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
64. The rabbi at my friend's Bar Mitvah said..... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:00 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Respectfully, when one Jew says it to another, no one could misinterpret it as being racist. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:04 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Respectfully, my point as that intent is the key, not the word. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:23 AM Response to Reply #67 |
74. An admirable sentiment, but still "intent" is often hard to read. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:25 AM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Does that excuse intellectual laziness? I think not. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:36 AM Response to Reply #76 |
83. I don't think it implies laziness. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:45 AM Response to Reply #83 |
95. How about listening to what they are SAYING, as opposed to |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:51 AM Response to Reply #95 |
98. OK, thanks for listening. nt |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:36 AM Response to Reply #76 |
84. I don't think it implies laziness. |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
72. Sure, as soon as I stop calling other groups things like... |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
73. Agreed! I cannot express the amount of antisemitism I feel on DU lately just because there is a |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
77. Not me |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:38 AM Response to Reply #77 |
85. How about this: |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:11 AM Response to Reply #85 |
185. That sounds kind of iffy n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:28 AM Response to Reply #78 |
79. My Palestinian friend Bishar would have a few words for you |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
80. Just out of curiosity, how do you refer to Muslims? n/t |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:38 AM Response to Reply #80 |
86. As Frank Zappa said: |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #86 |
193. Do you call them, "Muslim people", or does the one-word seem fine |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
81. "Zionist" is code amongst anti semites |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:23 AM Response to Reply #81 |
187. no, Zionist is comparable to our "conservatives" |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #187 |
196. Keep telling yourself that |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #196 |
211. I know some Hassids who would spit on the ground when hearing the word "zionist" |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 07:06 AM Response to Reply #187 |
247. You'd be more honest that way. |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #81 |
212. Is it really? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #212 |
216. It's not a "code word" for anything. |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 03:32 AM Response to Reply #212 |
244. The American Free Press and some of the other less-than-savory bits of the extreme right use it |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
82. All these rules are getting difficult to remember. n/t |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:39 AM Response to Reply #82 |
88. Have you tried Ginseng? Nintendo brain games? nt |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:42 AM Response to Reply #88 |
91. No. n/t |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:39 AM Response to Reply #82 |
89. Have you tried Ginseng? Nintendo brain games? nt |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:42 AM Response to Reply #89 |
93. You just asked me that...don't you remember? |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
87. your "radar"? Sounds like Jewish Paranoia to me. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:53 AM Response to Reply #87 |
100. "Jewish Paranoia". |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:58 AM Response to Reply #87 |
105. What exactly is "Jewish paranoia?" I mean, what makes it specifically Jewish? |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:25 AM Response to Reply #87 |
118. Wow. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:01 AM Response to Reply #87 |
179. Dumbest post in a thread full of dumb. (nt) |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #87 |
224. David Duke, is that you? |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
96. ALERT! ALERT! Someone just called Mexican people "Mexicans" on another thread!!! |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
97. It does say a lot about them |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
101. I find it hard to believe a Jew would think the word Jew doesn't sound right. nt |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:56 AM Response to Reply #101 |
103. Context is everything. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:59 AM Response to Reply #103 |
107. No shit. So don't ask people to disregard their own context when using the word. nt |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:10 AM Response to Reply #107 |
111. I agree. And I should have said "be more careful" rather than "don't use". nt |
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Okie4Obama (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
104. I understand where you are coming from. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:09 AM Response to Reply #104 |
110. Much appreciated. |
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BoWanZi (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
106. My father's side of the family are Jews and don't mind when I use that word |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
108. It's a religious designation. One who believes in Judaism is a Jew. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:51 AM Response to Reply #108 |
126. Minor correction, regarding zionism |
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howard112211 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
121. I heard a jew complain about the wording "jewish people" and claim that "jews" is correct. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:41 AM Response to Reply #121 |
122. And not even taking the time to press Shift to capitalize is another dead giveaway. nt |
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howard112211 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:44 AM Response to Reply #122 |
123. Is this a joke? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:47 AM Response to Reply #123 |
124. That is not what you wrote. |
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howard112211 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:50 AM Response to Reply #124 |
125. As you see, I also don't capitalize my name. |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:54 AM Response to Reply #125 |
128. Notice how bONOBO didn't capitalize "howard" or "duck" |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:56 AM Response to Reply #128 |
130. Because I never had any respect for that crappy ass "hero". |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:01 AM Response to Reply #130 |
135. Eactly. You made my point. Thank you. I can ask for no more. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:03 AM Response to Reply #135 |
137. Deleted message |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:55 AM Response to Reply #125 |
129. Well, if one wants to show any degree of sensitivity... |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:12 AM Response to Reply #129 |
145. Well, I really gotta ask... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:24 AM Response to Reply #145 |
148. I don't use the word Arabs, no. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:29 AM Response to Reply #148 |
149. I'm a writer and amateur historian |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #148 |
241. Huh? |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:52 AM Response to Reply #124 |
127. But it lacks duck titties, so it is, in fact, NOT Howard the Duck |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:58 AM Response to Reply #127 |
131. I agree. However... |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:00 AM Response to Reply #131 |
134. Jar-Jar Binks... heh. Yeah |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:05 AM Response to Reply #134 |
139. Love it! |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:18 AM Response to Reply #139 |
147. House-elves? Really? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:29 AM Response to Reply #147 |
150. Not just the house-elves liberation thing. |
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sweetloukillbot (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:50 AM Response to Reply #150 |
163. Not all of them .... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:40 AM Response to Reply #131 |
188. Ewoks get a bad rep. Just because they are cute that doesn't mean that's all they are |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:12 AM Response to Reply #121 |
186. In some ways, I think that is the point |
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howard112211 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 07:01 AM Response to Reply #186 |
245. Notice how we stopped talking about the IDF destroying video evidence |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
133. yes |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:12 AM Response to Reply #133 |
144. I had a jewish buddy who used to refer to his homemade beer as "Heeb-brew" |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 04:38 AM Response to Reply #144 |
156. true story |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:07 AM Response to Reply #144 |
254. Actually, there's a real beer pretty close to that. HeBrew, actually. |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
151. Take it from a gay guy... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:50 AM Response to Reply #151 |
152. Yeah, I hear you. |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:10 AM Response to Reply #152 |
153. Is there a semantic distinction between "jew" and "jewish people"? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:20 AM Response to Reply #153 |
154. I am just describing how it feels when some people use the term |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:26 AM Response to Reply #154 |
155. Yeah, that comment you quote's pretty freaky. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:27 AM Response to Reply #151 |
157. I've heard it |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #157 |
207. Wah! Seriously?!?! I had no idea! |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 02:14 AM Response to Reply #157 |
255. Ironically enough, the last time I heard the words "Indian Giver" |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #151 |
223. Take it from a gay Jewish guy... |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 03:15 AM Response to Reply #223 |
243. That's me told. |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
160. I have to admit, I would always say "He's Jewish", not "He's a Jew." |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:51 AM Response to Reply #160 |
164. Yes, indeed. Quite right. Sounds much different. |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #164 |
214. Kansai ! Sugoi! |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #160 |
242. *edit* |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
166. Would the "Chosen People" be ok? You ok with the fundies calling |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:48 AM Response to Reply #166 |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:13 AM Response to Reply #168 |
175. So throwing around slurs is a one way street? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:17 AM Response to Reply #175 |
176. You started it. nt |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #176 |
205. Did not. n/t |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:48 AM Response to Reply #166 |
169. *hiccup* |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
170. No. The term "jew" is NOT a pejorative, no matter how you try to paint it. |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
172. Oh come on. |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:51 AM Response to Reply #172 |
190. +1 |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
173. . |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
174. You want to reject the name which identifies you? *why* |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:04 AM Response to Reply #174 |
181. Maybe because of the history of the word? |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:21 AM Response to Reply #181 |
194. Forget aout it |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #194 |
195. Forget about it? |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #195 |
202. Italian crime Bosses |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #202 |
203. German ones. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
178. I'm not Jewish, but I do know what you mean. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
183. What is the proper thing to call a "Zionist?" |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #183 |
219. "Zionist people" |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
192. christian people, Muslim people, Jewish people |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
198. You reminded me of a scene in "Annie Hall". |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #198 |
200. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of Alvy's comments to Max. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
201. An interesting discussion -- my two cents |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #201 |
204. My two cents: For one thing, generalizations should be avoided. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
206. Please consider always using the passive voice instead of the active voice. |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #206 |
217. Damn passive voice user. |
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MurrayDelph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
208. There are always words that SOMEONE will find offensive |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 01:34 AM Response to Reply #208 |
251. i was once told by a supervisor that "hello" was a satanist word because it contained |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
213. I heard a Jewish comedian say that when someone asks him... |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #213 |
222. That is like nails on a chalkboard, the verb thing. |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #222 |
227. the Welsh...who needs them.. |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #227 |
229. Maybe you've heard "welch on a bet"? |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #229 |
234. Sounds like you've been gypped once or twice. |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #234 |
236. Charming. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #236 |
238. Oh come on! |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #238 |
239. Sorry, I was also being sarcastic. |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #229 |
240. I really never knew that was an insult to the Welsh... |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #213 |
232. I think it is the age. My grandmother is 86 and thinks it is perfectly |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
218. I'm unfortable with using "J--" for Jewish people. |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
221. From now on I want to be referred to as "atheist person." n/t |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
226. One of the many reasons |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
235. Never bothered me.. but |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #235 |
237. Classic. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
246. No. I will say "Jews" for the religion, and "Israelis" for the nationals. |
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248. Deleted message |
depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-12-10 12:07 AM Response to Reply #248 |
249. I hear a lot of Jewish scholars here use the term- and another one that one doesn't hear so often |
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256. yah ive always hated 'jew' too |
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257. "Jew" has always sounded derogatory to me |
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259. I have relatives who are Christians and relatives |
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