I don't GET anti-semitic remarks

[Anonymous]

Growing up I went to Catholic school. I actually recall praying for Jewish people ... so they would realize the "error" of their ways and accept Christianity. We were supposed to feel bad for Jews that they didn't understand the whole concept of Jesus/God as we understood it etc. Pretty ridiculous and amazing arrogant!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Stop the presses. "Jip/jipped" is derogatory?

"Gypped" is a slur against Gypsies.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/iphone/#define?term=gypped

Yes, and there are lots of the Romani around to get pissed about it when you use this term.

Well, a lot of Gypsies didn't survive Auschwitz. Way to go on cultural sensitivity.

Just because an ethnic group suffered past harms should not mean nothing bad can ever be said about them again. The expression "Gypped" came about for a reason. The Romani people have no scruples about being thieves. That is a bad thing. And I refuse to be "culturally sensitive" about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Growing up I went to Catholic school. I actually recall praying for Jewish people ... so they would realize the "error" of their ways and accept Christianity. We were supposed to feel bad for Jews that they didn't understand the whole concept of Jesus/God as we understood it etc. Pretty ridiculous and amazing arrogant!

well, if you believe salvation comes from Jesus alone, that is understandable and actually charitable to pray for others to find the truth. maybe arrogant, but I don't see a problem with it.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop the presses. "Jip/jipped" is derogatory?

"Gypped" is a slur against Gypsies.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/iphone/#define?term=gypped

Yes, and there are lots of the Romani around to get pissed about it when you use this term.

Well, a lot of Gypsies didn't survive Auschwitz. Way to go on cultural sensitivity.

Just because an ethnic group suffered past harms should not mean nothing bad can ever be said about them again. The expression "Gypped" came about for a reason. The Romani people have no scruples about being thieves. That is a bad thing. And I refuse to be "culturally sensitive" about it.

They were killed because people made assumptions about them based solely on their race. That is racism. Thanks for bringing my point full circle.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I really didn't mean to imply that anti-Semitic behavior/remarks do not exist, or that my life was so grand, etc. I think, like many of the PPs, that I was aware of it in a broader context growing up, but I certainly didn't encounter it in my life. To be clear, I had racists as family members (thankfully not immediate family members); they just directed their racism at African Americans. I certainly heard plenty of negative things about AAs growing up, in my family, at school, etc. so I wasn't completely sheltered. There were Jews in my neighborhood and school, just not a ton.

No, I've never heard the term, "Jew me down." The first time I ever heard the term "JAP" I was lying on the beach 3 of my closest college girlfriends. 2 of them were half Jewish. One of them said to the other, something to the effect of, "Oh Ally, you know her, she's super JAPY." The other friend said, "Nice. I really hate that term." Seriously, I thought it was a derogatory term for New Yorkers! I didn't figure out what it stood for until a few years later, when I read it in a book.

This is positive people!

OP, I can't find your ignorance, cultural illiteracy, and lack of critical thinking skills to be positives. Sorry.

Not OP, but what?! It is culturally illiterate to not be up to date on derogatory terms for Jewish women? Are you up to date on slurs for every ethnic group? I doubt it. I think this a regional thing in some ways - if you are from the south, and parts of MD could be included in that, nobody thinks about or talks about the various "white" ethnicities (Jewish, Italian, Irish, what have you). There are many racist/offensive terms for various ethnicities that I never heard until I moved north as an adult. Similarly, I bet many people on here have never heard the various slurs or stereotypes that are directed at Punjabi people or "native" Argentinians. Doesn't mean anyone who is not aware of that species of racism is ignorant or lacking in cultural literacy.

I don't see the analogy with Punjabis or Argentinians. In the story OP tells, half of the people present were Jewish or half Jewish and a term that is offensive to Jews was used. OP thinks it is "positive" that she did not know what that term meant when it was used, and avoided any degree of curiosity about that term, failing to ask or to find out. Again, this isn't about some obscure tribe in the Andes, or Punjabis, or Argentinians. It's real life. It's somebody with their head in the sand. Whether this is about anti-Semitism or some other aspect of American life, I don't see that as a positive.

Punjabis exist in real life, dear. I am one. Talk about ignorance and cultural illiteracy! Punjabis make up a good chunk of the Indian population the US. And if OP has her head in the sand, so do you. If you haven't heard of my people referred to as ragheads or sand n**gers, well, yes, I think that's a positive. No need to be so hostile.

[Anonymous]

Different perspective here.

I grew up in the middle east in a Christian family, and although we were learned to fear Israel since they would attack my country and had already taken Palestine, we were never taught anything against the Jews as a people. As a matter of fact, they lived among us in peace. I didn't even know such feelings existed in the world until I moved to the US, kinda ironic don't ya think?

[Anonymous]

The jews call others goy
Mel Gibson is just an example, they do not forgive. He apologized but it means nothing. Its not like he got drunk and killed a family. He got drunk a police man caught him talking his head off.
Its a pity that such a talented man can fall so low. Hollywood has blacklisted people before

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop the presses. "Jip/jipped" is derogatory?

"Gypped" is a slur against Gypsies.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/iphone/#define?term=gypped

Yes, and there are lots of the Romani around to get pissed about it when you use this term.

Well, a lot of Gypsies didn't survive Auschwitz. Way to go on cultural sensitivity.

Just because an ethnic group suffered past harms should not mean nothing bad can ever be said about them again. The expression "Gypped" came about for a reason. The Romani people have no scruples about being thieves. That is a bad thing. And I refuse to be "culturally sensitive" about it.

Is this the Euro-Racist from the Galliano thread talking? 'Cause she really, really shouldn't. Every time she taps the keys something vile results!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The jews call others goy
Mel Gibson is just an example, they do not forgive. He apologized but it means nothing. Its not like he got drunk and killed a family. He got drunk a police man caught him talking his head off.
Its a pity that such a talented man can fall so low. Hollywood has blacklisted people before

Way to generalize! Yes, at our Fall 2010 Convention of the Hollywood Conspiracy (Jewfest 2010), we decided that Mel Gibson would be permanently blacklisted. He was placed on permanent Goy Patrol.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I really didn't mean to imply that anti-Semitic behavior/remarks do not exist, or that my life was so grand, etc. I think, like many of the PPs, that I was aware of it in a broader context growing up, but I certainly didn't encounter it in my life. To be clear, I had racists as family members (thankfully not immediate family members); they just directed their racism at African Americans. I certainly heard plenty of negative things about AAs growing up, in my family, at school, etc. so I wasn't completely sheltered. There were Jews in my neighborhood and school, just not a ton.

No, I've never heard the term, "Jew me down." The first time I ever heard the term "JAP" I was lying on the beach 3 of my closest college girlfriends. 2 of them were half Jewish. One of them said to the other, something to the effect of, "Oh Ally, you know her, she's super JAPY." The other friend said, "Nice. I really hate that term." Seriously, I thought it was a derogatory term for New Yorkers! I didn't figure out what it stood for until a few years later, when I read it in a book.

This is positive people!

OP, I can't find your ignorance, cultural illiteracy, and lack of critical thinking skills to be positives. Sorry.

Not OP, but what?! It is culturally illiterate to not be up to date on derogatory terms for Jewish women? Are you up to date on slurs for every ethnic group? I doubt it. I think this a regional thing in some ways - if you are from the south, and parts of MD could be included in that, nobody thinks about or talks about the various "white" ethnicities (Jewish, Italian, Irish, what have you). There are many racist/offensive terms for various ethnicities that I never heard until I moved north as an adult. Similarly, I bet many people on here have never heard the various slurs or stereotypes that are directed at Punjabi people or "native" Argentinians. Doesn't mean anyone who is not aware of that species of racism is ignorant or lacking in cultural literacy.

I don't see the analogy with Punjabis or Argentinians. In the story OP tells, half of the people present were Jewish or half Jewish and a term that is offensive to Jews was used. OP thinks it is "positive" that she did not know what that term meant when it was used, and avoided any degree of curiosity about that term, failing to ask or to find out. Again, this isn't about some obscure tribe in the Andes, or Punjabis, or Argentinians. It's real life. It's somebody with their head in the sand. Whether this is about anti-Semitism or some other aspect of American life, I don't see that as a positive.

Punjabis exist in real life, dear. I am one. Talk about ignorance and cultural illiteracy! Punjabis make up a good chunk of the Indian population the US. And if OP has her head in the sand, so do you. If you haven't heard of my people referred to as ragheads or sand n**gers, well, yes, I think that's a positive. No need to be so hostile.

Oh, I'm hostile?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The jews call others goy
Mel Gibson is just an example, they do not forgive. He apologized but it means nothing. Its not like he got drunk and killed a family. He got drunk a police man caught him talking his head off.
Its a pity that such a talented man can fall so low. Hollywood has blacklisted people before

Way to generalize! Yes, at our Fall 2010 Convention of the Hollywood Conspiracy (Jewfest 2010), we decided that Mel Gibson would be permanently blacklisted. He was placed on permanent Goy Patrol.

The masters behind the scenes. If you do not know who to bow down to you are in trouble

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't GET anti-semitic remarks (made by celebrities or whoever) in the sense that I don't understand why the prejudices are still out there. Personally, I can't tell any difference between Jewish people and others (whether they're celebrities or my friends) so, old people and history aside, why are some people still making these types of remarks? Is it just the legacy of grandparents/great-grandparents passing down prejudices?

I think there's a reason for it in Hollywood. If you fail there, it would be very easy to note that the job you wanted was given to a Jewish person, by another Jewish person. That's not to define anyone's motivations-- just to say that there are so many Jewish people in the entertainment industry that it's probably unavoidable in some situations. And someone bitter could easily see that as unfair preferential treatment. Don't know if this goes on in banking and whatnot, but I've heard from friends in entertainment that non-Jews frequently feel left out in the cold.

So they do have goy-patrol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I really didn't mean to imply that anti-Semitic behavior/remarks do not exist, or that my life was so grand, etc. I think, like many of the PPs, that I was aware of it in a broader context growing up, but I certainly didn't encounter it in my life. To be clear, I had racists as family members (thankfully not immediate family members); they just directed their racism at African Americans. I certainly heard plenty of negative things about AAs growing up, in my family, at school, etc. so I wasn't completely sheltered. There were Jews in my neighborhood and school, just not a ton.

No, I've never heard the term, "Jew me down." The first time I ever heard the term "JAP" I was lying on the beach 3 of my closest college girlfriends. 2 of them were half Jewish. One of them said to the other, something to the effect of, "Oh Ally, you know her, she's super JAPY." The other friend said, "Nice. I really hate that term." Seriously, I thought it was a derogatory term for New Yorkers! I didn't figure out what it stood for until a few years later, when I read it in a book.

This is positive people!

OP, I can't find your ignorance, cultural illiteracy, and lack of critical thinking skills to be positives. Sorry.

Not OP, but what?! It is culturally illiterate to not be up to date on derogatory terms for Jewish women? Are you up to date on slurs for every ethnic group? I doubt it. I think this a regional thing in some ways - if you are from the south, and parts of MD could be included in that, nobody thinks about or talks about the various "white" ethnicities (Jewish, Italian, Irish, what have you). There are many racist/offensive terms for various ethnicities that I never heard until I moved north as an adult. Similarly, I bet many people on here have never heard the various slurs or stereotypes that are directed at Punjabi people or "native" Argentinians. Doesn't mean anyone who is not aware of that species of racism is ignorant or lacking in cultural literacy.

I don't see the analogy with Punjabis or Argentinians. In the story OP tells, half of the people present were Jewish or half Jewish and a term that is offensive to Jews was used. OP thinks it is "positive" that she did not know what that term meant when it was used, and avoided any degree of curiosity about that term, failing to ask or to find out. Again, this isn't about some obscure tribe in the Andes, or Punjabis, or Argentinians. It's real life. It's somebody with their head in the sand. Whether this is about anti-Semitism or some other aspect of American life, I don't see that as a positive.

Punjabis exist in real life, dear. I am one. Talk about ignorance and cultural illiteracy! Punjabis make up a good chunk of the Indian population the US. And if OP has her head in the sand, so do you. If you haven't heard of my people referred to as ragheads or sand n**gers, well, yes, I think that's a positive. No need to be so hostile.

Oh, I'm hostile?

Assuming you were the same PP who called the OP ignorant, culturally illiterate and lacking in critical thinking skills...yes, you were hostile!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't GET anti-semitic remarks (made by celebrities or whoever) in the sense that I don't understand why the prejudices are still out there. Personally, I can't tell any difference between Jewish people and others (whether they're celebrities or my friends) so, old people and history aside, why are some people still making these types of remarks? Is it just the legacy of grandparents/great-grandparents passing down prejudices?

I think there's a reason for it in Hollywood. If you fail there, it would be very easy to note that the job you wanted was given to a Jewish person, by another Jewish person. That's not to define anyone's motivations-- just to say that there are so many Jewish people in the entertainment industry that it's probably unavoidable in some situations. And someone bitter could easily see that as unfair preferential treatment. Don't know if this goes on in banking and whatnot, but I've heard from friends in entertainment that non-Jews frequently feel left out in the cold.

So they do have goy-patrol

Yes- I'm not the member of the Tribe who spilled the cholent, but when we catch 'em we use handcuffs with lox and a shmear to mark their identities so everyone in Hollywood and on Wall Street knows not to hire them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The jews call others goy
Mel Gibson is just an example, they do not forgive. He apologized but it means nothing. Its not like he got drunk and killed a family. He got drunk a police man caught him talking his head off.
Its a pity that such a talented man can fall so low. Hollywood has blacklisted people before

Eeewww, are you for real?

Hollywood has blacklisted people. There are a lot of Jews in Hollywood. Therefore Jews blacklist people.
Oh and all Jews call non-Jews "goy"! And "they" do not forgive. I'll be sure to ask my Jewish friends about why "they" do not forgive.

Wow, breath-taking generalizations!