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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gee that's fascinating.  Since statistically this area has a lot of Jews and a lot of Wasps, isn't it a fantastic coincidence too that people have a peer group kind of like themselves?  And your anecdata is so compelling since it's based on only your one experience at one school and nothing else.

But you go on thinking it's a big conspiracy.  And of course, the fact that you preceded your "interesting observation" (read:  bigoted thought) by telling us they are "lovely people" makes it all okay.[/quote]

Yeah OP, don't you know that "observing" is actually code for "being bigoted?"  :roll:

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Yes, all my life I've heard these "interesting observations" about Jews, always referred to as "lovely people," and yes, they are code for bigotry.   The interesting observation is, of course, always something negative.

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Oh FFS.  Jews are an overrepresented, highly privileged minority in the US.  You're hardly the victim of bigotry, but keep on playing that card.  [/quote]

So, if I understand this post, because Jews are "overrepresented" and "highly privileged" -- whatever that means -- anyone can say whatever they like about them.  Bigotry is meaningless.  How does that work? And what "card" have I played?

And how does your formula play out, if I understand this?  Does rich, privileged Zendaya not get to call bullshit on Guiliana Rancic's racism?  Is she "playing a card" too?[/quote]

Jews are privileged as a class.  Blacks are not.  That's the difference.  You're not the victim of bigotry.  Get over it.[/quote]

I'm not a victim.  I don't claim to be a victim.  I don't play the victim in any way.  (Neither does Zendaya for that matter).  There's nothing to "get over."  When I see bigotry, I call it as I see it.  You don't seem to be able to understand, much less appreciate, the difference between these two positions in life.[/quote]

You can't be bigoted against a group that's privileged.  There's no such thing as racism against whites or sexism against men because whites and men are privileged.  Someone can be a dick to you because you're a Jew, but they're not being a bigot.[/quote]

Where did you come up with that definition? It's as if you just made it up. Of course, it's bigotry if a person feels that way towards a group of people or a person for no other reason than that they (he) belong to that group.[/quote]

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