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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good grief OP. You are embarrassing yourself. It's a MOVIE.  Worst case scenario is ...?   
[b]Are you by any chance Jewish?[/b] [/quote]

Not OP, but are you by any chance an anti-Semite?  Contrary to your apparent perception, Jews are not really concerned about our kids being converted by proselytizing Christians.   We're more concerned about them being around bigots.[/quote]

Do you think that OP is a bigot?[/quote]

I'm the PP that you are asking this question of.  It's hard to tell from OP's post if he/she is a bigot.  She said the thing about "assuming a very different lifestyle", which does seem to convey a lot of pre-judgement.

I'm not defending OP.  I'm calling out an inappropriate comment.

The "are you by any chance Jewish?" thing is inappropriate because it came out of nowhere --- OP said nothing at all about being Jewish.  I don't know that what's going on in PP's mind, but he/she did seem to lead with that question out of nowhere, which --- in my personal experience of dealing with anti-Semitic people --- can be a clue.  Kind of like when people relate a story about someone and lead with the fact, apropos of nothing, that they are African American --- "So my son has this Black teacher, and the Black teacher said...".  I would start to assume that that person is a racist.  Similarly, when someone  asks, apropos of nothing and in a way clearly intended to be critical (i.e. right after saying "you are embarrassing yourself"), "Are you Jewish?"  it makes me very uncomfortable, because in my direct personal experience it can lead to an at best uncomfortable and at worst dangerous situation.[/quote]

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