[Sherman Logan]

As I was waiting for my change, the clerk said to me: "don't worry, I won't Jew you down." I have heard of this expression being used but never had my own ears receive it. This combat solder from the IDF does not tolerate attacks on Jews. I had to ask her again what she said. "Don't worry, I won't Jew you down." With that I responded: "If you made that comment to a Jew, I think they would find it very offensive."

This man is an over-sensitive idiot.

My father used this expression occasionally, not because of any intent to be offensive, or for that matter because of any anti-semitic animus, but because it was a common expression when he was growing up. He told me he was actually an adult before he realized that there was a connection between the verb "to jew" and the Jewish people.

Turning my dad into some kind of anti-semite because of a simple turn of phrase that is used with no ill intent at all is ludicrous.

I also doubt the author's story. I haven't heard this expression used, at least in public and unironically, for at least a decade.

The notion that something that is just a saying, and one that is archaic, somehow tells us something significant about America is truly idiotic.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

For some strange reason, people thrive on being offended.

Except the Irish. They're too drunk to care.

[Inyo-Mono]

Very true. It was common while I was growing up in the 1950s and ‘60s to hear some say “He jew’d me out of it!” No one I knew of had any idea it had anything thing to do with the Jewish people. We thought it was slang for gypped. We didn’t even know any Jewish people outside of the Bible.

[IsraelBeach]

This man is an over-sensitive idiot. My father used this expression occasionally, not because of any intent to be offensive, or for that matter because of any anti-semitic animus, but because it was a common expression when he was growing up. He told me he was actually an adult before he realized that there was a connection between the verb "to jew" and the Jewish people.

The only thing worse than being a racist, is denying that one is a racist. You do not define someone by race. That it was a "common expression" is no excuse for using it. Are we to allow racist comments to become "common"?

The Nazis would also say that I was a "over-sensitive idiot". Try using this racist expression to someone wearing an Israel Defense Forces uniform.
Watch the words you use in everyday conversation and delete those words which offend or discriminate.

Educate people not to use hate speech!