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To: Pharmboy
To deny that Jews invented and run Hollywood is to say that the Pope's not Catholic (and I'm a Jew).

I believe Brando used the word "kike". Let's not deny that (and I'm not Jewish).

225 posted on 07/02/2004 8:39:21 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign; Pharmboy

Correction: Looking at the full context of the Brando quote, I don't think it's offensive.

241 posted on 07/02/2004 8:45:58 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign

>>I believe Brando used the word "kike". Let's not deny that.<<

He used the word "kike" in a context of decribing negative stereotypes: "but we never saw the 'kike' because they know perfectly well that's where you draw the wagons."

He wasn't saying that Jews never appeared in movies; he was saying that the negative stereotype of Jews, 'kikes,' never appeared in movies. The word, as used, did not therefore label Jews as kikes, which would be bigotted, but rather it labelled Jewish stereotypes as kikes, which simply describes bigotry.


294 posted on 07/02/2004 9:06:07 AM PDT by dangus
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