To: GeronL
Yid as it used here, is an insult.
3 posted on
06/22/2014 11:59:16 AM PDT by
Nachum
(Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
To: Nachum
Is there a list of terms that are not considered an insult, in the U.S.A.?
To: Nachum
Not much of an insult when spewed from the mouths of trashy English soccer fans. Those idiots are barely self-aware.
10 posted on
06/22/2014 12:10:31 PM PDT by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: Nachum
11 posted on
06/22/2014 12:10:31 PM PDT by
NonValueAdded
("The Arab Spring is over. Welcome to the Jihadi Spring." Jonah Goldberg)
To: Nachum
However "Yid" is the Yiddish word for "Jew" correct? With "Yidd'n"/"Yiddin" as the plural?
It seems to me that someone who does not speak Yiddish and yet goes out of their way to use the word is probably using it derogatorily.
I think the fans of Tottenham Hotspur and also of Ajax use it as a badge of pride regardless of their personal background, to the point where their fans will fight neo-Nazis in the streets for disrespecting them, or Jews, or Jewish symbols.
To: Nachum
If you take an insult and turn it into a term of pride, you disarm your opponents.
I am of Irish descent. I’ve heard that the term “Mick” is supposed to be offensive to the Irish. Call me a Mick, and I won’t bat an eye. You can call me “cracker,” or “Honkey,” and I don’t care. Words are just words, no matter what the intent of the speaker.
If everybody took the same attitude, the world would a lot less PC, and a whole lot better!
14 posted on
06/22/2014 12:24:46 PM PDT by
Cowboy Bob
(They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
To: Nachum
“Yid as it used here, is an insult.”
Who gets insulted, the kikes?
17 posted on
06/22/2014 12:33:40 PM PDT by
USMCPOP
(Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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