Posted on 09/17/2014 8:51:14 AM PDT by Kaslin
The politically incorrect and offensive word the vice president used this time was “Shylocks.” During a recent speech, he was trying to describe the dishonest and greedy bankers his son warned him about, while deployed in Iraq, who knowingly took advantage of American soldiers. It’s unclear whether he was reading from prepared remarks, or speaking off-the-cuff, but the characterization has at least one Jewish group wondering what in the world he was thinking (via Yahoo News’ Olivier Knox and Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey):
Biden - Shylock comment to Legal Services Corp
“Shylock represents the medieval stereotype about Jews and remains an offensive characterization to this day. The Vice President should have been more careful,” Anti-Defamation League National Director Abraham Foxman said.
Shylock, the villain in Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice,” is a Jewish moneylender who mercilessly demands a “pound of flesh” from the merchant who defaults on a loan. Whether the 16th-century play is anti-Semitic or reflects the anti-Semitism of the time is a subject of frequent, bitter debate, but the term Shylock is offensive enough that Florida stripped it from state law back in 2009. (Not everyone has gotten that memo). …
Biden’s slip came in a speech to the Legal Services Corporation, which provides lawyers to Americans who could not afford them otherwise. In his remarks, the vice president described the experience of his son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, who was deployed for one year in Iraq.
So, Foxman and the liberal Jewish establishment give him a pass. What a surprise.
“It’s derived from the German word for - er, defecation...”
Stephen King used the English translation frequently in “Christine”.
Dan Quayle awaits his apology.
Would you buy a shotgun from this man?
SFI
He might have intended to use Obama-ite.
Whoops, that might be racist!
If we keep going with all this pc stuff, we won’t be able to talk. America’s skin has become 6 layers too touchy.
Yep, the ADL says the vice president should have been more careful.
Hey, at least he’s plagiarizing Shakespeare. ;’)
Biden the bombastic buffoon does have a certain ring to it. I think just Biden the buffoon works as well and is shorter, even Biden the bombastic works.
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