I’m an American teenager who is subsequently a Junior in high school. You’d think that by now anti-Semitic sentiments would ave dwindled to unnoticeable levels by now. America is the nation known as the “melting pot.” The civil rights movement has come and gone. You’d think tolerance would exist.
Apparently, I’m grossly mistaken. Some of my peers use “Jew” as an insult. i.e.,:
Loser: You suck.
Fuckwit: Your momma’s a dirty Jew.
Loser: I’m gonna kick your ass!
And then, there is this post on an AOL teen message board pertaining to 9/11. This post is the pentacle of anti-Semitic idiocy, and I fear that it may have implications that roots of anti-Semitism in my peers goes deeper than I previously imagined.
“O please you can stop with all this Israeli victims crap. The Muslims (your anti Semitic’s) where there first and the UN after finding no where to put the Jews threw them in stolen Palestinians land. Get a clue, the Romans didn’t want them, the Germans hated them and now the Muslims are stuck with them. And people are finally seeing the truth that’s why the support for
Israel is shrinking.
If Palestine was so strong they would have taken back THEIR land a long time ago. And for every 10 Israelis that die hundreds of Palestinians are killed daily.
So Jews are the problem and we should blame Israel”
I have changed nothing. I even left off the period at the end. This nonsensical rambling implies that the Romans and Germans were justified in their intolerance of Judaism, and goes so far as to say that Jews are the problem. This both worries as well as angers me. This fuckin’ loser should just get their bong and take a nice, long toke of some Zyklon B.
“The pentacle of anti-semitic idiocy…”? Can I put that in the malapropism thread?
As much as I like South Park, I’m tempted to blame the increase of kids’ pejorative use of “jew” on Cartman’s popularity. That being said, when I was in high-school, it was common for kids to use “wej” – sorta a stealth version of the same thing.
Eh. I don’t know what to say, except… teenage anti-semites… what a bunch of atavistic boobs.
Ya know it is sad. We ought to be able to have reasonable discussions (like this one) about the world. But too many people ruin the debate by using what they think is a slur.
I am opposed to both Zionism (as it is practiced) and to anti-Sematism. It is simply a form of mindless hate and must be resisted.
Reminds me of what I read in the paper today-there’s a huge gathering of white supremecists (or however the fuck you spell it), in central PA.
Funny, one of them they mentioned as the National Director of Aryan Nations, goes by the name of Charles John Juba.
Juba. If that isn’t fucking Polish, or at the least, Slavic, I’ll eat my keyboard. I mean, come on! Why the hell would you idolize Hitler, when he hated Slavs-Poles especially?
This reminds me of a conversation I was involved in when I was in high school, back in the early ninties.
First guy: I was at the arcade yesterday, and there were these little kids playing Primal Rage, and one of them was getting his ass kicked. He was saying shit like, “This is bullshit. This game is totally Jewing me.”
Second guy: Oh my God, what a fag!
First guy: Totally!
I forget what happened next, because the sheer concentrated irony in the room overwhelmed me and I blacked out.
I’m not sure how this applies to the OP, except that people are just generally pretty stupid, and when they’re in high school, most of them haven’t learned how to cover it up yet.
Seriously, I still regret not speaking up back then. I mean, if it had been reversed, and the guy had been complaining about Jews (unlikely, as he was Jewish himself) I know I would have said something, because it’s not like someone was going to accuse me of being a closet Jew, and even if they did, so what? It’s hardly an insult. But I just stood there quietly as they went on to rate everyone else in our class as being either “a fag” or “not a fag,” because God forbid they might think I was gay. :rolleyes: Oh well, water under the bridge at this point. If I’m ever in the same position again, I know what I’m going to do.
Oh, this is just precious. A fucking leitmotif? That piece was either a lame attempt at humor or was put together by a troll. I lived in Germany for ten years and never met a single person who wasn’t appalled by the acts of the Nazis. Yes, there are a few small, but loud, Neo-Nazi groups in some parts of the country, but they are an extreme minority. I’m not trying to paint a picture perfect description of every German citizen, as I was exposed to racist views, just as I am in this country. The racism I encountered was against Turks, Italians, French, and many other nationalities., but not Jews. I sure hope some of our German posters come in here to rip into this latest piece of garbage that you count as journalism.
The author of that article is also responsible for such gems as:
You really should spend some time cleaning up your web bookmarks list, if you want us to take your cites seriously.
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As for the kids, I don’t put a lot of weight on their usage of slurs. While they are quite likely idiots of the first degree, I don’t think we can conclude they are anti-semitic. When I was a kid, people around me used wop, kike, fag, mick, nigger, and wetback all of the time. My friends consisted mostly of people who were either Italian, Jewish, Gay, Irish, Black, or Hispanic. If they learned the usage at home (which is very possible, but can’t be determined from the information we have), I’d be a hell of a lot more disturbed.
Strangely, while Juba is apparently a name of Polish origin, there are also northern African names of the same (with linguistic roots in the Arab dialect of Juba as well as the Yoruban language). Juba is also the name of some form of early 20th century American black entertainment tap dancing, apparently. This makes it all the more funny.
I particularly like the solicitation for “anonymous and candid donations.”
Ick. Glad to be a “race-traitor.” At least the “mud people” aren’t fucking imbeciles.
Anyway, while we’re deconstructing his name, the dictionary provides some heartening irony:
Very appropriate name for the titular head of a neo-nazi organization. Since they’re so keen on the Bible, let’s watch it come back to bite them on the ass:
*Hitler tried to burn us down
[sub]talkin’ bout my generation[/sub]
Just because we’re hangin’ round
[sub]talkin’ bout my generation[/sub]
Not talkin’ bout a new s-s-s-sensation
Just tryin’ to avoid that c-c-c-cremation!
Oy! Takin’ bout my Generation! *
I completely misunderstood what I thought I read when I saw the title to this thread. This is what popped into my grimey little head.
(come on folks, its just a gag! :D)
She told me she loved me like a brother. Shes from Arkansas, hence the Joy!
Unfortunately, anti-Semitism is alive and kicking, especially here in the Bible Belt… I just graduated from high school and was targeted by my freaking teacher! How was I supposed to deal with that?? And what’s even more ironic, I’m not Jewish by birth, but by choice… That really killed him…
Damn rednecks…
I especially like the little rotating swastikas in the Nazi flags on that page. The Master Race apparently learned all they need to know about web design on Geocities.
And his e-mail address is “