That seems a bit of a leap. We are talking about a banking institution after all. I found it’s use a little annoying but no less so than “Drumpf” which can quite easily be seen as mocking Trump’s German heritage.
Moderation of the phrase:
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Jonathon Chance
It was specifically directed towards a Jewish man.
And from the mods’ posts, Pearl Clutching Provocateur had already been told in previous days to knock it off.
It plays on the stereotype of the money grubbing Jew who pulls the financial markets strings. Goldman is a characteristically Jewish name so mocking it by splitting it into Gold Man references that stereotype.
It’s kind of like when Ellen Degenerse came out as gay on her TV show and people mocked her name by calling her Ellen Degenerate to reference the stereotype that gays were morally corrupt. That one was more obvious but it’s in the same vein.
Specifically directed towards a jewish man? PCP has been using that phrase all over the place and once a Jewish doper pops in to the conversation we call it an ethnic slur? Kinda lame.
And the fact that it is referring to bona fide well established money grubbers does not affect your view?
No, it doesn’t change my opinion [replying to CarnalK], because he’s playing up the Jewish stereotype. Criticize the actions of that organization/person specifically without alluding to an offensive and well worn stereotype.
FWIW, the warning was for ignoring mod instructions. He was told to knock it off initially in a mod note.
I thought the phrase was referring to the story of the gangbanger that gold-plated his balls.
It’s a bogus story, but an amusing read.
It’s Goldman Sacks; no space between “Gold” and “Man”. You honestly don’t see a difference between “Goldman” a fairly common, Jewish last name and “Gold Man”, which is a purposely mangled version of “Goldman” to emphasize “money”?
Actually, it’s Goldman Sachs and of course I see the difference. But he is mocking a bank not it’s founder.
The “ignoring mod instructions” is clear, but the basis for the note— that it’s an ethnic slur— seems shaky, unless PCP has a history (in his long tenure here since January) of making anti-Semitic comments that I’m not aware of. To me it’s a testicle joke, not a greedy Jew joke.
A mod told him to “knock it off”. Right or wrong, irrelevant. This is a private website.
He’s mocking it by playing into the Jewish stereotype. That’s the problem.
Not only the current dude from GS but also a shot at Chelsea Clinton’s husband who is jewish.
Has he made any disparaging nicknames for Blankfien or Chelsea’s husband or has he reserved it solely for a massive financial institution? Has he used “gold man” or “sacks” when referring to the descendants of the founders?
Carnal, I like you. But both of us know this is a windlmill. Why are you tilting at it? Tweak their nose, move on.
Well, it’s not a hill I am going to die on. Just felt like commenting. It’s weird seeing a bank being protected from disparaging nickname.
If that’s your conclusion, despite the fact that it’s been explained why it’s not a simple insult, I guess there’s nothing more to be explained.
You may be fortunate enough to not see the subtext, but it doesn’t mean it’s not there.
In other words, feel free to criticize the bank, but don’t devolve into ethnic stereotypes to do it.
I don’t know that you can so cleanly separate the Bank’s name form the man it’s named after.
I am trying to explain to you that is an overly sensitive stance. It’s a banker stereotype that’s being played on while talking about a bank. Sometimes you don’t need to go dog whistle hunting. How does the “Sacks” part play into your explanation?
Eta: It’s just that this strikes me as similar to criticizing Israeli policy=anti-semitism which I find annoying.