Priceguy, you are a failure.
elmwood, you are a Christ-killing kike. Hallelujah!
[/Jewish atheist]
Hey, I just think it’s polite to ask permission before you hurl offensive epithets at people. Call me Mr Sensitive.
You’re probably right - it’s not anti-Semitism, but rather ignorance and general asshattery. I saw the last two comments as something where she was going out of her way to be insensitive, much like a cashier who says “Merry CHRISTMAS! and Christ be praised!” to someone wearing a yarmulke. If anyone else told me “Happy Easter”, I’d take it in the sincere spirit the statement was offered. With this woman, though …
Not going to block her yet, though. I want to see if she’s going to keep on trolling. I’m not writing back, of course, much as it’s tempting to say “Hey, how about joining me for a thick, juicy steak at Outback this Friday, huh?”
Like LPN said, I don’t mind reasonable religious displays, a crucifix isn’t going to make me verklempt. I’ve got a mezuzah at the front door, a hanukkia and Shabbat candle holder on a bookshelf in the den, and that’s it - my house is otherwise secular. I’ve been in many houses in Buffalo, though, that have more religious accessorizing than St. Paul’s Cathedral; the “writhing agonized Christs” on every wall, holy cards and rosaries dangling from every surface, Mary statues not just on the lawn but on tables and dressers, and so on. Yeah, that would bother me.
Well, don’t neglect to mention you have this in your backyard.
Oh, so THAT’s what was back in the woods where you wanted to have the drum circle!
It’s where the mods sacrificed socks.
Psycho Girl’s original question was, “Question…I see you are Jewish and I am Catholic - could be a potential issue/problem if we dated?”
Given her further emails, I’m wondering why she bothered asking. It’s hard to see her not finding it a problem, no matter how elmwood replied.
Plus she seemed to feed off elmwood’s “When does religion become a problem? [When] their faith is in my face” as an excuse to repeatedly get her faith in his face, even after her rather obnoxious way of saying “forget it, Jack.”
I’m gonna go with “nutcase” over “anti-Semite.”
No, no, no, it’s the damn Caananites who have that in their backyard. You people act like all Semites are the same! We got intra-group differences too, you know!
Sounds pretty mild as far as anti-Semitism goes. Probably, she was just dumb, as has been mentioned elsewhere in this thread. Now, just wait until you have the pleasure of dealing with somebody who says things like, “Such-and-Such town was such a nice place to live before they let Jews in.” Ahh, I bet that guy still hasn’t figured out what he did to offend me.
Congratulations on managing to identify the asshattery before you got in too deep, though! It always sucks when they manage to hide it for weeks on end.
I just wanted to add my voice of support to those saying your response was just fine. When my husband and I were emailing back and forth at first, he sent me an email somewhat like that - sort of his version of Kevin Costner’s speech in “Bull Durham” (“I believe in…”). I loved it - I really enjoyed getting a better idea of where this compatible stranger was coming from. So yeah, keep on telling girls about yourself, and a good one will appreciate it. As discussed already, this one is not a good one. She’s kind of a female dick. She’s a dickette.
(Oh yeah, another vote for not anti-Semite, just dickish.)
I don’t think it’s specifically anti-Semitic because I agree she would have done the same in the case of any other religion – but that makes it still bigoted and offensive.
Don’t be dissin’ the Great Loonatiki!
I am not Jewish (I am an ex-Catholic) but I have Jewish relatives. I agree that what you have met is typical “my religion is right and the others are wrong” self-centredness found in most religions. I am pleased to learn that reform Judaism does not feel that way.
This is what I thought when I read the OP - I’m sure you were just trying to be lucid, elmwood, but the length and detail of the explanation made it sound (to me) like there might actually be issues for which you keep explanations/excuses in stock (I’m sure this isn’t the case, I’m just saying it might look like it).
In any case, I don’t think that has a lot to do with the responses you got - especially as they came in series like that - to be perfectly honest, I wouldn’t completely rule out the possibility that witnessing was the primary motive for making contact with you.
As others have said - looks like you dodged a bullet.
I vote anti-semite, or at the least, christian superiority complex. Had she sent the christ is risen email before your email, I wouldn’t see it as anything. But to me, it seems like she’s rubbing it in. “Here’s my faith, which is the right one, you silly jewish rube”
Or don’t. No sense calling attention to the whole foreskin thing also.
Now that Lent’s over she would probably be happy to.
Well, at least wait until the 2nd date.
elmwood
I’m Supposed to be Catholic, but all I can to is laugh at this girl’s antics. The best present this girl can give you for Easter is her absence (and hey, you don’t even have to roll a big stone!).
Where to start. While my son is off from school for ‘holy’ week, I can only assume that this girl is of a sect so righteous that they are what the rest of us Catholics refer to as ‘A-Holes’. As such, ‘Hole’ week would probably involve her communing with other ‘Hole(s)’ of her sect and would most probably be very boring to you. If only you had tickets to the “My Sweet Lord” exhibit in NYC to offer her in return…
As for your work being cut out for you finding Ms Right, I think that the journey is usually measured at least partly by its starting point. Starting from Ms ‘So Damn Wrong, Bang A Gong, So Long’, you do indeed have far to go to find Ms Right. And, if humor is simply something that helps us pass the time on trips, the “Bwaaa Ha Ha!!!” from this girl might last you through many a Thanksgiving dinner.
If religion must come into play, please repeat the following:
“Dear Og, for making this girl of a different Faith, I Am Truly Thankful!!!”
(add Amens to taste)
One of my favourite responses to anti-semitism I shall give below. It’s from some transcription I have done professionally, so I can only be vague and paraphrase (no names etc):
"As an orthodox Jew, I was walking down a street in London, when a car slowed, and out the window, the passenger spat, “JEW!!!” Confused for a small moment, I regained my composure, smiled, and declared, “YES!!!”
I’ve always loved that.