# I'm not a racist, but I have some strong opinions on Rabbis **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 20, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-but-i-have-some-strong-opinions-on-rabbis/622549 "2012-05-20T21:21:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-but-i-have-some-strong-opinions-on-rabbis/622549/81 "2012-05-22T18:50:37Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Sure, I can use critical thinking. And my critical thinking is that using racist language to be funny makes you an asshole. > > I followed the links first, and _meh_. > > I don’t get why a (failed) _attempt_ at a “whoosh” makes racist language Ok. You still haven’t figured out what “whoosh” means, have you? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-but-i-have-some-strong-opinions-on-rabbis/622549/82 "2012-05-23T00:03:29Z")
Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red. **Knew** all them Jews were Commies! ---
**Author:** ![Filmbufflistener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@Filmbufflistener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filmbufflistener)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-but-i-have-some-strong-opinions-on-rabbis/622549/83 "2012-05-23T00:08:24Z")
Jews are all over Hollywood that scam us with bluray’s with DNR and EE so they can get richer and drive around in their fucking cars, on our expense, and then make up bullsh!t excuses afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-but-i-have-some-strong-opinions-on-rabbis/622549/84 "2012-05-23T00:34:52Z")
> [@Filmbufflistener](#): > > Jews are all over Hollywood that scam us with bluray’s with DNR and EE so they can get richer and drive around in their fucking cars, on our expense, and then make up bullsh!t excuses afterwards. This **is** another whoosh, right? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-but-i-have-some-strong-opinions-on-rabbis/622549/85 "2012-05-23T01:40:38Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > You still haven’t figured out what “whoosh” means, have you? Yes. But I don’t know why someone can break the rules about hate speech… but then make it all better by claiming later it was all a “whoosh”. Is racist hate speech funny? ---
**Author:** ![Filmbufflistener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@Filmbufflistener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filmbufflistener)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-but-i-have-some-strong-opinions-on-rabbis/622549/86 "2012-05-23T01:46:19Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > This **is** another whoosh, right? What the devil is a whoosh? I know fireworks go up with whoosh, bang whoosh bang but as to what Whoosh means is it Jewish, slang word? ---
**Author:** ![Filmbufflistener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@Filmbufflistener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filmbufflistener)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-but-i-have-some-strong-opinions-on-rabbis/622549/87 "2012-05-23T01:52:06Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Yes. But I don’t know why someone can break the rules about hate speech… but then make it all better by claiming later it was all a “whoosh”. > > Is racist hate speech funny? The film Airplane used Jewish jokes and its still damn funny to watch.😃 _“How about this leaflet; ‘Famous Jewish Sports Legends?’”_ Airplane! – Light reading [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IoACIIz33II/hqdefault.jpg "Airplane! -- Light reading") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoACIIz33II) ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-but-i-have-some-strong-opinions-on-rabbis/622549/88 "2012-05-23T01:53:50Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Yes. But I don’t know why someone can break the rules about hate speech… but then make it all better by claiming later it was all a “whoosh”. > > Is racist hate speech funny? He didn’t “claim later it was all a whoosh”, he made it clear that the OP wasn’t serious _in the same post_. And the point isn’t whether it’s funny. He was trying to show that someone’s remarks were vile by editing it just to change the target to a group where we all _know_ the remark is vile. There is really no other way to show that. Get it? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-but-i-have-some-strong-opinions-on-rabbis/622549/89 "2012-05-23T01:56:34Z")
> [@straight\_man](#): > > He didn’t “claim later it was all a whoosh”, he made it clear that the OP wasn’t serious _in the same post_. And the point isn’t whether it’s funny. He was trying to show that someone’s remarks were vile by editing it just to change the target to a group where we all _know_ the remark is vile. There is really no other way to show that. Show me in the Op where he “made it _clear_”. He _alluded_ to it with his cites, no more. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-but-i-have-some-strong-opinions-on-rabbis/622549/90 "2012-05-23T01:57:17Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Yes. But I don’t know why someone can break the rules about hate speech… but then make it all better by claiming later it was all a “whoosh”. > > Is racist hate speech funny? As parody of same? Apparently so. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-but-i-have-some-strong-opinions-on-rabbis/622549/91 "2012-05-23T01:58:27Z")
> [@Filmbufflistener](#): > > What the devil is a whoosh? I know fireworks go up with whoosh, bang whoosh bang but as to what Whoosh means is it Jewish, slang word? No. And neither is “troll.” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-but-i-have-some-strong-opinions-on-rabbis/622549/92 "2012-05-23T02:07:49Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Show me in the Op where he “made it _clear_”. He _alluded_ to it with his cites, no more. Why do you think he included those links? ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-but-i-have-some-strong-opinions-on-rabbis/622549/93 "2012-05-23T02:11:01Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Show me in the Op where he “made it _clear_”. He _alluded_ to it with his cites, no more. It is simply impossible to write what he wrote and intend to be criticizing rabbis. That’s “clear”, at least if you bother to process what he wrote. ETA: what **Miller** said. ---
**Author:** ![pikey\_pete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pikey\_pete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pikey_pete)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-but-i-have-some-strong-opinions-on-rabbis/622549/94 "2012-05-23T02:41:28Z")
“Jew Rabbi?”…rhyth…in the dictionary under ‘redundant’ it says ‘see: redundant.’ I can personally say that I have a large group of friends who are Jews. I know their Rabbis. Not a single one of said Rabbis is anything but Jewish. While I’m not completely sure, I’m pretty sure that being Jewish is a job requirement. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-but-i-have-some-strong-opinions-on-rabbis/622549/95 "2012-05-23T02:47:26Z")
I dunno, I keep hearing about Catholic priests and Protestant ministers who admit they’re Atheists but keep their jobs… Maybe little Tommy O’Malley or Rajneesh Vashnapoor just decided one day that they wanted to be a Rabbi when they grew up and then adopted a Jewish name, kinda like those guys in the call centers in Mumbai who call themselves Robert. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Filmbufflistener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac8455/32.png) [@Filmbufflistener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filmbufflistener)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-but-i-have-some-strong-opinions-on-rabbis/622549/96 "2012-05-23T03:05:53Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > No. And neither is “troll.” Well I have to say it “Whoosh” its the word. Whoosh. The word. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-but-i-have-some-strong-opinions-on-rabbis/622549/97 "2012-05-23T03:20:26Z")
“You know, I was having lunch with some guys from NBC, so I said, ‘Did you eat yet or what?’ And Tom Christie said, ‘No, JEW?’ Not ‘Did you?’…JEW eat? JEW? You get it? JEW eat?” ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-but-i-have-some-strong-opinions-on-rabbis/622549/98 "2012-05-23T05:06:38Z")
Is this thread the one that had the most people whooshed and who STAYED whooshed? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-but-i-have-some-strong-opinions-on-rabbis/622549/99 "2012-05-23T08:53:23Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Is this thread the one that had the most people whooshed and who STAYED whooshed? I am really wondering. I’ll agree that the OP was somewhat clumsily executed and for those of us who don’t automatically click links and hadn’t read those other threads I can certainly see someone taking it seriously. However, after umpteen people have pointed out to you that it was using a direct copy of another poster’s writing with a few key word substitutions to make a point, it’s mindboggling that one could continue to insist “No! He really meant it! It’s a liberal anti-Semitic conspiracy backed by mod favoritism!”. There’s nothing wrong with admitting an honest mistake, particularly when it’s an easy one to make, but some people do cling tightly to their erroneous positions in the face of all evidence to the contrary, will they or nil they. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-but-i-have-some-strong-opinions-on-rabbis/622549/100 "2012-05-23T12:00:01Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Show me in the Op where he “made it _clear_”. He _alluded_ to it with his cites, no more. You’re not usually this dumb. Have you had a head injury recently? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-but-i-have-some-strong-opinions-on-rabbis/622549.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-racist-but-i-have-some-strong-opinions-on-rabbis/622549.md?page=6)