# Provocative 'Jew In The Box' Display

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provocative-jew-in-the-box-display/654403>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 31, 2013, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provocative-jew-in-the-box-display/654403 "2013-03-31T04:15:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provocative-jew-in-the-box-display/654403/21 "2013-04-01T21:00:39Z")

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> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#):
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> Somebody had a really great idea, and then had the really shitty idea of letting somebody turn it into “art.”

Very well put.

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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provocative-jew-in-the-box-display/654403/22 "2013-04-01T21:07:51Z")

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Steve McQueen is Jewish…I believe!  
He’s just like you and I , wouldn’t you almost die!  
I couldn’t help that-it was part of some pop song I remembered.

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provocative-jew-in-the-box-display/654403/23 "2013-04-01T21:17:29Z")

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Was ein Jude ist?

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/provocative-jew-in-the-box-display/654403/24 "2013-04-01T21:22:21Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> I’m not really going to defend the display because I’m a little uncomfortable with the idea myself, but the dehumanizing/not between equals/separation aspect is exactly why they’re doing this.

Maybe. But they’re just reinforcing the image that they’re supposedly trying to eliminate.

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