I don’t mean they call eachother because they believe the other person is Jewish. It is used as a negative term. If someone is cheap, they are often called a “jew”, and I wondered if it went deeper than that. Or simply if someone is acting like a jerk, “jew” is often thrown around.
I have not heard it on the internet, and I am not European. But from other people, I have heard it used often as an insult along side what you said.
As far as mocking goes, you do see this on The Family Guy very frequently. There is an element of “equal opportunity” offender there (lord knows they have made fun of black people plenty of times), but Jews in particular get more than their fair share. All I can think is that perhaps there are Jewish writers on the show, and Jews–like most ethnic groups–indulge in self-deprecating humor? I don’t know.
I thought that it was because Jews were often thought of as greedy and cheap. Which is not a good thing in our society today. Also, because since they were known as “the chosen people” people began to mock them because of it and not take it for real. Almost like a poser of some sort.
yes, my point exactly. As well as on south park. I don’t think that there are jewish writers on the show but instead, it is another group to mock. And I never really understood why.
It’s because the stereotype is that Jews are cheap. It’s an insult and there isn’t anything else to it.
Q. What’s the definition of an anti-Semite?
A. One who hates Jews more than necessary 
Matt Stone is Jewish. I recall an interview with the South Park guys about mocking Jews. Matt said he was Jewish, so he was allowed, and Trey said he just didn’t like Jews 
Okay, I’ll bite. What book did you read that basically says Jews regard everyone else as ‘bags of shit’?
Is MinkyBinks735 deliberately stupid and offensive? before you attack me, it’s just a question.
Let me guess, in your neighborhood a “house getting robbed” means someone showed up with a hitch and hauled it away.
Please don’t make this personal. Take that to the Pit if you think it’s necessary.
That is funny because?
Yes, but those aren’t reasons. Racism works backwards and tries to find justifications.
It’d be like saying that some people are racist against blacks because they’re often thought of as criminals or being involved with drugs or prone to violent crime. But that puts it in exactly the opposite direction. Because people are racists, they think that blacks are prone to criminality, illegal drug use and violent crime. Because people are anti-semites they think that Jews are cheap, miserly, etc…
I am (somewhat) willing to grant the benefit of the doubt on the phrase “the chosen people”, but it does betray a high degree of willful ignorance. Just like one might look askance at someone who was claiming that Catholics are cannibals, even if the mistake was an honest one.
I think it’s because observant Jews eat neither bacon nor cheeseburgers. How can you be American if you don’t eat bacon and cheeseburgers? Clearly, they hate America.
American White Nationalists, neofascist or not, seem to be antisemitic on general principles. There’s not much an actual tradition of antisemitism to draw on here, at least not compared to Europe, but the WNs seem to have absorbed certain Nazi attitudes and, in particular, they seem to blame the Jewish string-pullers for the American civil rights movement and integration – all part of the Jews’ plot to dilute the blood of the white race.
::Checks calendar:: … but… we love turkey! 
Mmmmm… bacon!
“Turkey bacon” is a Jewish plot. :mad:
In college (in the US), I heard “Jew” used as an insult all the time, though nearly always referencing the skinflint stereotype.
“How dare you Jew me out of a dollar!”, etc.
I didn’t hear it once in Britain, although I presume there are much more anti-Semitic countries in Europe.
no and no