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  1. 2 minutes ago, Newdoc said:

    “I had a girlfriend who is Jewish”. This phrasing should be used more often when the topic is sensitive and the adjective is not in person forward language. E.g. I have a “patient with obesity” rather than “the obese patient.”

    My whole point is that the word “Jew” is a noun, not an adjective. Using it as an adjective in place of the actual adjective term, “Jewish”, is pejorative, regardless of where it is placed in a sentence. 

  2. 2 minutes ago, Nivek said:


    I had a Jewish girlfriend. Seems like the adjective is fine here.

    You had a Jew girlfriend?  It’s using “Jew” as an adjective (instead of “Jewish”) that is the issue. 

  3. 11 hours ago, YGIFS said:

    Louis C.K. has the best explanation of the terminology differentiator of Jew(s) than any Jewish person I know.  And I'm part Jewish.  

    I wouldn't compare it with "cunt" though.  Brits, and other Europeans, throw it around and it's nowhere near as offensive to women as it is here in the U.S.  Just like some of our cuss words are woefully more offensive to them than they are to us.  

    Most Jewish folks I know will self-identify as "I'm a Jew." rather than "I'm Jewish."  But I know lots that use them interchangeably.  And when referring to other members of the ethnicity, it's more often than not, at least here in the U.S., "The Jewish people this", "the Jewish population that."  But then go back to referring to just themselves "As a Jew...I think xyz."  It's mostly the same in Europe particularly among Sephardic Jews of which I am part.  Ashkenazis and Eastern European/Russian folks typically, at least in my little experience will use "Jewish" more than "Jew."  YMMV

    The one thing you don't do, as I have to politely remind my in-laws of, is you never, ever use "Jew" as a fucking verb.  I have no fucking idea how that's still a thing.  

    Perhaps you missed the point of my my post. When used as a noun, Jew is fine. When used as an adjective, “my Jew lawyer”, not fine. 

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  4. 17 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:


    I don’t pick up on much but wasn’t the mission that the Spanish were trying to horn in on the Portuguese honeypot that was “the Japans”?

    The Spanish?

  5. 2 hours ago, DixonHur said:

    Yeah, cause that's what's happening.

    I'm talking about not being able to be against hormone treatments for children without being labeled transphobic or anti-gay.

    Here’s a thought. Maybe doctors know better than you or I  whether those treatments would be helpful. Certainly they know better than Dan Fucking Patrick. 

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  6. 28 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

    Looks like a job for a mod.

     

    I reported your post and asked for help for you.  However, you might want to edit your most recent post to remove the photo you quoted.

    Mods, feel free to delete this and other related posts to clean up the thread.

  7. 12 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

    I have read every account by the survivors of that incident, and to a man, they all agree that the attack was deliberate, that the Liberty was in international waters, and that the US aided in the coverup.  Israel has never acknowledged that the attack was deliberate.  This is exactly indicative of how Israel views its relationship with the US.

    Clearly you are a lot closer to this than I.  However I would point out that at least veteran involved does not share that opinion.  From the article:

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    Not all veterans involved believe in a cover-up, however. Former Navy Chief Petty Officer Marvin Nowicki, the chief Hebrew-language analyst aboard a U.S. Navy EC-121 spy plane that was intercepting Israeli aircraft communications as they were assaulting the Liberty, believed the attack was an accident. He stated in a letter to the Wall Street Journal in 2001 that though he heard and recorded Israeli pilots’ and captains’ references to the U.S. flag flying on the deck of the Liberty, these remarks were made only after the attack was underway, and not before. It was when aircraft and motor torpedo boat operators moved closer to the Liberty, recalled Nowicki, that they were able to recognize and therefore reference the American flag.

    While he wasn't on the ship itself, he certainly had some first-hand knowledge of the events.

    Again, how does this have anything to do with the current conflict?

  8. 18 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

    June 8, 1967

    I was not aware of that incident.  Interesting CIA briefing released in 2006 indicates it was an accident (Israeli army mistook ship for an Egyptian freighter), and that the Liberty was closer to shore than it was supposed to be.  Other than conspiracy theories I couldn't find any hard evidence to suggest a different impression. https://theintercept.com/2017/06/06/fifty-years-later-nsa-keeps-details-of-israels-uss-liberty-attack-secret/

    Regardless of whether it was intentional or accidental, how does that incident over 50 years ago apply to the current hostilities?

  9. 1 minute ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

    Israel does not have the right to attack US military personnel without consequence

    Israel does not have the right to conduct industrial, political, and military espionage against the US without consequences

    Has this happened?  Did I miss a report about this somewhere?

  10. 19 minutes ago, Willfully Horn said:

     

    The Senate majority leader, in 2020: (approximately “Convicting on impeachment charges is not necessary. We have a criminal judgement system which is the proper forum for these charges.)” 

     

    Trump’s lawyer, arguing before SCOTUS: “The only remedy for illegal acts committed by POTUS is impeachment. It has been exactly so for over 240 years.”

    Fuck these fucks in their fucking fuckholes.

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  11. 1 hour ago, mdmost said:

    Yes, a protest at the campus this f'ing website is based around that directly pertains to the war this thread is about isn't newsworthy. I like you Bob but sometimes your moderating is atrocious. 

    It’s the hot sports opinions about the news that posters can’t refrain from adding to the news in their posts that turn news threads to shit. 
     

     

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  12. 29 minutes ago, The Royal We said:

    This.

    Maybe I've missed it, but I have not seen any videos of protesters throwing rocks or tearing stuff up on UT campus. You can disagree with the message of the protesters while still acknowledging their right to protest and realizing that this level of police response is completely uncalled for. Unless you're a boot licker who jerks off at a show of force I guess.

     

  13. On 4/19/2024 at 10:31 PM, Rex Kramer said:

    Dallas on 75 in rush hour traffic today. Near Preston Hollow, home to the Dallas Jew population. 

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    I don't know why this term of reference bothers me so. Perhaps its because I'm half Jewish (father's side so not recognized as Jewish by ethnic/religious Jews).  But when people refer to Jewish people (as in, the adjective use of the term) as "Jew" rather than "Jewish", it comes across as anti-Semitic to me (e.g., "I have a Jew lawyer" instead of "my lawyer is Jewish"), or at the very least ignorant.  It carries the same derogatory connotation as when people refer to the "Democrat" Party instead of the "Democratic" Party.

    Anyway, just thought I'd put that out there.

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  14. On 4/22/2024 at 8:57 AM, RomaVicta said:

    I think that's generous on your part. I don't see a subtle nudge from a pitiful minion shaking Trump's fealty to Putin. I think Lindsay wants to make sure he has a spot if the fascists win out. Trying to stay of the proscription lists.

    He's fooling himself.  If Trump becomes king he will be first against the wall. /radiohead

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