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Ghost Dog

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9. Yes. Come on, if you think about it, of course you, and other Jews,

Reply to leftynyc (Reply #7)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 06:06 PM

Mar 2019

are on the receiving end of genuine antisemitism so of course you are the first to know what it is and to define it, and we others, however we might define ourselves, should, if we are healthy human beings, be able to empathise with you, to learn from you and to understand.

And that understanding, that empathy, means that of course non-Jews need to know what antisemitism is.

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Getting mighty tired leftynyc Mar 2019 #1

"Gentile", actually, could be viewed as a discriminatory term Ghost Dog Mar 2019 #4

So what word would describe leftynyc Mar 2019 #5

I honestly see no need for such a term, nor such a concept, really. Ghost Dog Mar 2019 #6

I'm going to fight you on this one leftynyc Mar 2019 #7

Yes. Come on, if you think about it, of course you, and other Jews, Ghost Dog Mar 2019 #9

I never heard of "Gentile" being offensive. The Momons appropriated it to refer to anyone not Mormon Hekate Mar 2019 #8

It just seems weird to me, but then I'm in Europe, Ghost Dog Mar 2019 #10

M McCain is a RWer . . . Iliyah Mar 2019 #2

Wowzers, he's good! First I've heard of him, thanks for sharing. Canoe52 Mar 2019 #3