PhilGoetz comments on The Shabbos goy

PhilGoetz 26 Mar 2010 21:24 UTC
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Awesome!

So it’s less-offensive to use the term “Shabbos goy”, which logically criticizes Judaism, than to use the term “Jew”, which creates a negative association with Judaism.
- PhilGoetz 27 Mar 2010 4:51 UTC
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  If that’s so, then if you tell people
  
  “Black people were slaves. (Slavery is bad.)”
  
  “Women are paid less than men. (People who are paid less are valued less.)”
  
  what they hear are the associations
  
  “Black people are bad.”
  
  “Women are less valuable than men.”
- Cyan 26 Mar 2010 22:15 UTC
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  Got here late—what was the original title?
  - PhilGoetz 26 Mar 2010 22:27 UTC
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    “Kill the Jews”.
    
    I guess some people are just touchy.
    - Jack 26 Mar 2010 22:31 UTC
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      AHAHA! Well done.
  - Jack 26 Mar 2010 22:21 UTC
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    Necessary Jews
    - ata 27 Mar 2010 23:30 UTC
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      When I first saw it under that title, before I read the article, I read it as contrasting with “Sufficient Jews” or possibly “Contingent Jews”.
      
      I’m still enjoying imagining what those could possibly mean.
- Kevin 26 Mar 2010 22:24 UTC
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  Jew is just a really loaded word because it is used by various sorts of supremacists. “Jewish person” can be substituted without any kind of negative connotation.
- Jack 26 Mar 2010 21:38 UTC
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  If I use the phrase “Shabbos goy” instead of “Jew”, are people going to criticize me for using a term that implicitly makes fun of Jews?
  
  Nah. Your word choice is now orthogonal to the usual patterns of antisemitism and you have legitimate cause for making fun.