November 24, 201114 yr We can add that one to the growing list of Rab variants as created by the artist formally known as the Willing HamR.
November 24, 201114 yr We can add that one to the growing list of Rab variants as created by the artist formally known as the Willing HamR. More like Dr. Whinefest, am I right?!
November 24, 201114 yr We can add that one to the growing list of Rab variants as created by the artist formally known as the Willing HamR. More like Dr. Whinefest, am I right?! Dr. Whinefest. Love it.
November 24, 201114 yr We can add that one to the growing list of Rab variants as created by the artist formally known as the Willing HamR. More like Dr. Whinefest, am I right?! Your accusations go unjustified, Trollbethan.
November 24, 201114 yr Why is it possibly offensive but definitely not anti-semitic? If it's offensive it is so only because it would be anti-semitic. Antisemitism implies hatred and discrimination. That sign doesn't say 'Jews are so cheap, don't trust them'. It's clearly a lighthearted joke with little implied hatred. In fact, it's just a stereotype. That's about it. Some people might not like to be stereotyped as cheap, but there's nothing wrong with being cheap and there's no hatred being expressed from that sign about somebody being cheap. In fact, it's promoting being cheap. Meh, it's a semantic argument. Not really worth it. He's actually raising a pretty important point. In today's world it is all too common that people are branded as "racist" or "anti-Semitic" for simply perpetuating certain stereotypes about blacks, Asians, Jews, etc often in the form of jokes. Adhering to stereotypes might be an ignorant act (depending on if the person truly believes the stereotype to be true for all people in the group), but it does not necessarily imply a true hatred for the race or the belief that one's own race is inherently superior. The result is that many people are mislabeled as being "racist."
November 24, 201114 yr People get butthurt to easily these days. Yeah, Thats why in the U.S. Its No longer Merry Christmas, But Happy Holidays! Dont want to offend the Muslims...oh no.... what do muslims have to do with anything??
November 24, 201114 yr Why is it possibly offensive but definitely not anti-semitic? If it's offensive it is so only because it would be anti-semitic. Antisemitism implies hatred and discrimination. That sign doesn't say 'Jews are so cheap, don't trust them'. It's clearly a lighthearted joke with little implied hatred. In fact, it's just a stereotype. That's about it. Some people might not like to be stereotyped as cheap, but there's nothing wrong with being cheap and there's no hatred being expressed from that sign about somebody being cheap. In fact, it's promoting being cheap. Meh, it's a semantic argument. Not really worth it. He's actually raising a pretty important point. In today's world it is all too common that people are branded as "racist" or "anti-Semitic" for simply perpetuating certain stereotypes about blacks, Asians, Jews, etc often in the form of jokes. Adhering to stereotypes might be an ignorant act (depending on if the person truly believes the stereotype to be true for all people in the group), but it does not necessarily imply a true hatred for the race or the belief that one's own race is inherently superior. The result is that many people are mislabeled as being "racist." i hate it, but i whole heartedly agree with you on this...i mean im french canadian and irish and i love whiskey and guiness...i perpetuate a stereotype but hey, who am i to argue with the nectars of the gods and btw, awesome sign, i wish they didnt have to take it down
December 3, 201114 yr Why doesn't Hanukkah get commercialized and bastardized to death like Christmas does? Its against the religion I guess? Surely Jewish people spend as much for Hanukkah as us gentiles do for Christmas. I wouldn't mind seeing a few Hanukkah commercials mixed into the bombardment of Christmas commercials. And why aren't there more Hanukkah songs? There's 10,000 Christmas songs but like 3 Hanukkah songs(Dradle, Dradle Dradle, Light the Manorah, and the Adam Sandler song).
December 3, 201114 yr It's not that much of a mystery. Because less than 2% of the people in the US are Jews. 75% are Christian; since there is a huge number of Christians, that basically created a market for Christmas stuff. Because of that, Christmas is basically a secular holiday now anyway.
December 3, 201114 yr I like how the (self-anointed) Grammar Nazi is posting in the threat titled "Anti-semitic?"
December 3, 201114 yr I like how the self-appointed anointed 'mystikol87' is lawying (I made that one up because it sounds cool) left and right with no clear regard to others. Be careful though, my Yiddish brethren! The heat84 are not to be trusted! Soon enough he'll go Pontius Pilate on your ass and you'll be the next to be nailed to a wooden board and put on display! Okay, now I'm getting a wee bit touchy with some tangent that makes no sense.
December 3, 201114 yr I like how the self-appointed anointed 'mystikol87' is lawying (I made that one up because it sounds cool) left and right with no clear regard to others. Be careful though, my Yiddish brethren! The heat84 are not to be trusted! Soon enough he'll go Pontius Pilate on your ass and you'll be the next to be nailed to a wooden board and put on display! Okay, now I'm getting a wee bit touchy with some tangent that makes no sense.
December 3, 201114 yr Haters everywhere I go. I might as well be Jesus Christ himself. .......he appropriately declares in a thread titled "Anti-semitic?"
December 3, 201114 yr Author Why doesn't Hanukkah get commercialized and bastardized to death like Christmas does? Its against the religion I guess? Surely Jewish people spend as much for Hanukkah as us gentiles do for Christmas. I wouldn't mind seeing a few Hanukkah commercials mixed into the bombardment of Christmas commercials. And why aren't there more Hanukkah songs? There's 10,000 Christmas songs but like 3 Hanukkah songs(Dradle, Dradle Dradle, Light the Manorah, and the Adam Sandler song). Well, Nazi, Hanukkah isn't even the most important Jewish holiday. It just happens to land around the same time as Christmas. Pesach (Passover) is in the spring, and that's the big one along with the holiest day of the year, Yom Kippur, which is in the fall. You'll occasionally see some people lighting a menorah in generic holiday commercials, but with the low percentage of Jews in America, nobody wants to make a commercial solely for Hannukah.
December 4, 201114 yr It's not that much of a mystery. Because less than 2% of the people in the US are Jews. 75% are Christian; since there is a huge number of Christians, that basically created a market for Christmas stuff. Because of that, Christmas is basically a secular holiday now anyway. I forgot about that. There's so many down here that it makes you think otherwise.
December 4, 201114 yr Why doesn't Hanukkah get commercialized and bastardized to death like Christmas does? Its against the religion I guess? Surely Jewish people spend as much for Hanukkah as us gentiles do for Christmas. I wouldn't mind seeing a few Hanukkah commercials mixed into the bombardment of Christmas commercials. And why aren't there more Hanukkah songs? There's 10,000 Christmas songs but like 3 Hanukkah songs(Dradle, Dradle Dradle, Light the Manorah, and the Adam Sandler song). The holiday being celebrated is Christmas but even so only on the rarest of occasions do you see a Christmas commercial. It's all Happy Holiday BS so not to offend those who supposedly would get offended if Christmas was mentioned.
December 4, 201114 yr I will never understand why people get so upset when other people say "Happy Holidays."
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