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Re: Dear jolly, (none / 0)

Glad to talk to you about this. Wish you would remove the 'troll' comments you made to denigrate my diary, hope you can tell by now I am not a troll.

Here are some references for you...

Al Franken, on running for senator:
"I'd be the only New York Jew in the race who was raised in Minnesota."

Summary of Annie Hall, from a Jewish Community Center web site:
"A neurotic New York Jew is set up with a midwestern woman."

Interview with David Nasaw from the graduate center at CUNY:
"As a historian of popular culture and a native of the city--a New York Jew is really what I am--I can't imagine living anywhere else."

Title of autobiography by Alfred Kazin:
"New York Jew"

I am trying to provide evidence to my argument that it is not an ethnic slur by any means. Whether it is worth considering re: public spokesman for DNC, I agree is a very debatable question.

by emptypockets on Sat Jan 29, 2005 at 10:05:30 PM EST
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Re: Dear jolly, (none / 0)

Nothing personal emptypockets. I changed your comment about having half a brain to a 2. I'll think about the rest, but don't expect a complete retraction. Examine the context of your examples. Most are referring to themselves, not other people. Feel free to refer to yourself any way you wish. The one exception is an artistic description. Context is everything.

FWIW, I'll probably react much the same way in the future. For now I'm moving on.

by Gary Boatwright on Sat Jan 29, 2005 at 10:19:56 PM EST
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Interestingly enough (none / 0)

A related topic just came up at another diary. Bizarro Anti-semitism is why we can't afford to take these kinds of statements lightly. Conservatives are using anti-semitism as a weapon. I haven't figured out who their target audience is exactly.

Hannity and Limbaugh are using the same tactic to criticize Dems who are critical of Rice or Gonzalez. "Democrats hate conservative minorities."

I'm going to continue being sensitive to abuse of ethnic labels to maintain my moral authority to criticize conservative abuse of ethnic labels.

by Gary Boatwright on Sat Jan 29, 2005 at 10:40:06 PM EST
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