The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Regarding your other example, GD, I think there is a difference between ignorance and racism. Once someone is educated as to the connotations and still continues to use it, it moves from ignorance into racism.

I don't disagree. But unchecked ignorance leads to tacit racism. I absolutely think it's right that we hold public officials to a higher standard regarding these kinds of things. It's their JOB to say the right things, and if we don't hold them to it, than as a society we are implicitly encouraging it.

As someone who has had those kinds of Jewish slurs aimed at me, both in ignroance and in hate, it stings either way. Even if the individual is simply ignorant to the offensive nature, it's a painful reminder that we're still in a society that needs to be educated.

In regards to G2DL's trifecta, I was kinda bugged by a comic strip last week. Zits ran this strip last Tuesday...



I actually ended up writing to the publisher (zits@kingfeatures.com) and asked what they thought about this parallel version of the "joke":

Jeremy: Haha! Billy, your shoes look so Jewish!
Billy: I AM Jewish, Jeremy
Jeremy: I know. I didn't mean "Jewish" as in "practicing Judaism". I meant
"Jewish" as in "cheap".