In which I am harassed for being a Jew

[rm]

For the record, I've had people say antisemitic things to me before, but like, conversationally. You know. "Oh, you're such a Jew" or some bizarre inaccurate assesment about Jews thinking I wasn't one. But never with anger. Just stupid superiority, which is what most people do about all sorts of people all the time. I'm not saying it's not bad, I'm jsut saying it's unremarkable. common, and not even very alarming.

I've never had anyone just scream at me, "You Jew!" as if I needed no insults, as I was already the worst thing a person could already be.

I suppose I'll eventually find this illuminating.

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I'm sorry, Hon.

[haya.livejournal.com]

(((((((HUG))))))

I wish there was something I could do.
I'm thinking about you.
I know that you are wonderful and deserve better, Racheline.

[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

That's awful.

Both my sister and I have been in the bizarre situation of people perceiving us as Jewish, saying (really pretty mild but definitely 'we are like each other'-type) anti-gentile things to us, later realizing we weren't in fact Jewish, and apologizing way out of proportion to what happened, as if they had somehow offended us by thinking we were Jewish.

Uh, no, I didn't think it was an insult, and whatever you said wasn't that bad or I would have said something in the first place.

[adriang.livejournal.com]

I suppose I'll eventually find this illuminating.

Try setting that person on fire, and then it will be illuminating for you both.

I'm not religious, but wasn't there some relevant biblical saying I once heard? Something like:

Light a man a fire, and he'll be warm for the night.
Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life

I should be ashamed of myself, shouldn't I? 8-)

Adrian

[neitherday.livejournal.com]

it's awful that anyone has to go through that kind of treatment. bigots suck.

[magnetgirl.livejournal.com]

I haven't listened to the phonepost, as Ian is studying for an art history final, but I am so sorry!

Also, I had no idea you were jewish. At least not sober. You may have told me when I was drunk, and I therefore didn't remember, but if I haven't given you my speech on how I'm a Jew groupie (love the food, and know the wine blessing/a few seder songs) then it's safe to say I didn't know.

...that said, you ever make any jewish food and I'll yip at your door like a park avenue puppy.