Possibly the most asinine insult ever
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luckycanuckI was walking along the pavement to day and walked past a man aged about 70. I passed pretty close to him but didn't knock him over or run into him.
Just as I passed by, he said something to indicate his disapproval at me coming as close as I did to him.
It would have made some sense if he had said "watch it, you." But I don't think he did. I really don't think I misheard him, and while I know it makes absolutely no sense at all, I swear I heard him say "watch it, Jew."
It's a very small step in phonetic terms, but it's the difference between him being a crotchety old man, and a crotchety anti-semitic old man. He only had half a second at most to decide what to say as I passed, not enough time to make any kind of a judgement based on what he saw. (At any rate, I don't look like a Jewish stereotype.) I can only assume he has a grudge against Jews in general. Perhaps he thinks the only kind of person who would cut him off on the pavement on a Thursday evening would be a Jew. Ooooooh those nasty Jews! Controlling the world banking system isn't enough. No they have sinister plans to control pavements in Canberra too.
If he said what I think he said, it would be the second time this year that a bigoted (and inaccurate) remark was made directed at me. Earlier this year in the midst of a closely fought game of rugby with the Convicts, one of our opponents called me and the only other straight guy on the team "f*ckin poofters." Both of these incidents were prime examples of bigotry, and for that matter, ignorance. In the case of the Convicts, the bigot du jour had good reason to suspect I was a part of the group he was so callously denigrating. Today, crotchety old anti-semitic man made an ethnic slur in the blink of an eye before he could have even thought about it. He must walk around all day constantly seeing the malign hand of Zionism behind every bad thing that happens. I wonder if I am the first person he insulted today.
A lot of whinging about crazy people recently. One of my work colleagues says I am on the fast track to becoming a curmudgeon.
TW: 50 chinups, 100 seated rows, 25 chinups, 100 bicep curls, 25 chinups. I've got some soreness from all my pushups yesterday.
Just as I passed by, he said something to indicate his disapproval at me coming as close as I did to him.
It would have made some sense if he had said "watch it, you." But I don't think he did. I really don't think I misheard him, and while I know it makes absolutely no sense at all, I swear I heard him say "watch it, Jew."
It's a very small step in phonetic terms, but it's the difference between him being a crotchety old man, and a crotchety anti-semitic old man. He only had half a second at most to decide what to say as I passed, not enough time to make any kind of a judgement based on what he saw. (At any rate, I don't look like a Jewish stereotype.) I can only assume he has a grudge against Jews in general. Perhaps he thinks the only kind of person who would cut him off on the pavement on a Thursday evening would be a Jew. Ooooooh those nasty Jews! Controlling the world banking system isn't enough. No they have sinister plans to control pavements in Canberra too.
If he said what I think he said, it would be the second time this year that a bigoted (and inaccurate) remark was made directed at me. Earlier this year in the midst of a closely fought game of rugby with the Convicts, one of our opponents called me and the only other straight guy on the team "f*ckin poofters." Both of these incidents were prime examples of bigotry, and for that matter, ignorance. In the case of the Convicts, the bigot du jour had good reason to suspect I was a part of the group he was so callously denigrating. Today, crotchety old anti-semitic man made an ethnic slur in the blink of an eye before he could have even thought about it. He must walk around all day constantly seeing the malign hand of Zionism behind every bad thing that happens. I wonder if I am the first person he insulted today.
A lot of whinging about crazy people recently. One of my work colleagues says I am on the fast track to becoming a curmudgeon.
TW: 50 chinups, 100 seated rows, 25 chinups, 100 bicep curls, 25 chinups. I've got some soreness from all my pushups yesterday.
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