Really? I heard a younger person use the phrase "jew someone down" and when I called them on it they swore they didn't mean anything anti-semitic by it.jacqueslacouth wrote:Showing our age here…this is just the evolution of language. Just as gay was commonly used for a long time without any reference to homosexuality, I can assure you, as a High School teacher of over 20 years, the word gay is commonly used to mean that something is not very good (crap if you like) by teenagers for some years now, without any reference to sexuality.BERFAB wrote:
And, unfortunately, there's this:
Completely uncalled for, and, unnecessary. It's a big world out there. Try your best to respect everyone in it.diggler wrote: I think relying on third party developers to make kontakt better is gay.
Cheers
-B
Which was, of course, complete and utter bullshit.
When you use a word like "gay" or "jew' as a perjorative, of course it is meant as a slur. The bigots like to hide behind "evolution of language" and "I didn't mean it that way", but the pure truth is that if you poke them hard enough the bigotry is there.
The absolute irony of the "jew them down" slur is that it was uttered by a gay man. What an asshole.