I Hate Antisemitism

[Gryphon]

I just came back from a walk and a guy shouted at me "Fucking christkilling sheeny. You should have all been wiped out by hitler"

Yesterday some people threw stuff at me from their car while I was walking to shul.

What is with people now?

I hate Antisemitism and never have understood its nature.

[Gary_B]

I just came back from a walk and a guy shouted at me "Fucking christkilling sheeny. You should have all been wiped out by hitler"

Yesterday some people threw stuff at me from their car while I was walking to shul.

What is with people now?

I hate Antisemitism and never have understood its nature.

I can't imagine what that must feel like. And I've never even heard of the term sheeny before.

[Puma]

Doesn't help that today is Hitler's birthday; brings out the nutjobs.

[Gryphon]

I can't imagine what that must feel like. And I've never even heard of the term sheeny before.

It felt like shit, I myself only first heard of the term sheeny about two years ago,

[Spike-X]

I really just don't know what the hell is wrong with people sometimes.

[dupont2005]

That sucks. What idiots

[longdecember]

Whether they hate you for being a Semite (ethnicity) or a Jew (religion) it is bullshit. Next time, tell them to go watch some Glen Beck before he goes off the air. That way they can get the one true religion, which is the only advertisers he has left, precious metals peddlers.

[Ben D]

that hella sucks man :frown:. One time I got into an argument with a guy who said superman being called a jew in superman II was bad cause the "jews" are evil. if it wasn't the internet I would have punched the punk in the face. It's like racism and homophobia, no real reason for the hate just a stupid way to get rid of one's anger.

[Matt Algren]

Doesn't help that today is Hitler's birthday; brings out the nutjobs.
Between that, holy week, and being morons, the bigots have all sorts of excuses this week.

[Paul McEnery]

Whether they hate you for being a Semite (ethnicity) or a Jew (religion) it is bullshit. Next time, tell them to go watch some Glen Beck before he goes off the air. That way they can get the one true religion, which is the only advertisers he has left, precious metals peddlers.

Not to worry. SunNews will provide plenty of replacements for Beck.

[longdecember]

Not to worry. SunNews will provide plenty of replacements for Beck.

Not familiar. Is that Murdoch's outfit in AZ/UK? I gotta admit Beck had far better a run than I thought he would. As soon as he started doing the american late night sitcom meme I knew he was done. (Leno/Letterman/Conan) "My network sucks I am the only thing that matters and they don't pay me enough"

Beck did not do it so directly, but he did spend alot of time complaining about his "crappy" set.

[Paul McEnery]

Not familiar. Is that Murdoch's outfit in AZ/UK? I gotta admit Beck had far better a run than I thought he would. As soon as he started doing the american late night sitcom meme I knew he was done. (Leno/Letterman/Conan) "My network sucks I am the only thing that matters and they don't pay me enough"

Beck did not do it so directly, but he did spend alot of time complaining about his "crappy" set.

This thread:

http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=366034

[Gryphon]

Doesn't help that today is Hitler's birthday; brings out the nutjobs.

I didnt know that.


It happens every few months. Some anti smeites shout at me or throw stuff.

[longdecember]

This thread:

http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=366034

Cool. Just did the following: (no sarcasim)

1) Did I make a fool of myself in that thread?
2) ?????? (this space reserved for edits)
3) I not post in that thread.


Now to read the thread.

[Arvandor]

I hate Antisemitism and never have understood its nature.

It has to be the most irrational form of prejudice of them all. I can at least sort of understand racism and sexism and homophobia, and how they come about. But antisemitism is completely irrational and insane, even by the standards of other prejudices.

[JCAll]

I can't imagine what that must feel like. And I've never even heard of the term sheeny before.

Does it have anything to do with being like Charlie Sheen?
Because that would be truly offensive.

[Gryphon]

Does it have anything to do with being like Charlie Sheen?
Because that would be truly offensive.

I dont know why but that made me laugh.

Thank you. I needed that.

[berk]

I never heard of that phrase before either, but I am sorry you have to put up with that bullshit, Gryphon.

[The Black Guardian]

I feel ya, gryhpon. It was only about 10 years ago that my wife was fired for being Jewish. You just don't expect something like that to happen in 21st century America. Didn't know Canada could be that way either. I guess we're lucky they didn't throw stuff at her.

[Adam C]

I just came back from a walk and a guy shouted at me "Fucking christkilling sheeny. You should have all been wiped out by hitler"


Aw, frig. I'm sorry you had to go through that barbaric shit.

[dupont2005]

People are insane and Jewish people always end up being a scapegoat for one thing or another. There are still people who think no Jews died in the 9/11 attacks because they were secretly behind it.

[Ben D]

People are insane and Jewish people always end up being a scapegoat for one thing or another. There are still people who think no Jews died in the 9/11 attacks because they were secretly behind it.

Not to be rude, but what 9/11 conspiracy isn't out there?

[rick]

It happens every few months. Some anti smeites shout at me or throw stuff.

I have to say that in this day and age that is not only repulsive and insulting, it's also just plain surprising.

[Donald M.]

It has to be the most irrational form of prejudice of them all. I can at least sort of understand racism and sexism and homophobia, and how they come about. But antisemitism is completely irrational and insane, even by the standards of other prejudices.

If prejudiced had to make sense, there wouldn't be any.

[Captain Clarkie]

Sorry to hear that Gryph'.

[Lord Bravery]

Sorry man, that's harsh. I would say the best response would have been a swift head butt to the bridge of the nose, but it probably wouldn't have helped matters.

[AdamYJ]

I just came back from a walk and a guy shouted at me "Fucking christkilling sheeny. You should have all been wiped out by hitler"

There are so many things wrong with that statement. For one, the fact that they seem willing to back up the actions of a genocidal megalomaniac. Two, the fact that they're throwing blame for killing Christ at Jews even though Jesus himself was a Jew.

Oh, stupidity is dangerous. Insanity is dangerous. But there's nothing scarier than putting the two together.

[Aaron Kashtan]

I'm sorry such a thing happened to you. Even though you know intellectually that the guy was not only completely wrong, but a fucking asshole, it's hard to deal with the emotional trauma of an incident like that.

[Lone Ranger]

Wow - that's terrible.

In what part of Toronto did this occur?

[Iangould]

I have to say that in this day and age that is not only repulsive and insulting, it's also just plain surprising.

Sadly, for me, it isn't.

[MTL76]

Sheeny? Did these guys wander out of a time warp or something? I'm Jewish and dealt with a lot of this stuff when I was younger, but to me this term is as anachronistic as jackanape.

[Gryphon]

Wow - that's terrible.

In what part of Toronto did this occur?

North York (to be more specific, the russian ghetto)

[ChadH]

Sorry to hear about this happening to you.
I'm curious Gryphon, how did these people know you were Jewish? Do you know them from your neighborhood?

[Jeff Brady]

Sorry to hear about this happening to you.
I'm curious Gryphon, how did these people know you were Jewish? Do you know them from your neighborhood?

It's pretty easy to identify an Orthodox Jew.

[ChadH]

It's pretty easy to identify an Orthodox Jew.
I don't know Gryphon very well and I wasn't aware that he is an Orthodox Jew. I'll use this as an opportunity to do some research and become more familiar with the subject.

[Jeff-E]

Apologies my friend. That kind of behavior is unacceptable. Hope you know not all christians are so ignorant.

[Gryphon]

I don't know Gryphon very well and I wasn't aware that he is an Orthodox Jew. I'll use this as an opportunity to do some research and become more familiar with the subject.

I am a daati jew. Aka modern orthodox. Not hasidic. I dress like most people but I was wearing tzitzis ( a jewish garment) and my kippah. My brother was also still dressed in his yom tov clothing.

[LtMarvel]

I just came back from a walk and a guy shouted at me "Fucking christkilling sheeny. You should have all been wiped out by hitler"

Yesterday some people threw stuff at me from their car while I was walking to shul.

What is with people now?

I hate Antisemitism and never have understood its nature.
Wow. That definitely does not fit my notions of Canadians. (Presuming this happened in Toronto, of course)

[dupont2005]

Not to be rude, but what 9/11 conspiracy isn't out there?

That was more for those that thought antisemitism was over than those who didn't know 9/11 conspiracies exist.

[Lone Ranger]

North York (to be more specific, the russian ghetto)

That's really a shame.

I always think we're a fairly tolerant city, but events like this remind me that there's a long way to go.

[Gryphon]

Last Passover I had another incident happen. I was walking with my grandmother and some guys riding their bikes rode past us and shouted "We need a jihad on your asses soon". My grandmother was so upset by that that we just turned around and went home.

[Typo Lad]

Yep, always fun. I've been spat at, had change thrown at me, and had a guy try to hit me with his car and yell 'next time, christ-killer."

Never stops being annoying.

[dupont2005]

Man that's bullshit. I would start packing a slingshot and some big marbles if I had to deal with that. I know it's a bad idea but I'm an idiot sometimes:smile:

[Matt Algren]

This seems like a good place to mention that this morning I found a new (to me) batch of clips (http://youtu.be/OQ77QIz1QVo) from Jane Elliott's eye color exercises (http://youtu.be/Eu0tjcxDjiE) on bigotry (http://youtu.be/K1jf86p90ZY). (The people with green collars on have blue eyes, are recognized as being inferior (http://blog.mattalgren.com/2011/04/martin-luther-kings-death-helps-birth-diversity-education-techniques/) to people with brown eyes, and are treated as such. Brown-eyed people are coached to play along.)