EPTUS Politics Mega-thread - Page 688
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On September 13 2018 03:08 PhoenixVoid wrote: The only times I've ever seen shekels used beyond biblical history or the context of Israeli commerce has been for jokes about how Jews only want to "make shekels". There's far more commonly used words in the American lexicon to describe "a quick buck", like a buck or dollar, rather than shekel. I could somewhat understand the monkey thing by that Florida candidate who could have been crossing his phrases around, but shekel? I'm really curious why Eric would use shekel over any other word that I hear far more often to describe money. Well you know why someone says shekels, we all know why. | ||
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On September 13 2018 03:23 Ryzel wrote: Eh, at this point it seems like it’ll be a new trend for Republicans in politics to drop trigger words for the ratings. Who knows what they’re actual views are anymore (except for Steve Miller). Unsurprising given one of the central conservative agendas recently is triggering/upsetting the libs. A lot of dogs barking these days. | ||
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On September 13 2018 03:13 Danglars wrote: They are from Queens in the real estate and finance industries. Not so sure this would help the case that it wasn't anti-Semitic. He's around Jews a lot, and he thinks they're out to make money, so he says shekels to connote Jews. Somehow I doubt all those Jews in the New York finance and real estate industries talk about shekels. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
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On September 13 2018 02:07 Doodsmack wrote: Interesting choice of words from Eric trump here. Apparently Woodward isn't Jewish, which would cement the case that this is antisemitic. As it stands he merely used the Israeli currency to say someone was looking to make money. Trump supporters will likely say "shekels is a word in the dictionary with valid meanings, therefore this wasn't a dog whistle." The other possibility is that the apple hasn't fallen far from Donald "Sheriffs Star / Sneaky Dianne Feinstein" Trump's tree. Clearly he said Shaquille, not shekel. Everyone wants one nowadays; the Orlando Magic used to have a great one. Makes sense to me. | ||
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When was the last time any of you heard the word shekel used? | ||
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On September 13 2018 03:58 Silvanel wrote: Dunno about US but here in Poland we sometimes say "shekels" without any connection to jewish people just as a slang word for money. We use all kind of slang words for money and out of those shakel can be used both in deragatory sense towards Jewish people or just as a slang funny word. Is it similiar in US or not really? We have a hundred different slang words for money that people would use before shekel. Shekel is so far out of the common vernacular that any usage of it would be construed as anti-Semitic. It isn’t a term someone just drops randomly. | ||
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On September 13 2018 04:01 Mohdoo wrote: "Monkey" is somewhat, slightly, perhaps, a little ambiguous. Shekel is the most blatant thing ever. People defending that are insane. When was the last time any of you heard the word shekel used? Never. Absolutely never. Anyone trying to play the deniability game is completely full of shit. | ||
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edit: just for clarity I dont know if he was being anti-Semitic or not, this is certainly much more up in the air than our last dog whistle outing. | ||
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