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50. we can't all know everything.

Reply to fadedrose (Reply #48)

Wed Sep 17, 2014, 01:26 PM

Sep 2014

but yeah, it's a pretty specific anti-semitic slur.

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Oops. Biden Apologizes for ‘Shylock’ Comment [View all] cali Sep 2014 OP

I'm sure he probably meant "shyster" YarnAddict Sep 2014 #1

I see what you did there (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #3

:-) n/t YarnAddict Sep 2014 #4

Actually, I'm sure he didn't...nt joeybee12 Sep 2014 #7

Please explain why YarnAddict Sep 2014 #14

He has a history of inappropriate comments... joeybee12 Sep 2014 #16

Malapropisms, YarnAddict Sep 2014 #19

Anyone who has ever read Shakespeare knows how controversial the character of joeybee12 Sep 2014 #24

+1 cali Sep 2014 #30

Too far removed? They're practically the same word! mathematic Sep 2014 #44

Joe Biden is well-educated, he is well-versed in Shakespeare joeybee12 Sep 2014 #51

Then he should have said so in the apology still_one Sep 2014 #29

Yep, that was pretty bad. Good that he apologized (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #2

Yes. 840high Sep 2014 #49

Bankers are Shylocks? RobertEarl Sep 2014 #5

this is an unambiguous anti-semitic trope cali Sep 2014 #6

I never knew it was RobertEarl Sep 2014 #9

It hasn't suddenly become anti-semitic. It is a very old, well known cali Sep 2014 #10

I did not know fadedrose Sep 2014 #48

we can't all know everything. cali Sep 2014 #50

Well, try substituting another literary term in casual conversation frazzled Sep 2014 #20

Biden was talking about bankers RobertEarl Sep 2014 #28

OMG, are you trying to appear dense? frazzled Sep 2014 #36

or something else. n/t cali Sep 2014 #41

maybe not, but what you're doing is far more pernicious. cali Sep 2014 #38

Agreed, and the apology was necessary still_one Sep 2014 #32

How about "crooks"? frazzled Sep 2014 #8

Looked it up in dictionary RobertEarl Sep 2014 #11

this isn't about PC. Shylock references have been seen as anti-semitic since long before cali Sep 2014 #12

You can educate me even more RobertEarl Sep 2014 #15

sure. Shakespeare likely held many of the common views of his day cali Sep 2014 #23

OK RobertEarl Sep 2014 #33

I don't know that he had any experience with bankers. cali Sep 2014 #37

Edumacation? RobertEarl Sep 2014 #45

you're the one that should apologize. your nastiness in this thread has been cali Sep 2014 #46

When I first watched the play reorg Sep 2014 #53

Here's what I said: cali Sep 2014 #54

I'm glad we agree reorg Sep 2014 #55

I simply posted a snip from a site cali Sep 2014 #57

The term YarnAddict Sep 2014 #25

The dictionary also defines anti-Semitism frazzled Sep 2014 #31

I'm not going to hold my breath. cali Sep 2014 #34

It's a tough old world when we're called on our disrespect and intolerance LanternWaste Sep 2014 #22

I like PCwars RobertEarl Sep 2014 #40

right. words never hurt. and you insist on misusing the term pc in this context. cute. cali Sep 2014 #42

I posted this list of possibles in an earlier thread TexasProgresive Sep 2014 #18

love hornswogglers. never heard of bunco artists. no to gombeen men. cali Sep 2014 #26

P.D.s used to call the group that investigated scams the Bunco squad. TexasProgresive Sep 2014 #47

And that's how you apologize Scootaloo Sep 2014 #13

It is indeed a gracious apology and a good template. cali Sep 2014 #35

Jewish bankers seem to be a theme of anti-Semites. ZombieHorde Sep 2014 #17

I have no problem giving him the benefit of the doubt. cali Sep 2014 #27

That is a pretty specific slip of the tongue. ZombieHorde Sep 2014 #39

but he's not a republican and he a long and honorable record as anything but a bigot. cali Sep 2014 #43

Ouch Recursion Sep 2014 #21

good to see him admit he was wrong JI7 Sep 2014 #52

The GM did it again! bigwillq Sep 2014 #56

Interesting how the source of the misspeak draws variable reaction elias7 Sep 2014 #58

The "Orient" comment was simply an Occidental slip of the tongue. n/t betsuni Sep 2014 #60

To Cali: Behind the Aegis Sep 2014 #59