▲ 137 ▼ Donald Trump calls bankers 'Shylocks', drawing criticism for antisemitic term. (www.usatoday.com) submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/usa@midwest.social 26 comments fedilink hide all child comments Shylock is a fictional Jewish money-lender invented by Shakespeare. The story ends when Shylock is defeated and forced to abandon Judaism. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shylock
[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yes. Biden is/was a known racist. What is your point or is it just what about ism? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OccamsRazer@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Was he racist in 2014? While he was vice president to a black man? The point is that some terms that old people use don't mean the same thing to them that they do to average people today. Edit: lol, oops. Yes, Obama is black and not Jewish. I guess Biden could be antisemitic and not racist against black people. Or I suppose he could be racist and still work closely with a black man and appear convincingly to be on good terms with him. In any event it doesn't prove much about Biden being antisemitic. I think he just used a dated term because he is old. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OccamsRazer@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) Was he racist in 2014? While he was vice president to a black man? The point is that some terms that old people use don't mean the same thing to them that they do to average people today. Edit: lol, oops. Yes, Obama is black and not Jewish. I guess Biden could be antisemitic and not racist against black people. Or I suppose he could be racist and still work closely with a black man and appear convincingly to be on good terms with him. In any event it doesn't prove much about Biden being antisemitic. I think he just used a dated term because he is old. permalink fedilink source parent