@Nymphomachy it's my understanding that it's considered by some Jewish people to be an ingroup term, at least? As a gentile i definitely err on the side of "Jewish person" if I'm even a little unsure of my reception.
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well this is an outgrowth of the "ask four rabbis their opinion, get six answers" cliché except it refers to the immeasurable capacity of the Jewish spirit to eventually generate all physically possible opinions Like that Arthur C Clarke story "The Nine Billion Names of God"
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As someone who’s been called ‘jewy’, it can definitely have that energy. It’s like referring to someone as ‘a japanese’ or ‘a chinese’ - it can be reductionist in a way that feels remarkably similar to slurs in english, even if it’s often not used in the same ways.
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It’s weird when you have the dichotomy of a group owning the term and using it as a meaningful identifier at the same time as others intentionally using it as a slur. On one hand, excessive sensitivity becomes offensive, on the other insensitivity remains offensive.
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Huh. I never thought about this. I tend to say that someone is Jewish, rather than saying that they’re a Jew. Not really a deliberate call though.
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