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comment by Cumol
Cumol  ·  3402 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Making this post on all of my social media: Goy is not a slur

I have heard the word "Goy" or "Goyim" said in such a way that it can be seen as an attack. The word itself is not the problem, but the context is.





hogwild  ·  3401 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, but have you heard the voice some people use to say "Jew"? If people hate a group enough, they can make any label contemptuous.

arguewithatree  ·  3402 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think any word can be used in a negative way, but goy in and of itself is not a slur. It simply means "nation" and is used to refer to non-Jews. I've just been seeing an uptick in the number of people that seem to think that goy is the same level as the k word or the n word and it's not.

Cumol  ·  3401 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It is not. As I said, it depends on how you say it :)