It sometimes is. The character Shylock was Jewish. He was also someone who loaned money at high interest rates.
Trump was talking about borrowing money, not about Jews. So in that context, probably not antisemitic. Though given the audience, it could be a dog whistle.
It’s mostly a nothing burger.
So just another case of attacking Trump on something unimportant and diverting attention from the actual terrible things he’s doing.
But do you claim to be as smart as Trump claims to be ? Because it seems that smartest, biggest most beautiful brained leaders these days do not know Shakespearean references.
I have noticed it’s kind of common for older people to say this and not know the origins or antisemitic connotations. If someone who was Trump’s age but a little bit smarter said this, I would think maybe it was intentional but since he’s such an idiot there’s a decent chance he really didn’t know ot was offensive. As much as I hate Trump and all he stands for, I can believe this one was truly accidental.
This one is just super common with old people not thinking through that it might be offensive though. Pretty much all my older relatives use this one occasionally and none of them would be intentionally anti-semitic. Trump isn’t a god of manipulation or anything, he’s an idiot who has the wealth and charisma to make everyone think he’s not an idiot. By ascribing this intelligence and intention to him, you’re kind of falling into right wing propaganda by unknowingly accepting the false premises they are selling to all of us. Trump is an idiot who doesn’t think things through when he says them. His advisors do think things through and do have a lot more intelligence and intention to their words and actions, but Trump himself does not.
I agree with you he definitely doesn’t think things through. I also agree he’s using a generational word. I personally think he’s got anti social personality disorder and at the very least he’s a documented dv abuser, they’re manipulative. They can be thick as fuck, but with good manipulation skills
Any time you use a word for a racial/religious group that is not their own chosen preferred name (in this case “Jews” or "Hebrew"s) you’re running a very high risk of stepping into slur territory. This isn’t unique to older generations but they seem to have a harder time understanding it.
The word is “Shylock”, just to save you a click.
I had no idea that was a slur, but it makes sense I guess.
It sometimes is. The character Shylock was Jewish. He was also someone who loaned money at high interest rates.
Trump was talking about borrowing money, not about Jews. So in that context, probably not antisemitic. Though given the audience, it could be a dog whistle.
It’s mostly a nothing burger.
So just another case of attacking Trump on something unimportant and diverting attention from the actual terrible things he’s doing.
But do you claim to be as smart as Trump claims to be ? Because it seems that smartest, biggest most beautiful brained leaders these days do not know Shakespearean references.
Trump is well versed in the ancient arts of antisemitism.
I have noticed it’s kind of common for older people to say this and not know the origins or antisemitic connotations. If someone who was Trump’s age but a little bit smarter said this, I would think maybe it was intentional but since he’s such an idiot there’s a decent chance he really didn’t know ot was offensive. As much as I hate Trump and all he stands for, I can believe this one was truly accidental.
May well be, however he’s calculating and manipulative. Wouldn’t be at all surprised if it was deliberate.
This one is just super common with old people not thinking through that it might be offensive though. Pretty much all my older relatives use this one occasionally and none of them would be intentionally anti-semitic. Trump isn’t a god of manipulation or anything, he’s an idiot who has the wealth and charisma to make everyone think he’s not an idiot. By ascribing this intelligence and intention to him, you’re kind of falling into right wing propaganda by unknowingly accepting the false premises they are selling to all of us. Trump is an idiot who doesn’t think things through when he says them. His advisors do think things through and do have a lot more intelligence and intention to their words and actions, but Trump himself does not.
I agree with you he definitely doesn’t think things through. I also agree he’s using a generational word. I personally think he’s got anti social personality disorder and at the very least he’s a documented dv abuser, they’re manipulative. They can be thick as fuck, but with good manipulation skills
Any time you use a word for a racial/religious group that is not their own chosen preferred name (in this case “Jews” or "Hebrew"s) you’re running a very high risk of stepping into slur territory. This isn’t unique to older generations but they seem to have a harder time understanding it.
For those unaware of the origin, It’s a name of a Jewish moneylender character in The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare.