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Yid, zhydterm for Jews, derived from its use as an endonym among Yiddish-speaking Jews.[168] In English, yid can be used both as a neutral or derogatory term,[168] whereas the Russian zhyd came to be a pejorative term banned by the Soviet authorities in the 1930s.[169][170] However, in most other Slavic languages (e.g. Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian), the term simply translates to 'Jew' (e.g. Polish: żyd) and is thus not a pejorative.
This in not acceptable. This person should be banned from the forum permanently. I will never post again here otherwise. I ask all posters to consider the same.
"Zyd" can mean many things, from "Zero Youth Detention" to a medicine manufactured by Zydus Pharmaceuticals to "Zero Yacht Design" and other things. Yes, it can also mean Jewish, but I don't speak Polish. I had to Google it to find out all those things.
In this specific case, it is simply a phonetic equivalent of some crazed person screaming for attention.
This in not acceptable. This person should be banned from the forum permanently. I will never post again here otherwise. I ask all posters to consider the same.
But calling me a "Zyd" happens to rhyme with Sid and refers to "Jew" which happens to be my ethnic background. No Brad, when it comes to my ethnic heritage I will not accept insults from anyone, you, or anyone else.
Yid, zhydterm for Jews, derived from its use as an endonym among Yiddish-speaking Jews.[168] In English, yid can be used both as a neutral or derogatory term,[168] whereas the Russian zhyd came to be a pejorative term banned by the Soviet authorities in the 1930s.[169][170] However, in most other Slavic languages (e.g. Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian), the term simply translates to 'Jew' (e.g. Polish: żyd) and is thus not a pejorative.
Please don't play semantic games with me, he brought up my ethnic background that served no useful purpose at all except to belittle me in his sick little mind.
Last edited by Sid Belzberg; Sunday, 11th April, 2021, 10:27 AM.
The actual non-covid excess mortality may be even higher than 1 in 3, given that there was a drop in influenza deaths and ?traffic accidents...
Thank you for this information Dilip, these stats do not even include an increase in suicides and drug overdoses that apparently take time to compile. I am not
sure why so many in this forum are angry that good treatments exist that have been suppressed by pharma and there corrupted bureaucratic counterparts.
"When good science is suppressed by the medical-political complex, people die"
But calling me a "Zyd" happens to rhyme with Sid and refers to "Jew" which happens to be my ethnic background. No Brad, when it comes to my ethnic heritage I will not accept insults from anyone, you, or anyone else.
Then both of you should be permanently banned. This will be my last post so long as either of you are still here. I do not mind disagreements, or even some insults, but overt racism and referring to someone as a Nazi goes way to far. I ask the owner/moderator to ban these two people. I ask all other posters to support me.
Then both of you should be permanently banned. This will be my last post so long as either of you are still here. I do not mind disagreements, or even some insults, but overt racism and referring to someone as a Nazi goes way to far. I ask the owner/moderator to ban these two people. I ask all other posters to support me.
Oh, that makes a lot of sense, an ethnic slur is thrown at me and I should be banned for calling him out. If you don't like what I say mute me and you don't have to read it.
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