Leaving the coasts somehow sets you up for experiencing overt antisemitism. In Arizona, I was genuinely asked if matzo contains the blood of Christian children and I was expected to pay most of the time since “He’s a Jew, he’s got plenty”. In NOLA I was asked to leave a bar by patrons with swastika tattoos. In Colorado, at a conference (they were from NC, I picked up a “fan” who wanted to shout Nazi slogans and do the salute around me after they overheard me speaking Yiddish.

I’m so sorry you were attacked in NOLA, it’s absurd that we have to put up with this shit. I truly hope we can be free from this stupidity one day.

America is fucked up.

The second guy is way braver to put themselves out there like that, you go dude, enjoy yourself

Ain’t payin no $80 for no game

I hosted a German exchange student in 2006. She, along with the other Germans, were aghast when they saw us all stand for the pledge to the flag in homeroom every morning. They explained that they were (rightly) taught that this kind of behavior is the precursor to horrible, horrible things.

Me and the bf say “those are bedroom words”

Partly in jest, but while some could argue the slurs have been somewhat reclaimed, some people are understandably bothered by them being used casually and might have traumas about them being used against them. Soo I avoid using it without knowing how my current company feels about it.