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(54,913 posts) Mon Oct 24, 2022, 03:27 PM Oct 2022

(Jewish Group) No, saying that someone "Jewed you down" is not a compliment

It’s astonishing to watch a politician reframe a centuries-old antisemitic trope on Jews and money as a compliment.

Michele Reynolds, a Republican running for a seat in Ohio’s competitive 3rd Senate District, which includes Columbus, used the phrase “Jew you down” in her self-published 2014 book.

“I learned from other cultures on how they spend their money. Have you ever heard the term ‘Jew you down?’ This culture has a reputation for not wasting resources,” Reynolds wrote.

Whew.

On Thursday, Jake Zuckerman, the Statehouse reporter for Cleveland.com, tweeted that quote, from “The Dreambiz Blueprint: 101 Business Tips on How to Operate Your Dream Business” by Reynolds, whose website identifies her as a third-generation business owner.

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(Jewish Group) No, saying that someone "Jewed you down" is not a compliment (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Oct 2022 OP

Due to the Jewish history of persecution, genocide and assorted mayhem, they learned to be thrifty peppertree Oct 2022 #1

Omg! This crap is so horrible. Lunabell Oct 2022 #2

peppertree

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1. Due to the Jewish history of persecution, genocide and assorted mayhem, they learned to be thrifty

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Mon Oct 24, 2022, 03:45 PM

Oct 2022

I'm part Jewish - and attribute my prudent spending habits to that (besides personal experience, naturally).

Would that more of us were thrifty, you know?

I know people (none of them Jewish) who splurge on video games, excess furniture, stupid improvements on their house - or worse, pilfer their money because they woke up one day and thought they could be the next day-trading sensation.

And some then turn around, and blame Biden for their money troubles.

Oy.

Lunabell

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2. Omg! This crap is so horrible.

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Mon Oct 24, 2022, 07:09 PM

Oct 2022

To my Jewish friends of all political persuasions, left and right, orthodoxed, conservative or reformed. I am so ashamed of my fellow Americans. This is why we must win! These christo-fascists are taking control of the narrative in schools across the nation. Teaching our kids to hate. I am so saddened by this. And angry. And just mortified.

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