Ukraine okays ‘zhyd’ slur for Jews

[aviv]

Right-wing parliamentarian was challenged for using the term to disparage actress Mila Kunis

Comments

[mycenaes]

ugh. >:(

[oudeteron]

Even if their point about the word being ~just dated~ were defensible (which it is not), they kind of lose any alibi of just calling her that because they're being "old-fashioned" if the sentence quoted in the article is all about excluding her.

And using decontextualized dictionary definitions to "prove" something is such a staple of bigoted demagogy I can't even.

[suzycat]

This is a very good response.

[anjak_j]

Awesome comment. =)

[bmh4d0k3n]

Man, Ukraine has been fucking up lately. As someone with Ukrainian heritage, I am disappoint.

Bloody hell,

[papasha_mueller]

when people stop being idiots?
Zhyd is Polish, too.
http://en.bab.la/dictionary/polish-english/%C5%BCyd

Re: Bloody hell,

[astragalizo]

but it's not a slur in Polish, it's the default neutral word for a Jewish person.

Rubbish.

[papasha_mueller]

It's an old slavic word. Originally coming from Poland, actually.
Smth between 1000-1500 A.D.

https://www.google.com/search?q=polish+%C5%BByd+antisemitism

no u

[astragalizo]

Do you understand what a *slur* means? I'm not saying that the word does not occur in the Polish language, obviously it does. But it has no negative connotations whatsoever, unlike in Ukrainian.

Is that so hard to grasp?

[ultraelectric]

Ugh, just disgusting. You'd think these people would have better things to do with their time than be bigots and whatnot.

Also, I slightly freaked out for a second when I seen "Svoboda" I thought it was my last name at first and I was like eww, dnw anymore, but nm. :3