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Message: [QUOTE="Hans Sprungfeld, post: 3992248, member: 181"] Huh? I sought to affirm your essential point, and add that your relatively 'throwaway' turn of phrase might be regarded as unaware or insensitive by an altogether different population. And I attempted to do so in a way that didn't intend to be personally critical, or assume any bad motive for your using it. I don't understand the pronoun reference "that's" in your first sentence. I know you don't mean "funny" literally. I'm not sure what you'd expect or why. And your presumption of difficulty and reference to my "high horse" seem needlessly hostile. I suppose I could be a jerk and just respond with, "You're welcome," but to what advantage? Antisemitism is real, and it often attempts to hide under cover of plausible deniability, gaslighting, and mock innocence. I appreciate your having raised the issue seriously. I've also encountered genuine, non-culpable prior ignorance in phrases & behaviors used by people quite dear to me. In almost all of those cases, they resulted in a combination of initial embarrassment and ultimately gratutude for what I offered in response. I think you and I both know that this does not always apply. I'm sorry our comments mismatched, and open to untangling lines if you're interested. [/QUOTE]