Surprisingly literate for Trump. Unsurprisingly offensive. But at least he was only antisemitic and not critical of Israel's policies.

I always thought "shylock" was a Jewish slang term for a private detective.

No idea why or where it came from, but I'm glad I've never felt the need to use it.

I learned about this slur the last time Trump said it at a rally.

If there's a slur you haven't heard of before, you can count on Trump to teach it to you!

It's kind of one of those old-timey ones. I think I'd hear old farts saying that one was I was real little and my parents just told me it was thought of as antisemitic at that time (this was the 1970s). I remember a teacher explaining the same thing in sixth grade, IIRC. The old farts I'd hear saying that one, would be the same types that would not think twice about saying how someone "jewed them down" on a price negotiation. It's one thing not to know the Shylock connection, but using Jew as a verb is quite another.

They'd also say things like someone "gypped" them, but that one stuck around for a lot longer in mixed company, JFC. I think part of the reason is that there are very few Gypsies in the USA and a lot of people honestly didn't really make the connection between that term and the people.

Now is a good time to start reading more Shakespeare. The Merchant of Venice is actually pretty good.

It has indeed been tiring to read a slight variation of basically the same headline so often.

Just so you know, it's actually fait accompli deriving from french, meaning an accomplished fact. Or maybe that was autocorrect on your end.

I don't think that's the problem. The problem is that they equate antizionism with antisemitism.