You don't. **** this PC shit. You didn't say you hate Jews. You like Joe for **** sake. They sound like super uptight people. **** em.
OP all you can do is offer a sincere apology and hope that you can start over with them.
I remember when I had a similar experience. I used to work in a mall as a manager at Spencers and one Sunday, this Asian guy that managed the dollar store in the mall came up to me while I was straightening a display and asked if we could break a $20 bill because his store was out of small bills (bank was closed). I had just watched an episode of Robot Chicken the night before where they had an Asian dude screaming "You want MIRRION DORRAH???!!" and that shit popped into my head (we're all a LITTLE racist, whether we want to be or not) and so then I walked up to my associate with him and said "hey Tim, can you give him change for twenty dorrah." It totally slipped. I didn't even realize until it was too late.
I just pretended like it didn't happen and hoped the guy didn't notice, but there's just no ****ing way he didn't catch it... :nonono:
Don't ever talk to strangers while thinking of blatantly offensive TV shows like that...
So a new couple is looking for a home in the neighborhood. Seem like super nice folks in their mid to late 50's. They're from Miami. They want to know all about the neighborhood. We have a solid 20 minute discussion about how quiet it is and all the pros and cons of living there. They seem really interested in purchasing the home. They actually had met the guy down the street already and he was the one that told them about the neighborhood. They look toward his house and the wife says, "I see Joe has an Israeli flag." My first thought is to say, "yeah. He's Jewish, but doesn't act like one." I don't even know what the #### I meant by that or why I said it. I think I thought for some reason that flag might have been a put off for her, and was going to try to put out that fire. I had already told them I had known Joe for a long time and he was a really good dude.
The wife turns quickly away. Like what you do when you cringe that someone says something that makes go, "yikes!" The husband gets on another subject quickly. I almost instantly realize that these people are from Miami and it has a fairly large Jewish population, and there is at least a fair chance they are Jewish. If I could have put my foot in my mouth right then I would have. I jump right off the subject with them and try to act like it never happened. I didn't think it wise to dwell on it or try to explain what I was trying to say. We talk for another 10 minutes or so. But it bothered me all night. I don't want them to think I'm some kind of anti-semitic asshole.
No recovering from that, OP. Especially if they are Jewish! You're on a controlled flight into terrain. Any attempts to recover are just going to put you into a flat spin. Just let that situation be a lesson that you can't just let anything come flying out of your mouth. People do have feelings and you never know what's going to offend someone. When in doubt, keep your thoughts to yourself.
It's just like pot. Smoke a little and the next thing you know you're performing sexual favors for a rock. Let a little anti-Semitic slur slip out and before you know it you've sprouted a little mustache.
Wow...yeah, there's no recovering from that one.
What a complete crock of PC thought police horseshit. :xpl:
More proof America is well on its way to complete pussification.
So, if you say something offensive to someone's face and they beat the crap out of you on the spot, would you just let it slide or would you want to call the cops and go to court?
I do nazi the problem here.
Being offended over words is about as weak as you can get. If your brains natural response to the stimulus of various words or gestures is violence, then you probably have a few misfiring neurons in the medulla oblongata. Sticks and stones bro.
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That didn't answer my question. So I'll ask again. If you say something offensive to someone and they beat the crap out of you on the spot, are you going to take it and move on or are you going to call the cops and go to court?
That didn't answer my question. So I'll ask again. If you say something offensive to someone and they beat the crap out of you on the spot, are you going to take it and move on or are you going to call the cops and go to court?
Are you trying to justify assault?
Looks more like he was asking a question.
That still hasn't been answered....