@leila also: how many fantasy & sci fi stories have extraordinarily offensive races that are obviously Jewish people?
@bulkington Including Tolkien's dwarves, yeah, it's gross 😒
@leila Harry Potter's goblins are egregious. As are the Ferengi in Star Trek.
@NightRose @bulkington I definitely read a heavy-handed critique of yuppie capitalists, but I also found them full of antisemitic stereotypes. I read that Armin Shimmerman gave an interview where he insisted that Ferengi read as Jewish in America, Irish in the UK, and so on, but I'm not sure I buy it.
@bulkington @leila @NightRose I'm pretty sure there are some older gender stereotypes that involve Jewish men seducing away our young women that could tie into the "naked feeeemales" thing
@robotcarsley @leila @NightRose not going to link hate material, but they've got the energy of the "Merchant" comic / meme.
@bulkington @leila I mean, I'm Jewish, and perhaps it's the rose colored glasses of youth, but I'm not sure I see it...
@leila @NightRose and then there's Watto from Star Wars ep. 1....
@bulkington @leila yeah no argument there.. that was... yikes.
@leila @NightRose Jewish people I knew certainly saw the tropes.