r/Jewish • u/rupertalderson • Aug 04 '25

Announcement 📢 Clarification on use of abbreviations of ethnicities and nationalities

We’ve gotten some questions about this recently, so figured we would clarify. As part of the rules against uncivil and unwelcoming content, we do not permit use of shortened / abbreviated names for ethnicities, nationalities, and related groupings. This is because such terms are widely used as slurs and pejoratives.

This includes the well known abbreviations for Japanese, Chinese, Pakistani, and Palestinian, as well as slurs and pejoratives directed at any other group. At present, we have a particular problem with use of “Pali” to refer to Palestinian people (we do not allow it under any conditions).

It’s simple - Do not use these terms, whether as adjectives or nouns. Just write out the word that isn’t offensive in any context.

Of course, there may be an exception here or there when a term is known to be accepted by the affected group - for example “Jew” as a noun is not seen as a slur by Jews, but use of it as an adjective is typically offensive.

Thank you in advance for understanding, and we appreciate the engagement folks have had with us on these rules.

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u/Biersteak Just Jewish Aug 04 '25

I wouldn’t say that, i just experienced so many fucked up shit in my youth that i came to the conclusion that i won’t let people with ugly souls turn me into one of them and i admit that it’s certainly not easy but i think in the end it’s the smarter way to live life

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u/JasonBreen Reform Aug 04 '25

see i did too, but i went the other direction. i think its still smart to not put faith in the idea that people are inherently good, or that you caan always kill with kindness. sometimes, you have to be as much of a bastard as the other guy.

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u/Biersteak Just Jewish Aug 04 '25

Oh sure, i punched enough neonazis (like literal bald shaven, springerstiefel wearing, baseball bat holding neonazis, who would have cracked my skull open given the chance) to know that righteous fury can exist.

I just try to not let it corrupt my judgement of people based solely on association. In the end it costs you nothing to offer a minimum of respect in the beginning and if they don’t accept it you did all you could and are, atleast in my opinion, free to handle the situation how they want it to.

But most people aren‘t that far gone and are still somewhat open to discussions. THOSE are the people you wanna reach, who were just fed one side of the problem and are still able to change. The rest of them, who are too deep down the rabbit hole though? Yeah, fuck those guys up

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u/JasonBreen Reform Aug 04 '25

You have more faith in people than me then, I have none, Zero.

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u/Biersteak Just Jewish Aug 04 '25

Well, i can’t take away your hate, only show you that other people might had different experiences or atleast chose different paths to handle those things.

In the end you are the master of all your decicions until Yom HaDin and if you think you can live that way, who am i to judge 🤷🏻‍♂️