[Ads-l] _Sleepy Eyes_

Alice Faber afaber at PANIX.COM
Mon Apr 23 22:40:01 UTC 2018


On 4/23/18 6:14 PM, Arnold M. Zwicky wrote:
>> On Apr 23, 2018, at 2:19 PM, Andy Bach <afbach at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>
>> Nice overview of whether it's an actual anti-Semitic slur or just more
>> schoolyard stupidity, er, humor from the POTUS
>>
>> https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-is-trump-s-sleepy-eyes-nickname-for-chuck-todd-anti-semitic-1.6026628
> 
> like so many things these days, apparently behind a paywall.
> 

Here's a take on it that's probably more tendentious than Ha'aretz would 
be (I can't compare, because of the paywall). (Just in case anyone needs 
the warning, Jim's retired Navy, and his language can be, well, salty.)

https://www.facebook.com/Stonekettle/posts/1674128609289202

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