Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of harrying or persecuting Jews.
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Examples
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This is absolutely race-baiting (or "jew-baiting," if people think that religion and race can be separated in cases of anti-semitism).
Nasty Attack Ad Hits Jewish Dem Congressman For Visiting "Our Churches" 2009
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I'd hesitate to call that "precisely" -- whatever "jew-baiting" is, it probably in its most "precise" form includes an actual reference to Judaism. if you want to see "precisely" what jew-baiting is, the washington post had an example in february:
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What's been lost in all the jew-baiting hubbub is what a truly reactionary position Tinker staked out with this ad.
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It's hilarious, though, how clear it is to people when it's jew-baiting from a black person, but how ambiguous it is when it's race-baiting from the Clintons and their supporters.
Nasty Attack Ad Hits Jewish Dem Congressman For Visiting "Our Churches" 2009
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Well good, with Wednesday rolling around, I wanted her to have another bad press day, and jew-baiting seems like a nifty way to start.
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[W] hatever "jew-baiting" is, it probably in its most "precise" form includes an actual reference to Judaism.
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| Reply | Permalink not really, no. "jew-baiting" and "anti-semite" are pretty charged phrases, and expressing the sentiment that "all non-Baptists suck" doesn't, to me, rise to that level.
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He doesn't se it as jew-baiting, but, again, simple race-baiting.
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Isn't this friggin blog post about jew-baiting and race?
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It is lazy journalism at best, and racism and blatant attempts at jew-baiting at worst.
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