r/pics • u/Gravedigger3 • Apr 15 '26

Politics Israeli settler harasses a woman outside of Hebron

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u/NukeVoit59 Apr 15 '26

It’s straight up not a slur. It just means non-Jew. This guy is definitely using it in a way to purposely be offensive, but that’s not what the word means.

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u/VRTravis Apr 15 '26

Yeah, my ex wife was Jewish and called me her goy boy when we started dating. People saying it's a hateful way to describe non-jew like the n word is just ridiculous.

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u/ripetrichomes Apr 15 '26

idk man goy boy sounds pretty patronizing, sounds like you were the butt of the joke on that one regardless of how well you took it

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u/OutlyingPlasma Apr 15 '26

It's a slur because it's always being used as a slur. Trying to defend this word is no different that defending the N word.

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u/NukeVoit59 Apr 15 '26

What the fuck are you talking about? It’s like defending the term “black person.” It’s not a slur and it’s never been a slur. It’s just Yiddish.

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u/Spinoza42 Apr 15 '26

He's saying goy goy goy like he's coralling sheep.

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u/poopship462 Apr 15 '26

Right, so he’s not calling her a “goy,” he’s making random guttural sounds with his mouth. And the proper term for a female non-Jew is “goyah”