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I watched the clip online and did not find it funny. I am not Jewish but felt it was hostile towards them. I did not watch the whole episode so it was seen out of context.

Comment by not on 12/23/08 at 6:06 am

The phrase that struck me is that “right now there are an uncomfortably unfunny number of people who believe such canards.”

What do mean ‘right now’ [in context of Madoff scandal]? If you said ‘struck me right now etc.’ it works but that is not what you are saying. Do you honestly think that anyone who didn’t think so yesterday thinks so today? Most days you are just not aware of them and dismiss them as cranks. The episode aired in October of 2005, what Jewish issue was going on then if any? Right now these people believe all kinds of things abut Jews, and they are illuminated by events one by one.

In a way, being Madoff-like is one of the more benign of the canards. But as I have pointed out, just by the numbers most people have never met a Jew, don’t know any Jews (at least not as Jews, and have not been directly impacted by Jews or things Jewish. Their image of Jews originating from such sources as this and the like is as accurate as my image of the real nature of Santa’s elves.

Comment by Ben Plonie on 12/24/08 at 5:32 pm

No, no. What I meant was it “struck me right now” in light of the unbelievable anti-Semitic vomit that has been spewed since Madoff’s arrest. Not that these sentiments aren’t deep rooted and always present for many people but, because I don’t subscribe to the Vanguard News Network RSS, I often forget about its pervasiveness.

Comment by Brad A. Greenberg on 12/24/08 at 5:37 pm

OK, I’ll take your word for it. The fact that ‘right now’ was a link to the Madoff story seemed to point to a context.

As for pervasiveness, you just have to be around the corner hearing two non-Jews throw in a ‘Jew’ joke or putdown when they don’t know you are around.

Comment by Ben Plonie on 12/24/08 at 10:13 pm

Sadly, plenty of my non-Jewish friends have no problem making those “jokes” to my face.

Comment by Brad A. Greenberg on 12/24/08 at 11:01 pm

A very great compliment. It means they think you are a ‘good’ Jew who knows his place, not, you know, uppity.

Comment by Ben Plonie on 12/25/08 at 2:23 am

In the Jewish Conference on The WeLL  we’re also discussing this sort of casual anti-Semitic remark and possible responses thereto.

One guy said he had perfected, after many years,  the best response:

“Did you learn to talk like that in church or at home?”

Comment by The Web Guy on 12/25/08 at 2:49 am

I didn’t know Madoff was a Jew.  sorry!

Comment by jasno on 12/26/08 at 2:38 am

well the irony is that the producers and writers of south park are jewish! no chrisitan in this politically correct world would make such jokes in fun or otherwise - and no one believes such nonsense. however, bernie madoff and all those crooked wall street execs who have jewish names don’t help matters - even though they are a very tiny minority with the vast majority being patriotic and who don’t think of themselves and are adverse to doing harm to other Americans regardless of background. Same is true for nearly every ‘segment’ or group in society - there is the good and unfortunately the bad.

Comment by Jeff on 1/09/09 at 11:34 am

Matt Stone is a Jew with a great sense of humor.

Comment by HK on 4/10/12 at 11:11 am

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