I’m a Jew and using that as a verb is absolutely antisemitic, as you say. It has no innocent etymology. The fact that people still use it doesn’t mean they don’t know what it means.
There is no comparison with employing neutral words.
I’m a Jew and using that as a verb is absolutely antisemitic, as you say. It has no innocent etymology. The fact that people still use it doesn’t mean they don’t know what it means.
There is no comparison with employing neutral words.