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The KKK taught today’s anti-Zionists their favorite slur.

JL;DR SUMMARY Matt Field examines the slur "Zio," which has resurfaced in modern discourse, particularly among anti-Zionists, without awareness of its origins as a term propagated by white supremacists like David Duke. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityZionismRacismWhite SupremacySlursOnline DiscourseDavid DukeFar LeftZio

Places mentioned

Binghamton, New York, United States
"The compounded use of Zio as an insult is first recorded in the 1990 edition of the American Jewish Year Book, which cites graffiti at Binghamton University in New York that paired Zionazi with Kill Kikes on campus walls."
United Kingdom
"It surfaced in campus organizing, anti-globalization protests, online anti-Israel forums, and eventually inside the British Labour Partys activist circles."

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