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> I read somewhere recently that the jewfish had been renamed
> because the species' original name was supposedly offensive
> and anti-Semitic.
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> This aroused my curiosity. It seems to me that whether the
> original species name was actually offensive would depend on
> what perceived characteristic of Jewish people the fish was
> named for, and how typical that characteristic is in real life.
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> It naturally follows that even the if characteristic in question
> were unflattering, there'd be no grounds for objecting to it if
> it were true.
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> Any thoughts on this?
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