[Avodah] reactionary takanos and gezeiros

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 06:41:27PM -0400, Sholom Simon via Avodah wrote:
: An example, actually, just came to mind as I was typing this: when
: American changed from the noun of "frankfurter" to "hot dog" during WW-I.
: (Or, "freedom fries". Uggh).

Given the nature of America, thix is going to be rare. I would have
recommended looking to European examples, but recently Europe has taken
to bending over backwards to be welcoming rather than to preserve their
national ethnicity.

I think this topic has become non-PC. Nationalism is even a dirty word
in some circles; viewed as faschism, or fascism-lite.

You might disagree, or not, but can we take this any further without
running afoul of rules about discussing politics?

But I hope that at least relating the two topics will provide something
to think about.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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