"#Representative #JaredMoskowitz, a #Jewish #Democrat from #Florida, has received a surge of #antisemitic #deaththreats and hateful voicemails at his #congressional office, including calls to “kill all the #Jews,” according to recordings shared with media outlets.

#Moskowitz, who represents Florida’s 23rd Congressional District, publicized several of the messages this week amid what he and Jewish advocacy groups describe as a persistent rise in antisemitism. The voicemails, reviewed by outlets including CNN, TMZ and JNS, feature repeated #slurs, #Holocaust references, #conspiracy theories about Jews and #Israel, and personal #threats against the 'congressman.

A spokesman for Moskowitz told JNS that the recordings represent a small sample from the past six months. “These voicemails were from the last six months and represent a small sample size of the hateful voicemails the office receives,” the spokesman said."

https://vinnews.com/2026/05/17/jewish-florida-congressman-jared-moskowitz-receives-surge-of-antisemitic-death-threats/

Jewish Florida Congressman Jared Moskowitz Receives Surge of Antisemitic Death Threats | VINnews

For more on "bitch", see Michael Adams's 5-part "How I Met Your Mother: The bitch chronicles" https://stronglang.wordpress.com/tag/how-i-met-your-mother/
and other "bitch"-related posts in the Strong Language archives https://stronglang.wordpress.com/category/bitch/

#slurs #bitch #language #linguistics

How I Met Your Mother – Strong Language

Posts about How I Met Your Mother written by Stan Carey and Michael Adams

Strong Language

"'Bad' words can be retrained." Linguist Karen Stollznow on the complex history of "bitch":
https://aeon.co/essays/what-the-evolution-of-bitch-says-about-gender-and-power

#etymology #slurs #words #bitch #language #linguistics #history

Drunk driver pleads guilty, admits he stole mom’s BMWs, killed friend, hurled slurs at first responders
Over an eight-month period Kane Burrows, 19, stole two BMWs from his mother, drove drunk, crashed twice, killed a friend and hurled slurs at first responders who tried to help him, a Calgary judge heard during the offender’s guilty plea Friday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/kane-burrows-drunk-driver-crash-killed-friend-guilty-plea-9.7128043?cmp=rss
Drunk driver pleads guilty, admits he stole mom’s BMWs, killed friend, hurled slurs at first responders
Over an eight-month period Kane Burrows, 19, stole two BMWs from his mother, drove drunk, crashed twice, killed a friend and hurled slurs at first responders who tried to help him, a Calgary judge heard during the offender’s guilty plea Friday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/kane-burrows-drunk-driver-crash-killed-friend-guilty-plea-9.7128043?cmp=rss

He stares me down and screams, “I think you’re a fag.”
And I freeze.
Of course I freeze. That word has history.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/words-for-gay-can-either-shame-or-shield-509e3e8a0ddb

#LGBTQ #Gay #ChildhoodMemories #Memoir #Slurs

Words for “Gay” Can Either Shame or Shield

When I heard the slurs, I froze. Then something special happened.

Medium

John Davidson: "Tourette’s can make my body or voice do things I don’t mean, and sometimes those tics land on the worst possible words."
https://variety.com/2026/film/awards/john-davidson-tourettes-tics-bafta-n-word-interview-1236671850/

#Tourettes #JohnDavidson #BAFTA #BAFTAs #slurs #ISwear

John Davidson Explains Tourettes Tics in Interview After BAFTA N-Word

John Davidson's explains Tourette's tics and the BAFTA N-word incident in his first exclusive interview with Variety.

Variety

NHL player hurls antigay slur during Olympics hockey match

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/sports/nhl-player-antigay-slur-olympics

Transgender Chicago Cubs employee accuses coworkers of assaulting her in lawsuit

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/chiacgo-cubs-transgender-employee-lawsuit