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“The Goyim Know” | #TranslateHate

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“The Goyim Know”

meme \ t'hə 'g'i-əm 'nō \

: a catchphrase used to impersonate and mock Jews and the antisemitic conspiracy theories connected to them

WHY IT’S ANTISEMITIC:

“The Goyim Know,” sometimes followed by “Shut It Down,” is a popular antisemitic meme based on conspiracy theories of manipulative Jews with plans of world domination and in control of the media, economy, and governments.

Meme of a Hasidic Jewish man on a cellphone with the words "The Goyim Know...Shut It Down"
An example of the popular “The Goyim Know. Shut It Down.” meme.

Typically paired with offensive images of a stereotypical Jew talking on a phone or holding a shocked expression, this meme is widely used by white supremacists and other antisemites—on sites like 4chan and 8kun (formerly 8chan)—to mock a panicked Jew whose secret plot or manipulations have been revealed by non-Jewish people, or goyim.

While “goyim” is a term used by some Jews to refer to non- Jews, antisemites and white supremacists have weaponized the word to mock and accuse Jews of promoting a prejudiced support for their own clan.

As it spread online, “The Goyim Know” also made its way offline through an antisemitic song parody by the same name, as well as the phrase appearing on signs during the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Other manifestations of the far-right using “Goyim” to mock Jews are the Goyim Defense League (GDL) and GoyimTV.com.

 

 

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    • clannish
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    • control
    • cosmopolitan elite
    • cowardice
    • creatures
    • Deadly Exchange
    • deicide
    • dual loyalty
    • (((echo)))
    • “From the River to the Sea”
    • Globalist
    • “The Goyim Know”
    • Great Replacement
    • greed
    • Holocough
    • Holocaust denial / distortion
    • Illuminati
    • Jewish capitalist
    • Jewish communist
    • Jew down
    • Jewish features
    • Jewish figures
    • Jewish lightning
    • Jewish lobby
    • Judas/30 pieces of silver
    • Khazars
    • Kike
    • kosher tax
    • New World Order
    • “not the real Jews”
    • poisoning the well
    • Protocols of the Elders of Zion
    • QAnon
    • Rothschild
    • Satan
    • scapegoat
    • silencing
    • slavery / slave trade
    • smirking merchant
    • Soros
    • “Zionism is racism”
    • Zionist / “Zio”
    • Zionist Occupied Government

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