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1. Ardainian Hebrew Israelite (ardainianright@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 01:49:44 JST Ardainian Hebrew Israelite
   https://twitter.com/myrrlyn/status/1748201602769391807
   Watto could be a racist caricature of literally any Middle Eastern or Southern European group, that's the brilliance of him.
   • Ardainian Hebrew Israelite (ardainianright@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 02:10:38 JST Ardainian Hebrew Israelite

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     • Cleisthenes
     @Cleisthenes
     Goblin bankers are unambiguously Jewish, not Arab or Greek or Italian like Watto could plausibly be.
   • Cleisthenes (cleisthenes@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 02:10:39 JST Cleisthenes

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     @ArdainianRight its what makes the goblin bankers so funny in Harry Potter
   • Martian Venator (martianvenator@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 11:26:08 JST Martian Venator

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     @ArdainianRight Weirdly, lefties at the time did complain about the Nemoidians' chinky accents and Jar Jar's supposed cooning but I don't remember anyone saying anything about Watto.
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   • givenup (givenup@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 11:26:10 JST givenup

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     • Martian Venator
     @martianvenator @ArdainianRight i like to think he's a jew, cuz he has a long nose.
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   • Ardainian Hebrew Israelite (ardainianright@detroitriotcity.com)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 11:27:08 JST Ardainian Hebrew Israelite

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     • Martian Venator
     • givenup
     @givenup @martianvenator
     Arabs also have large noses, are slavers, and are sleazy, unwashed con artists.
   • Martian Venator (martianvenator@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 21-Jan-2024 00:40:37 JST Martian Venator

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     • givenup
     @ArdainianRight @givenup Yeah, I have to admit when I first saw the film I read Watto as "generic dago."
     
     We didn't have jews where I lived so I didn't make the connection.
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