like one of the only (bullshit) arguments the Zionists have is that opposition to Israel equates to antisemitism (not true), but from what i understand, the “Semitic family” includes both Jews and Arabs, but i am potentially very wrong about this.

also i guess even if it is true, it’s not a very good “gotcha” since it misses the point and truth doesn’t matter to genocidal swine

  • ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]English
    1•2 years ago

    Yes but also no. Arabs are also Semitic peoples, but the word “antisemitic” was created specifically to refer to hatred of Jews (I think by a 19th century white nationalist). So racism against Arabs is anti-Semitic, but isn’t antisemitism.

  • WhyEssEff [she/her]English
    33•2 years ago

    words mean what people use them as. antisemitic is used primarily to describe antijudaism shrug-outta-hecks

  • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]English
    1•2 years ago

    This is literally the type of argument I’d see in a boomer comic shared by a 60 year old deeply Christian liberal gay Black man with bipolar disorder living in Tennessee. “Antisemitic” means “anti-Jewish”. That is how the word is used by most people, so that is what the word means.

    That aside, the Semitic languages also include several other languages, including a number of languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea.

  • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]English
    13•2 years ago

    This is literally the type of argument I’d see in a boomer comic shared by a 60 year old deeply religious liberal gay Black man with bipolar disorder living in Tennessee. “Antisemitic” means “anti-Jewish”. That is how the word is used by most people, so that is what the word means.

    That aside, the Semitic languages also include several other languages, including a number of languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea.