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I'm not sure labels like that mean much at all at this point. It was Shem, Ham and who?
I'm not sure labels like that mean much at all at this point. It was Shem, Ham and who?
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@LeopoldBloom Maybe Arabs, but there are an awful lot of Muslims these days who probably don't classify genetically, assuming there is anything to the Bible that can be genetically verified.
I get the historical stuff about the Anti-Semitism label and how it was invented, but I'll be damned if the whole mess doesnt point out how arbitrary language is, and how wrapped up it is in politics and human experience.
I get the historical stuff about the Anti-Semitism label and how it was invented, but I'll be damned if the whole mess doesnt point out how arbitrary language is, and how wrapped up it is in politics and human experience.
LeopoldBloom · M
@MistyCee Words take on colloquial meanings. It's possible for Arabs to be antisemitic if they hate Jews, and the fact that they are semitic themselves isn't relevant. Same with "homophobia" literally meaning "fear of things that are the same" when its popular definition is very different.
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Ynotisay · M
I think they're pretty interchangeable. You could say that anti-Jewish is standing against the religion and Antisemetism is the overall perception of Jews. But they're sort of one in the same.
meJess · F
One is based on a people the other on a religion I think. Not sure it makes any difference in practice.
Iwantyourhotwife · 22-25
Semite is not a synonym for Jew, I think
I'm quite sure you can be a non-Jewish semite
I'm quite sure you can be a non-Jewish semite
DrSunnyTheSkeptic · 26-30, M
One hates semi trucks, other one hates yarmulkes
Same thing different word
ViciDraco · 36-40, M
That's pretty much the same.