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I haven't seen anywhere what I was hoping to see ... so, I've taken the liberty to write it. I doubt you'll regret reading it.
1 posted on 03/10/2004 9:59:56 AM PST by gobucks
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"An anti-semite is no longer 'a person who hates Jews.' It has become 'a person who Jews hate.'"
2 posted on 03/10/2004 10:20:25 AM PST by presidio9 (FREE MARTHA)
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That's the dumbest article I've ever read. Just because liberals misuse words doesn't mean their original meaning is out the window and you can give them new meanings. (Yes, we all know the LEFT does this -- "Gay," "feminist," etc. -- but that doesn't make it right for us to do it. "Antisemitism" is a word with a problemmatic etymology because it literally means "opposed to Semites," a word which includes Arabs

When a leftist falsely accuses someone of "anti-semitism," they are lying about the person's motivations. They do mean to say that the person hates Jews. How you equate "semitism" with "legalism" is bizarre. Reideentifying anti-semitism with liberty is meaningless and will only cause a confusion that is deadly to the concept of liberty.

It's like deciding that the left is wrong when they call Bush a liar, so declaring that "liar" means "openly religious."

Meanwhile, "philosemite" used most commonly among conservatives to refer to those who love Israel, Zion, or the people through whom God bequeathed us scripture and Christ. There is a word already for what you mean, "Judaizer."
3 posted on 03/10/2004 10:26:38 AM PST by dangus
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I reject the notion that the Gospels are anti-Semitic.

As for the movie, I haven't seen it.

This "New Explanation" that someone posted, however, is nothing but hogwash.
15 posted on 03/10/2004 12:47:06 PM PST by rogueleader
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