[dangus]

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."

[gobucks]

Just because liberals misuse words doesn't mean their original meaning is out the window and you can give them new meanings.

Sounds a LOT like words a leftist would love reading. You validated my article w/ this post, totally. But, given that its 'dumb', in accordance with your perceptive, insightful, wisdom, one wonders why you responded at all.

[Mamzelle]

re: There is a word already for what you mean, "Judaizer.")))

I've seen this term many times, have looked up the meaning and still been confused. What exactly does this term mean?

Why I want to know--Presently I am reading a book on the Spanish Inquisition, and many of those persecuted were "conversos"--Jews who got baptized to try to appease the Catholic authorities, not completely forced but certainly harshly encouraged. I see the term "judaizing" in this book, and it is used in an idiomatic way that eludes the dictionary's help.

[SJackson]

Just because liberals misuse words doesn't mean their original meaning is out the window and you can give them new meanings.

Hope you didn't mean things like

"An anti-semite is no longer 'a person who hates Jews.' It has become 'a person who Jews hate.'"

That comes from a first rate Holocaust denier, I wouldn't slander liberals with that accusation.

[veronica]

"Antisemitism" is a word with a problemmatic etymology because it literally means "opposed to Semites," a word which includes Arabs.

Wrong. It's in every dictionary. I'll help you out. :)

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

One entry found for anti-Semitism.

Main Entry: an·ti-Sem·i·tism Pronunciation: "an-ti-'se-m&-"ti-z&m, "an-"tI- Function: noun : hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group - an·ti-Se·mit·ic /-s&-'mi-tik/ adjective - an·ti-Sem·ite /-'se-"mIt/ noun

There ya' go...