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To: SJackson

"Semites" includes Moslems as well as Jews. People think Antisemitism is the same thing as Anti-Jewish. 'Tain't so.


5 posted on 11/08/2005 4:15:08 PM PST by Past Your Eyes (I'm just sitting here on the Group W bench.)
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To: Past Your Eyes
"Semites" includes Moslems as well as Jews. People think Antisemitism is the same thing as Anti-Jewish. 'Tain't so.

Antisemitism has nothing at all to do with "semites". It's a term coined by a 19th century German politician, Wilhelm Marr, for the name of his political party, with the specific meaning of Jew hatred.

8 posted on 11/08/2005 4:22:47 PM PST by SJackson (God isn`t dead. We just can`t talk to Him in the classroom anymore, R Reagan.)
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To: Past Your Eyes

Stop splitting hairs. We know what it means in this particular context. How many anti Semites hate Arabs? Nearly none of them do.


10 posted on 11/08/2005 4:26:40 PM PST by GOP_1900AD (Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
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To: Past Your Eyes

"Anti-Semite" is not the opposite of "Semite."


14 posted on 11/08/2005 5:58:49 PM PST by Alouette (Gaza: Too small to be a country, too large to be an insane asylum.)
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To: Past Your Eyes
"Semites" includes Moslems as well as Jews. People think Antisemitism is the same thing as Anti-Jewish. 'Tain't so.

Well race does not include Asian or Hispanics.. But the word has evolved with common usage. Same for antisemitism.
27 posted on 11/08/2005 9:14:04 PM PST by newfarm4000n (God Bless America and God Bless Freedom)
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