[widowithfoursons]

No, the pundits have decided that all neo-cons are Jews. How they came up with that explanation, I cannot fathom. However, anything that smacks of anti-Semitism strikes me as weird. (BTW, Semite historically meant all peoples from that region). How did it come to mean Jews exclusively? Eph 6:12

[Alouette]

(BTW, Semite historically meant all peoples from that region). How did it come to mean Jews exclusively?

Anti-Semite does not mean "someone who is opposed to Semites." Get a dictionary.

[general_re]

BTW, Semite historically meant all peoples from that region). How did it come to mean Jews exclusively?

Because "Semite" really has two different meanings. The first is that the Semites are not an ethnic group, but a language group - people who speak the Hebrew or Arabic or Ethiopian languages (or Akkadian, Assyrian, Aramaic, Phoenician, and a host of other mostly extinct languages) are Semitic peoples. The other meaning of "Semite" is "descendant of Shem" - i.e., the Jews, who are descended from Shem through Abraham. So when people say "anti-semite" or "anti-semitic", they generally mean "Semite" in the second sense, and use it to mean "anti-Jew" or "anti-Jewish".

[wardaddy]

Because it was appropriated by 20th century media.

[xm177e2]

BTW, Semite historically meant all peoples from that region

Yes, but "anti-Semite" historically meant just people of Jewish descent (not necessarily the religion, but the ethnic component)

[Slings and Arrows]

The term "anti-Semitism" was coined by a German anti-Semite named Willhem Marr in the late 1800's. He felt that the current term - "Jew-hatred" - was not sophisticated enough. The meanings are identical, though.

[Sonny M]

Because if the media said "the jews run everything, and talked about the zionist cabal", there would be uproar, so they use the word "neo con", and say the same thing. Think of it this way,

Neo-con=Jew.

At least according to the media.