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To: Fred25
"Jews are descendants of Isaac."

Incorrect. Esau was a son of Isaac. His descendents are not Jews. Jews are the heritage of Jacob.

"What the heck is a “neener-needer”??"

It's an American schoolyard colloquialism, which accurately describes the level of your debating acumen.

"You are using a narrow limited Zionist definition. Don’t call me names that you don’t understand the real definition of.

You are the one ignoring both the semantic origins of the word, "anti-semitism", and its meaning in commmon parlance.

(Which I take it you think is part of some Zionist media conspiracy. Allah akhbar! The infidels have even despoiled the dictionary!)

And the sole purpose of your having done so is so that you won't have to address the holes in your argument.

Tell me, do you understand the definition of the word "obtuse?"

18 posted on 10/20/2001 2:19:37 PM PDT by Sabertooth
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To: Sabertooth
I hate to see Fred25 go down this route. Particularly since I know you're correct absolutely correct on the origins of the term. I just did a google search on the following:

"anti-semite"

"first used"

Below is a cut and paste out of one of the referenced pages:

Anti-Semitism is a term applied only to the JEWS. It was first used in 1879 by the German agitator, Wilhelm Marr and it applied to the anti-Jewish campaigns in europe. "ANTI-SEMITISM" became a general useage term denoting hostitility towards the Jews throughout history. And, anti-Jewish hostility in antiquity occurred almost exclusively in countries which became part of the Roman Empire.

I have to go out, otherwise I'd do some searches on Marr. But this is correct. The term appeared out of thin air. I do know that by the time Hitler was a teenager it was the fashionable term applied to those that hated the poor Jews. Hitler was born in 1889.

19 posted on 10/20/2001 2:27:29 PM PDT by TKEman
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To: Sabertooth; Fred25
Oh, before I go, I challenge anyone to find extant references to the term "anti-semite" prior to 1879.
20 posted on 10/20/2001 2:30:48 PM PDT by TKEman
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To: Sabertooth
You are the one ignoring both the semantic origins of the word, "anti-semitism", and its meaning in commmon parlance.

Not everyone lives in New York or Sherman Oaks. Have you actually met any Arabs? Any Christian Arabs?

And the sole purpose of your having done so is so that you won't have to address the holes in your argument.

Say, aren’t you the person who said, “I'm well aware of what a Semite is, son of Ishmael”?

25 posted on 10/20/2001 2:52:28 PM PDT by Fred25
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