A prominent Israeli legal organization alleges the Canadian Museum for Human Rights is promoting a politically one-sided narrative.
  • acargitz@lemmy.ca
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    2 hours ago

    Two things are true at once:

    1. no people is Semitic (because the word applies to languages not to peoples)
    2. antisemitism is the hostility towards Jews as Jews (because words have meaning beyond their etymology, just like homophobia does not imply being scared of homosexuals)

    Otherwise, what, antisemism is the hostility towards speakers of Semitic languages? That’s just silly.

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      15 minutes ago

      Otherwise, what, antisemism is the hostility towards speakers of Semitic languages? That’s just silly.

      That’s the origin. It is silly, I agree.

      I’m not arguing that it doesn’t mean Jews now. I’m just saying it’s stupid.