I still find it odd that the Jews are the only persecuted group in modern history (as far as I know) to get a special word, "anti-semitism", coined with which to mark anyone who, say, disagrees with the state of Israel's policies in some way.

Why don't Blacks, Canadians, Germans, Australian Aboriginals, Tibetans, Armenians, Kurds, Sunnis, Shias, Swiss, Norwegians, Belgians, Chinese, Russians, topless dancers, red-haired people, dachshunds, dentists, and Newfoundlanders get their own special words with which to brand all people who disagree with them?

If we Canadians, for example, had such a special word as "anti-semitism" which we could regularly use in the press and movies to single out and vilify any people who appear to be disagreeing with us about policy (or anything else), then we would be able to destroy political careers and ruin people's professional reputations much more easily, and that would give us greater power all over the place.

On second thought...forget it. We'd probably just end up surrounded by implacable enemies eventually.