Oh, I'm well aware of that, Nutty. (and Auggie) Yes, it's been around for a very long time.

Still, I think the term "anti-semitism" has been overused, and used in an irresponsible way in recent historical times, and that that has backfired upon the very people who are most inclined to use it.

It has become a self-serving propaganda term, a knee-jerk reaction.

Look, suppose you have someone among a group of people. Let's call him "Ed". Ed is quite paranoid. This may be because his family had a tough time in the past or it may be for some other reasons. Anyway, here's the thing about Ed. He is constantly accusing people of not liking him, just because he IS who he is.

"You hate me, don't you?" Ed says to people. "Don't deny it. I know that deep down you hate me and would like to see me dead! Well, I'm not going to put up with it. I'm going to see that you don't get away with your hatred of me."

This goes on for years and years. Ed is so convinced that most people are against him that he is on constant guard, just watching for any sign of prejudice on their part. This makes it harder and harder for Ed to have friends. In fact, Ed has almost no friends by the time he reaches adulthood.

As time goes by, Ed notices that fewer and fewer people want to be anywhere near him. He notices that people are avoiding him, looking at him strangely, and they're not inviting him to their birthday parties. More evidence of rampant anti-Edism! Ed's paranoia grows by leaps and bounds, and he arms himself to the teeth, fearing an attack at any moment.

In the meantime, many of the people who live anywhere near Ed actually are starting to hate and fear him, since extreme negativity breeds extreme counter-negativity in most people. They start arming themselves also, fearing that Ed may go berserk and attack them. This causes Ed to grow even more fearful, so he decides the best thing to do might be to pre-emptively attack them first. In case it doesn't work out, he wires the whole neighborhood up to an atomic bomb which he can trigger at the last extremity..."If I go down, then they're all gonna go down with me!" Assuming Ed can find a girl willing to marry him, he will teach his kids to think the same way he does...

You can see where all this is going, can't you...

If anyone believes that their people are the world's number one most martyred and put-upon people EVER...then they are in the same position as ED...and they are creating their own personal hell.

I have seen this done in recent times by plenty of people: some Jews, some Native Americans, some blacks, some Muslims, the white supremacists and survivalists, the KKK, the Nazis, and so on.

It's not smart. It never helps. It makes enemies out of potential friends. It creates havoc. It is self-defeating in the end.