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Thread #153638   Message #3607208
Posted By: GUEST,CS
04-Mar-14 - 02:58 PM
Thread Name: BS: BDS of Israel 'Gathering Weight.'
Subject: RE: BS: BDS of Israel 'Gathering Weight.'
On learning about Semitic races, I now tend to find the phrase "anti-Semitic" to be a somewhat divisive and obfuscatory creation, though I will use it where precedent demands.

I realise that it has *become* the term meaning "anti-Jewish" but nevertheless I think - considering the word Semite applies to a much broader race of people other than those of the Jewish religion - it would be preferable if it hadn't been adopted, and I also think it would be better if phased out.

I also think intentionally provocative analogues with Nazi Germany are unhelpful, as they can only generate greater intransigence and reaction from those who will be inflamed by such a comparison. A better contemporary equivalence would be South Africa IMO.