Stringsinger wrote, "As far as the "dreary old bromide" to insist that the term Semitic be applied to only Jewish people is prejudicial and racist."

Well, Frank, I know of no one here, nor at any place else I've heard or read, who has insisted that Semitic refers only to Jews. It doesn't and you know it! On the other hand, the terms "anti-Semite" and anti-Semitic has been the specific euphemism for anti-Jewish since the last quarter of the 19th century until very recently. The recent cooption of Palestineans and perhaps Arabs in general into that term has been by folks who wish to persuade the world that if one is on the side of Palestineans or Arabs then one cannot be an anti-Semite. That form of 'new speak' says a lot to me about the person who uses it, and defends their that usage--and what tells me is quite negative. We, at Mudcat, have had this discussion many times, and you've over over the past 10 or 12 years, and I believe you may have taken part in at least some of them.

Henceforth, I will consider your mal use of the term, or anyone else's, here, to be a priori proof of antisemitism against Jews and Israel, in its true meaning.

John