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Thread #39117   Message #554676
Posted By: Lepus Rex
20-Sep-01 - 03:27 AM
Thread Name: Anti-semitic and inflammatory editorial
Subject: RE: Anti-semitic and inflammatory editorial
Well, JH, you ARE in the same pot. Hebrew, Arabic, Aramaic, Amharic, etc. are all Semitic languages, as other have already pointed out.

When I say 'anti-Semitic,' it's like the title of this thread, applying to the specific Semitic group that is the focus of the anti-Semitism. It doesn't make sense to use such a broad term for just one group of Semitic people. It's like using 'anti-germanic' to single out the Icelanders. Just because the 'anti-Jewish' definition of 'anti-Semitic' is POPULAR doesn't make it correct. :)

I use 'anti-Jewish' or 'anti-Judaic,' myself.

---Lepus Rex