Square/rectangle thing
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Semites
Semite is an ethnic term, anyone can convert to Judaism, it doesn’t magically change their ethnicity.
But words are defined how we use them. So we end up with the nonsense right now where Europeans are genociding Semites, but people get called anti-Semitic by the genociders for calling it a genocide.
It’s all intentional too, fascists always use ass backwards language like this to obfuscate what they’re doing.
Like how the Anti-Defamation League is running around advocating for genocide.
Or how conservatives in America always say they’re pro-family or other dumb shit.
It’s usually pretty easy to tell when someone’s fallen for it, their nationalism is usually so bad that they can’t say a single bad thing about their own government.
Definitely couldn’t admit to an active genocide. They’d come up with some bullshit to downplay it
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
No, it refers to hatred and persecution of semites.
It says so right in the fucking word.
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Words have roots and meanings, and historical context. The term antisemitism (or Anti-Semitism) does and has always referred exclusively to hatred and persecution toward Jews. Swearing and stomping your feet about it will not change that.
I’ve already provided a link to the definition. You are welcome to consult Wikipedia, Oxford, Cambridge, or any other credible dictionary of the English language and you will find the same. It’s under “A”