Kasso on Nostr: It's so weird how often the word 'antisemite' is misused nowadays. The word ...
It's so weird how often the word 'antisemite' is misused nowadays.
The word 'antisemite' contains 'anti' and 'Semite'.
'Anti' means: a person who is opposed to something.
'Semite' is a name given in the 19th century to a member of any people who speak one of the Semitic languages, a family of languages spoken primarily in parts of western Asia and Africa. The term therefore came to include Arabs, Akkadians, Canaanites, Hebrews, some Ethiopians (including the Amhara and the Tigrayans), and Aramaean tribes.
So, despite of how Jewish people frequently call someone else an antisemite when they feel criticized, there is nothing exclusive about them being a Semite. It's just the person that speaks the language (Hebrew) that they are using in the middle east among other specific languages common in that area. And yes, that includes Muslims too that speak Arabic.
If You ever get called out by someone stating that You are an Antisemite, You can point this out.
Even any Rabbi has no other choice than confirm this. 😉
The word 'antisemite' contains 'anti' and 'Semite'.
'Anti' means: a person who is opposed to something.
'Semite' is a name given in the 19th century to a member of any people who speak one of the Semitic languages, a family of languages spoken primarily in parts of western Asia and Africa. The term therefore came to include Arabs, Akkadians, Canaanites, Hebrews, some Ethiopians (including the Amhara and the Tigrayans), and Aramaean tribes.
So, despite of how Jewish people frequently call someone else an antisemite when they feel criticized, there is nothing exclusive about them being a Semite. It's just the person that speaks the language (Hebrew) that they are using in the middle east among other specific languages common in that area. And yes, that includes Muslims too that speak Arabic.
If You ever get called out by someone stating that You are an Antisemite, You can point this out.
Even any Rabbi has no other choice than confirm this. 😉