• SalmiakDragon@feddit.nu
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    3 months ago

    Critiques word use

    Cites a different word

    I’ll just copy-paste my earlier comment:

    That’s not what antisemite means, as you should well know:

    Antisemitism (Wikipedia):

    Antisemitism or Jew-hatred is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who harbours it is called an antisemite.

    Languge doesn’t always make perfect logical sense.

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      3 months ago

      In order to divert the discussion away from the injustices of the occupation, the Israeli government now defines any person or organization who criticizes their policies as an anti-Semite.

      While the word was coined by a racist German it never made any sense considering it is just adding anti to semitism.

      It reminds me of a person who would misclassify what Antifa means to support government censorship.

      You are right, language is interesting. Personally, I don’t use propaganda from oppressive regimes, but to each their own.