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[Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee]

[igotthisguitar]

[Justin Hale]

Good God, here he goes again, same old topic, same old arm-waving. This board contains some of the most pathetic riff-raff ever to have graduated from a Western university and does nothing to dispel my notion that those folks in hagwons are naught but filth, by and large.

Once again, IGTG, here's the dictionary definition of antisemitism: discrimination against or prejudice or hostility toward Jews [Origin: 1880�85].

Here are the possible meanings of semite:

1. a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
2. a Jew.
3. a member of any of the peoples descended from Shem, the eldest son of Noah.

Here's the dictionary definition of anti-Americanism: opposed or hostile to the United States of America, its people, its principles, or its policies.

Here are the possible meanings of American:

1. of or pertaining to the United States of America or its inhabitants: an American citizen.
2. of or pertaining to North or South America; of the Western Hemisphere: the American continents.
3. of or pertaining to the aboriginal Indians of North and South America, usually excluding the Eskimos, regarded as being of Asian ancestry and marked generally by reddish to brownish skin, black hair, dark eyes, and prominent cheekbones.

So, to be anti-American is not to be anti-Canadian nor anti-Mexican. To be antisemitic is not to be anti-Arab, anti-anything but anti-Jewish. Why should we all overthrow the meanings of words just to satisfy fringe, unemployable, dope-smoking UFO freaks?

In short, your point is an absolute joke of a point and every time I whup your ass on this topic, you come back with more of the exact same, a memory problem likely the result of excessive alcohol and cannabis-use.

[igotthisguitar]

[Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee]

About half of israel's population aren't directly from the mideast . But Igotthisguitar is trying to make the case they made up the expression to gain sympathy when you he must know by now that the expression was made up by someone who was anti Jewish as not something to be ashamed of but as something to be proud of.

Like "anti communist". "anti drug". "anti corruption".

It maybe a dumb term but Igotthisguitar ought to blame the one who made up the expression at the begining.

[igotthisguitar]

[Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee]

[Adventurer]

[Ya-ta Boy]

[bacasper]

[khyber]

[Justin Hale]

[Adventurer]

Israel does not speak for all Jews. Anti-Semitism is not a major issue in the United States. It is somewhat of an issue in Europe and the Middle East. There are incidents of anti-Jewish, anti-Semitic acts in North America on a minor scale. There is also anti-Arab acts which dwarf the anti-Jewish acts in light of what happened in September 11th.

Jews in America are not responsible for what Israel does anymore than Arabs are responsible per se as individuals living in America or wherever they live for what political events are carried by people of their own kin. It doesn't mean they shouldn't speak out against them. Righteous people speak out against violence, human rights abuses wherever they occur whether they occured in the past in East Timor, in Israel, South Africa, the Sudan, or Iraq. The term Anti-Semitism is rather old. It started in Europe to refer to the hatred of Jews. The Europeans were not dealing with Arab or Assyrian Semites. Yes, Arabs are Semites, but it is hard to change the terminology. I think too often the spectre of anti-Semitism is used to go against political debate when it comes to Israel.
There is definite anti-Semitism occuring, just as there is racism against black people in the US, and white people in Korea, but I have problems with people jumping and saying they hate me because I am either Jewish, white, or black...

I am frankly don't care very much about whether a particular Jew is a Semite or not, or if a particular human being is a Pole or a Korean so much as they are righteous, respect norms of how to treat other human beings.

[igotthisguitar]

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