>Jewish peoples claiming “Semitic” as their exclusive word Antisemitic, as a term, was popularized by people who disliked Jews, who wanted a genteel euphemism

>Jewish peoples claiming “Semitic” as their exclusive word Antisemitic, as a term, was popularized by people who disliked Jews, who wanted a genteel euphemism for opposing Jews. So what semitic really means or what Jews think it means is irrelevant. Once upon a time, people self identified as antisemitic. It sounded nicer than "Judenhass" or whatever. I think I've read that semitic is an obsolete language grouping, not a race or culture, but I'm not sure.