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Isn’t it coming overall from the same people who believe language nuances matter and who push for all sorts of language changes? (That’s a honest question - I’
by drdaeman 3y ago
Isn’t it coming overall from the same people who believe language nuances matter and who push for all sorts of language changes?
(That’s a honest question - I’m not sure, just had a thought I might be seeing an inconsistency. Really, I could be wrong here.)
- kps 3y agoThe word “antisemitism” was popularized in late 19th century Germany by Jew-haters looking for a ‘scientific’ racial justification, since the traditional religious justification was becoming unfashionable. It has never meant anything else. “Semitic”, on its own, is a language group. But for some reason I can't possibly imagine, nobody ever says “Ethiopians are semites too”.