It’s not pedantic, because pedantry is a pointless insistence on detailed correctness. It’s simply wrong. Many words in English mean something other (sometimes

It’s not pedantic, because pedantry is a pointless insistence on detailed correctness. It’s simply wrong. Many words in English mean something other (sometimes something opposite) than what their roots and etymology suggest. Mistaking etymology for meaning is a tiresome, sophomoric mistake. Antisemitism is Jew hatred, period.