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18. Well, I learned something today!

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Reply #16)

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 06:05 AM

Jan 2013

Although I couldn't find this meaning in the Oxford English Dictionary, I did find it in the Oxford American Dictionary:

"an.ti-Semit.ic adj. hostile to Jews."

Point taken. Thanks for the info.

Nevertheless, my main point (the cartoon is not anti-semitic, and calling it so is misleading and disingenous) stands.

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Rupert Murdoch apologises for 'grotesque' Middle East cartoon [View all] UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 OP

What the Fuck is ant-Semitic about the TRUTH? CBGLuthier Jan 2013 #1

Such a phony! procon Jan 2013 #5

I don't see it as anti Jewish notadmblnd Jan 2013 #2

Scarfe apologised for not knowing it was Holocaust day dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #3

Calling this cartoon "anti-semitic' is nonsensical and disingenuous onwardsand upwards Jan 2013 #4

A couple things HERVEPA Jan 2013 #7

A curious couple ... onwardsand upwards Jan 2013 #15

The "common" word being misunderstood is "anti-Semitic." Behind the Aegis Jan 2013 #16

Well, I learned something today! onwardsand upwards Jan 2013 #18

The cartoon may not be anti-Semitic, but the timing is suspect. Behind the Aegis Jan 2013 #19

Now you've done it! onwardsand upwards Jan 2013 #20

No, you have done it. Missed the point! Behind the Aegis Jan 2013 #21

Now we're getting somewhere! onwardsand upwards Jan 2013 #22

Perhaps we are getting somewhere; we shall see. Behind the Aegis Jan 2013 #23

Yes, yes, ... onwardsand upwards Jan 2013 #24

It is the blood that makes it antisemitic. OldEurope Jan 2013 #6

He isn't drinking it. This isn't even remotely "blood libel." eom leveymg Jan 2013 #10

The blood here is not about the "Blood Libel", its about the killing of Palestinians. Arabs ..... marble falls Jan 2013 #8

Grotesque, yes. But, anti-Netanyahu & anti-Occupation Wall is not anti-semitic. leveymg Jan 2013 #9

Obama ... GeorgeGist Jan 2013 #11

If the art style has a familiar look to you ... brett_jv Jan 2013 #12

Thanks for the Pink Floyd Wall connection onwardsand upwards Jan 2013 #17

The toon is grotesque but is only anti apartheid. DavidWD72 Jan 2013 #13

I wonder how he feels about all those cartoons with Middle Easterners strapped with bombs? Ash_F Jan 2013 #14