Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Israel Hate is Anti-Semitism [View all]Behind the Aegis
(53,936 posts)The next time someone is droning on foolishly about "Arabs are Semites, too" as a way to imply anti-Semitism is anything other than discrimination/hatred against Jews, simply ask them if they are pedophiles, after all, "pedo" means "child" and "-phile" means "lover of." Therefore, using their 'logic' if they love children, they are pedophiles. Don't want to be that aggressive? Then try; "would you smoke or light a match near a sign that said something is "inflammable?" Again, using their "love for the real meaning of the word," the prefix "in-" means "not" and "flammable" means "combustible." Therefore, "inflammable" means "not combustible."
The constant droning on about the origin of the word is nothing more than people being dishonest or disingenuous, and often, usually deflecting from "Jew hatred" (where the term originated).