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[cw genocide] really potentially dumb question that may have been asked before; are Arabic people not also semitic? (hexbear.net)
submitted 2 years ago by GingusBingus@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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like one of the only (bullshit) arguments the Zionists have is that opposition to Israel equates to antisemitism (not true), but from what i understand, the "Semitic family" includes both Jews and Arabs, but i am potentially very wrong about this.

also i guess even if it is true, it's not a very good "gotcha" since it misses the point and truth doesn't matter to genocidal swine

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[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Yes but also no. Arabs are also Semitic peoples, but the word "antisemitic" was created specifically to refer to hatred of Jews (I think by a 19th century white nationalist). So racism against Arabs is anti-Semitic, but isn't antisemitism.