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bruto · 28th February 2019, 08:05 AM

Originally Posted by p0lka

I see nothing wrong with criticising the state of israel in itself, just like any country can be criticised.

Blaming jewish people for stuff that jewish people did on the other hand is the same as being racist, which is wrong.

Why does antisemitism get it's own category? why isn't it all just classed as the same thing, ie racist.

We need to come up with another word that categorises any form of discrimination as wrong, no special cases... it's all wrong.

I'd have thought "bigotry" fits pretty well already. Since Jews aren't a race, lumping antisemitism under racism would require some shuffling of definitions even if it's similar.

28th February 2019, 08:05 AM	#17
bruto Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Way way north of Diddy Wah Diddy Posts: 27,249	Originally Posted by p0lka I see nothing wrong with criticising the state of israel in itself, just like any country can be criticised. Blaming jewish people for stuff that jewish people did on the other hand is the same as being racist, which is wrong. Why does antisemitism get it's own category? why isn't it all just classed as the same thing, ie racist. We need to come up with another word that categorises any form of discrimination as wrong, no special cases... it's all wrong. I'd have thought "bigotry" fits pretty well already. Since Jews aren't a race, lumping antisemitism under racism would require some shuffling of definitions even if it's similar.
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