[Marxism] Anti-Semitism is a misnomer

["D OC" <donaloc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A chairde,

After the Nazis, the greatest anti-semites are the Zionists. They have 
killed more people of semitic origin than any other group.

The problem is that many people assume that the only Semites are the Jews. 
Of course, Semites include all those who are claimed to descend from the 
biblical character Shem - this includes all the Arabic people also. In the 
old racial theories, there were semetic features shared by people living 
from West Africa to the Punjab. It's there for all to see.

Indeed, Judaism, Christianity and Islam have all been termed Semitic 
religions because of their origins (although many other refer to them now as 
the Abrahamic religions no doubt in deference to the Zionist lobby).

We often hear US commentators talking about anti-semitism. This is usually 
challenged in European media by muslims who have always viewed themselves as 
semetic. It is a shame to see left-wing commentators peddling this 
inaccurate and unfortunate term. If the Zionists want to come out and call 
people anti-Jewish let them come out and say it. We shouldn't misuse terms 
though.

There is rampant anti-semitism out there. It takes the form of 'Islam' 
bashing when it's clear it's not so much the islamic faith as the outrage 
caused by non-whites not just sitting and taking the treatment given out 
(and suffered quietly) by others. Of course, there are a few relatively 
harmless, right-wing dinosaurs who still hate Jews despite the fact that the 
Zionists are a key component of modern-day imperialism.

The problem is that Zionists want to identify the issue as a racial one - 
they are a different race, rather than a different religion. Of course, this 
is nonsense. There is no such thing as a Jewish race - anymore than any 
other race. The Zionists don't stand for Jewishness either - there are many 
Jews who oppose what they're at from a religious perspective.

My rant's over.

I just saw Syriana. It's a great movie. The line ' we're only here talking 
like this because of corruption' (or some such) is beautiful. I suspect that 
racism and chauvinism are so far gone that movies like Syriana can be made 
and they only just reinforce the pitiless greed that justifies mass death in 
the cause of defence of the Western (standard) way of life. The debt for 
such a culture of political immorality is having to live with the crude 
striving for equality which can be expected of the rest of the world. In any 
case, Clooney has done his Irish ancestry proud by that film.

Le meas,
DoC.



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