Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Israel Hate is Anti-Semitism [View all]Behind the Aegis
(54,159 posts)I do not need a lesson in fluidity. "Gay" is a prime example of a word which has changed and re-changed over time. However, there is also a false and forced change that some try to do, usually to their own ends. Staying with gay examples, "homophobia" is another word that us "purists" believe is discrimination against gay and lesbian (homosexual) people, but some language champions wish to claim and encourage the belief that the word means "fear of sameness" and therefore are people afraid of "routine" or things seen as routine, such as marriage. Gee, I wonder why they would re-create the definition in such a way.
What is surprising is the level of dishonesty involved in those who continue to try and re-create "anti-Semitism" in an "image of their own creation." Personally, I find it ironic with a smidge of dark humor. The word was created by a notorious Jew hater, because the German word, Judenhass, was too harsh and now, we have those trying to either change the meaning to distract from anti-Semitism or completely remove Jews from the equation ("Jews aren't even Semites." . It is intellectually dishonest.