If
it's skin colour alone, how come anti-sematists are called racists as well? Is it just that the media is dumbed down enough to no longer care?
(dchurch bah, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 20:20, 2 replies)

Well...
I forgot about those :)

Technically speaking, the Jewish people are a "race" in the sense that they're genetically linked.

However, all humans on Earth are genetically linked. So it's really an arbritary label.

According to my definition - yes, antisemitism could be included because it's based on a genetic factor over which the person has no choice. But I think it's really silly of anyone to label themselves as part of a clan - based on genetics - but who has otherwise no different genetic attributes from anyone else. It's even more silly for someone to discriminate against such people, for exactly the same reason.
(EuroSong I love horse meat: best of all the animals, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 20:30, closed)

"Anti-Semitic" is a nonsensical term anyway, because Arabs are also a Semitic people.
"Anti-Judaist" would be more accurate.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 21:53, closed)

True
...I think it was that famous Anti-Judaist, Bobby Fischer who said "Jews are not a race of people, therefore I am not a racist."
(dchurch bah, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 23:17, closed)