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Yesterday 10:01 am
Concerning the Arabs, I have been quite clear on my opposition to Islamist. Not the whole group of Arabs or those God loving practicing Muslims.Cannonpointer » Yesterday, 3:38 pm » wrote: ↑ If you are going to run a cheap fallacy ad dictionarium, at LEAST do a hasty google first, anti-semite.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/semit ... e_vignette
Semite:
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
Arabs are semites. You don't have to like it. You are anti-semite. I don't have to like it.
Back to the question: Without resorting to israeli propaganda, tell us why you are anti-semite. If you insist on niggling that you get to kick people out of their ethnic groups on your jew-slave whim, tell us why you are anti-arab. AGAIN, without running israeli propaganda.
I know you know the difference but prefer the sloppy broad brush approach.
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/pol ... -islamists
Islamism is not a form of the Muslim faith or an expression of Muslim piety; it is, rather, a political ideology that strives to derive legitimacy from Islam. While Islam is the faith of 1.4 billion people, Islamism is not a form of the Muslim faith or an expression of Muslim piety. Rather, it is a political ideology that strives to derive legitimacy from Islam. Islam and Islamism are not synonymous, and there is even a tension between the two, exemplified by the case of this Nigerian Muslim father turning in his Islamist son to the authorities. So if Islam is a faith, then what is Islamism? It can be best described as an "anti-" ideology, in the sense that it defines itself only in opposition to things. That is, Islamism stands not for but against. For starters, Islamism is anti-Semitic in promoting the view that Jews are evil. Because Jews live in Israel, it is also anti-Israeli, and it is also anti-American due to its distorted view of Jews' role in the United States. "Jews are evil, they run America, therefore America is evil" -- this is the mantra of Islamist thinking.
You can call me whatever you want for my dislike of Islamist but it sure as **** ISN'T antisemitism.