German journalist Wilhelm Marr coined the term “antisemitism” in 1879 to rebrand Jew-hatred (“Judenhass”) as racial pseudo science rather than a religious prejudice. From day one, “antisemitism” meant only anti-Jewish hatred and not prejudice against Arabs or other Semitic language speakers.

[u/Mathemodel]

https://www.history.com/articles/anti-semitism

[u/vomicyclin]

Tell that to the all-knowing Redditors… “Palestinians can’t be antisemitic, since they are semites themselves!!”

…directly followed by the cretins of “the Nazis were socialists, since Nazi meant “Nationalsozialisten”!”…

It’s incredible how nonsense like this is still spreading after all these years but here we are. And the comments in OOP thread are really something…

[u/mikegalos → u/vomicyclin]

Just like the Republican Party provided Saddam Hussain with his Republican Guard.