• saltesc@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Despite the term being socially incorrect, it is to express opposition toward people of Semitic ethnicity/language/culture. Which includes—you guessed it—Palestinians.

    So, it’s literally impossible for someone pro-Palestinian to be anti-Semitic.

    • Barbarian@sh.itjust.works
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      3 days ago

      That’s not how the word is commonly used though. In common parlance, everyone understands “anti-Semitic” to mean “anti-Jew”, even though that’s not what it means etymologically.

      Disclaimer: being pro-palestinian does not necessarily mean you’re anti-Semitic, was just talking descriptive vs prescriptive vocabulary here.