>From: Trent Shipley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brin-L) >Subject: Judeophobia >Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 10:44:33 -0700 > >Dear Brin-Lers, > >I want to encourage you to join my campaign to replace the word >anti-semitism >with Judeophobia. While anti-semitism clearly applies only to fear, >hatred, >or prejudice against Jews it is on its face, confusing. It results in >scentences like: > >"The anti-semitic Arabs deny the Holocaust." > >This raises the question of whether Arabs are self-hating because they hate >all semitc people? (Arabs are often self-hating, but not for that reason.) > >The sentence: > >"The Judeophobic Arabs deny the Holocaust." > >is less ambiguous. >
It's a good idea but the two words mean different things. The term "anti" means "against", while "phobic" means "avoidance of", "aversion to" or, in more colloquial terms, "fear of". So Judeophobic means "fear of Jews", while anti-Jew means "against the Jews". I believe the latter term indicates a more active, or if you prefer, aggressive reaction. What's wrong with "anti-Jew"? Jon _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
