Dave Rich: JEWISH WORLD / What's in a hyphen? How an innocuous mark justifies antisemitism
Talkback
Title:No Special Terminology for Hatred of Jews
Name:Jonathan
City: San DiegoState: CA
"(and in the process denying anti-Jewish prejudice a specific name) "

Why should the hatred of Jews have a specific name? Why is the hatred of Jews any different than the hatred of blacks or hispanics or Muslims or Mormons? It all stems from intolerance and ignorance, why not call it all simply "racism", or "prejudice"? To suggest that hatred of Jews needs a special terminology suggests that it is worse than other types of intolerance; it is not. Anyone who engages in the hatred or denigration of an entire people does not deserve to have their perverted ideology classified into separate terms. It legitimizes what should not be legitimate.