ANTI-SEMITIC OR MERELY SEMANTICS?

During his “Semantics of Anti-Semitism” lecture at the “Implications of Inflammatory Epithets” conference, Dr. Myron Chakovsky asserted, “The term ‘anti-Semite’ is rather complex to interpret. After all, if one is not an anti-Semite, then he is a pro-Semite. When in reality, there are many people who are merely Semite-neutral. This ‘you’re either for us or against us’ thinking is what continues to propagate this gross misconception of the public’s attitudes toward the Semites. Historically, if the language had been clearer, we might have avoided the Diaspora, the Holocaust, and the atrocities that Mel Gibson committed.”