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New Rule: Everything I don't like is antisemitic
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Indeed, in other words, just as the IDF is racist against Palestinians
It's not racism. They are the same race. It's religious intolerance.
"Race" for humans is a made up concept and "racism" has been used to refer to any kind of hating a group for their ethnicity. "Ethnicity" is a very ambiguously defined concept notably including shared attributes like nationality, language, history, religion, etc.
I, too, am not a fan of words being used incorrectly, but this is not an incorrect use of "racism".
Israeli Citizenship is determined solely by religion. The only reason that a Palestinian can't be an Israeli citizen is they haven't converted to Judaism. That's religious discrimination.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_citizenship_law#:~:text=Every%20Jew%20has%20the%20unrestricted,one%20parent%20is%20a%20citizen.
Otherwise you'd also have to classify the Protestant vs Catholic wars in Europe as racist too.
As I stated, it is not incorrect to use the term racism for religious discrimination, especially not when it involves a religion you can't just join at will. What matters is moreso whether they see themselves as a seperate people from whoever they discriminate against.
But you can! It's in the article I linked.
As I stated, racism is a made up concept
Racism is made up