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Why is it "anti-semitic" to argue that other forms of racism are as bad as anti-semitism?
Hmph. I stand accused of being "biased" and, by implication, anti-semitic, because, in my response to a question yesterday about the alleged removal of the Holocaust from UK history syllabus, I said that I thought that other forms of racism were as wrong as anti-semitism and that anti-semitism should perhaps not be given more prominence in the curriculum than other forms of racial hatred. Can anyone explain why this is anti-semitic or "biased"?
Oh, and I was also criticised for describing as "a hoax"an inaccurate and malicious e-mail, which has been doing the rounds, obviously designed to stir up anti-Muslim feeling, alleging that the UK AS A WHOLE has axed the Holocaust from the curriculum in order to pander to Muslims. Why was I wrong to use this word, when "malicious hoax" was the phrase used to describe the e-mail by the Jewish activist who had first raised concerns that a few schools in the UK have stopped teaching the Holocaust?
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavourite answer
You weren't being anti-semitic. I'm sure you weren't saying that the Holocaust shouldn't be taught at all. All forms of racism are wrong and should be discussed in schools. I think that since the Holocaust was so recent and still has survivors living, the sensitivity level of the topic is rather high....understandably so for those who have lived through such an time. It does not make it alright for someone to accuse, even through implication, that you are anti-semitic.
- rialmoLv 45 years ago
Making exciting of someones faith isn't racism, even nevertheless it fairly is bullying and smallminded. truly some atheists that look to have a topic with their shallowness come right here purely to insult people who have faith in a particular faith, that's bascially bullying. apparently, the two truly some atheists have some very deep lack of self assurance issues which leads to their would desire to bully, or they are in basic terms ignorant. i think its a fantastically uncomplicated mix of the two. unusual nevertheless, the agnostics are not usually like that, in basic terms the truly rabid atheists. i assume rabid atheists are interior the comparable type as fundies, huh?
