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== Was this article created in good faith? ==

== Was this article created in good faith? ==

The entire concept of "Semites" to collectively describe various ethnic groups from the Middle East has been fragrantly abused by scientific racists and antisemites, both historically and currently. The term is obsolete in the present day for good reason, and it's usually thrown around by fringe extremists like [[Louis Farrakhan]] or [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/11025137/Ukraine-crisis-the-neo-Nazi-brigade-fighting-pro-Russian-separatists.html Ukronazis]. —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|^{(Mark 8:36)}]]''''' Wednesday, 10:57, January 18, 2023 (EST)

The entire concept of "Semites" to collectively describe various ethnic groups from the Middle East has been fragrantly abused by scientific racists and antisemites, both historically and currently. The term is obsolete in the present day for good reason, and it's usually thrown around by fringe extremists like [[Louis Farrakhan]] or [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/11025137/Ukraine-crisis-the-neo-Nazi-brigade-fighting-pro-Russian-separatists.html Ukronazis]. Also, for this reason, the term "anti-Semite" should be deprecated, since not all Jews are "Semitic"; Jewish people don't refer to themselves as "Semites," but the term ''is'' applied to them occasionally by ''antisemites''. —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|^{(Mark 8:36)}]]''''' Wednesday, 10:57, January 18, 2023 (EST)