Q&A: Antisemitism for Emotional Reasons
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Antisemitism for Emotional Reasons
Question
If someone claims that he doesn’t like Jews simply because he doesn’t connect to Jewish culture and character, and he isn’t inventing conspiracies or saying they should be killed, etc. — is that antisemitism? And if so, what’s wrong with it, if all he’s doing is expressing his feelings toward Jewish culture and style and declaring that he doesn’t like it?
Answer
There is no problem with that at all. More generally, racism is probably an empty concept. See column 445 and much more on the site.