NEW POWERFUL WORDS
for anti-Semitism, the persecution of Christians,
the persecution of Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, atheists, agnostics.
Instead of Islamophobia, we have ....

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Islamophobia, Move Over.
There are NEW WORDS
on the rise.

We've all heard about the supposedly rampant Islamophobia - though I recently read that 65% of religious hate-crimes in the States are committed against Jews, and the other 35% are against people from ALL the other religions combined.

I believe we need a whole slew of new words, for truly rampant phobias. The first such new word: Judeophobia - the irrational hatred, dread and fear of Jews.

We already have the term, anti-Semitism. But that's such a mild term. I want a strong word for a strong reality - Judeophobia, growing not only in North America, but even more rampant in Europe where increasing numbers of Jews are seeking to emigrate, and so virulent in the Middle Eastern Muslim countries that most have no Jewish inhabitants. Judeophobia - or how could we have something like "Israeli apartheid" awareness campaigns, instead of worldwide "Islamic apartheid" awareness campaigns?

Judeophobia. This is a truly IRRATIONAL hatred, dread and fear. Or do we fear that we may get a death threat from traditional Jews if we criticize the Old Testament (the Jewish equivalent of the Quran)? Would we fear a fatwa against us, if we announced we are planning to burn 1000 copies of the Old Testament? Would we cower, lest traditional Jews come and murder us, lest cars and embassies get torched, lest there is carnage in the streets? Nope.

You may have guessed the second word: Christianophobia, the irrational hatred, dread and fear of Christians.

10% of the world's Christians are now being persecuted. That's over 200,000,000 people. That's right. Over two hundred million. Why? Are Christians doing such horrific things to the non-Christians around them? No. They just are Christians, believers in their religion. For this, they're being persecuted by Muslims - not all Muslims, of course, but quite a lot of Muslims or 200,000,000 people would not be victims of Muslim persecution.

Another vital word is Israelophobia. For instance - one tiny instance - universities across North America have "Israel apartheid" awareness campaigns, despite the rights of non-Jews in Israel, but they have no "Islamic apartheid" awareness campaigns, despite the rampant discrimination against all other religions in most Islamic countries. And let's not forget the ongoing calls by many Muslims for the death of Jewsand destruction of Israel.

And then there's Hinduphobia and Buddhophobia and Sikhophobia and atheistophobia and agnostophobia.

If anyone mentions Islamophobia, I think a good strategy is to bring up Judeophobia and Christianophobia and Hinduphobia and Buddhophobia and on and on - with those phobic, in each case, being overwhelmingly Muslims. Of course not all Muslims. However, we all know that there are not millions of Muslims marching against them, standing strong against the dangerous, multiply phobic Muslims.

Note:

Those victimized by all these phobias are overwhelmingly non-Muslims.

Those with ALL the above phobias are overwhelmingly Muslim.

Those with only Judeophobia, Israelophobia, Christianophobiaand Westophobia,are overwhelmingly politically correct non-Muslims,self-identified as left-wing.

These words - Judeophobia, Christianophobia, Israelophobia, Hinduphobia, Buddhophobia, Sikhophobia, atheistophobia and agnostophobia - are my gifts to you. I hope you find them not just useful, but powerful.

And yes, please do share the names and the link and the image. These words are gifts to all those who care about human freedoms, from freedom of thought to freedom of expression and on - the freedom to live in safety, physical, psychological and emotional. We need all the tools possible to protect our freedoms. Names are one powerful tool.

Elsa

December 9, 2013
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PS. There are sources for all the info given, like the incidence of hate crimes against Jews in the States. They include newspapers, and online sources that cite studies.

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Anti-semitism - yes, it's real.
But what about naming it Judeophobia -
irrational, unfounded hate, terror and dread of Jews.
Anti-semitism - a truth. Judeophobia. Another truth.
And then there is the persecution of Christians -
which comes from massive Christianophobia.
And there is Hinduphobia,
leading to the persecution of Hindus.
And then there Buddhophobia, and on and on.
For more on the need for freedom of thought
to think further on things like anti-Semitism,
click here.

NEW POWERFUL WORDS for anti-Semitism,
the persecution of Christians,
the persecution of Hindus, Buddhists,
atheists, agnostics.
Instead of Islamophobia, we have ....