JonKramer, CIS-HET @JonKramer@qoto.org

@freemo @LouisIngenthron , yep. But in the case of Islam, there isn't a majority of the people who are from what apparently is a totally separate ethnic group, claiming to be Arab. But yes, there is some level of the same treatment there.

@LouisIngenthron @freemo , No argument with Hindus and Buddhists. But how do a bunch of ethnic Greeks call themselves middle eastern Semitic people? That makes as much sense to me as a bunch of Irish guys suddenly deciding they are Sub-Saharan Africans.

@LouisIngenthron @freemo , yes, it seems to be common. My confusion is why it's common, but only for Jewish peoples. There has to be some historic reason that just stuck, but since the whole silly history of the theory of different races is fairly new, it doesn't seem to have had time to stick.

@freemo @LouisIngenthron , it's ethnic groups who speak a Semitic language, it doesn't apply to individuals and what they speak. Or it's the Jewish faith, somehow, which is an exception to the general rule of how groups are classified.

It really doesn't make much sense, which is to be expected I guess, since the whole concept of different ethnicities and races of people is mostly just a way to justify racism.

@pokerface@sfba.social @freemo @LouisIngenthron you got nothing for your efforts?

@freemo @LouisIngenthron I have never understood this. It gets more confusing when the Ashkenazi are Mediterranean Greek ancestry, and not Semitic. I had someone try to explain how "jewish" was both an ethnicity and a religion once, but the argument seemed to revolve around ignoring testable objective reality.