Anti-Semitism has no historical, political and certainly no philosophical origins. Anti-Semitism is a disease.

Anti-Semitic? What is anti-Semitic about it? ...There is no logic to this claim.

Anti-Semitic? What is anti-Semitic about it? When I say that a uniform should be worn to the right places and not to the wrong ones, there is nothing anti-Semitic about it, there is no logic to this claim. I just thought that in this place, discussing a book written together with a Palestinian, it shows lack of sensitivity.

Of course there is really vile anti-Semitism in Wagner's writings, but I can't accept the idea that characters like Beckmesser and Alberich are Jewish stereotypes in disguise. Would Beckmesser be a court councillor if he was meant to be a Jewish stereotype? No Jew could occupy such a role.

Anti-Catholicism is the anti-Semitism of the intellectual.

I stand for anti-bigotry, anti-Semitism, and anti-racism.