why throwing around words like "anti-semitism" is fascism
David Morris
fqmorris at yahoo.com
Tue Feb 25 21:47:32 CST 2003
I have loved not receiving any of this anus's posts since he called me a bigot.
I suggest his absence from your inbox might also be so pleasing.
Mine might also be so from yours.
David Morris
--- MalignD at aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 2/25/03 11:35:01 AM, prozak at anus.com writes:
>
>
> > http://www.etherzone.com/2003/moor022403.shtml
> >
>
> What is your point, exactly, in reproducing this article? This guy you're
> citing--the article he wrote, in any case--is a flaming antisemite. Do you
> believe otherwise?
>
> There can be a problem, certainly, in dicing in conversation the many things
> Israel is: a political state, a religious homeland, a symbol of world
> Judaism, etc., and it is difficult, in some circles, to speak of Israel in
> one context without being heard as speaking in all contexts and being taken,
> unfairly, as antisemitic, or being suspected of such. It's a product of
> very strong, very understandable feelings.
>
> That said, this writer is generally using that argument in a poor attempt to
> hide clearly antisemitic sentiments.
>
> He writes:
>
> ""You may have heard that Israel is calling the shots in Americas foreign
> policy, and have asked yourself, why are there so many Jews in the Bush
> administration, and what are they doing there?"
>
> Who does this slimeball assume "you" is in the above sentence? Who does he
> assume counts the number of Jews in the Bush administration and wonders why
> they're there?
>
> Then there's this:
>
> "In closing, you may find this hard to believe, but frankly, I really like
> most Jewish people. They are bright, creative, intellectual, and
> hard-working. But when Jews, or any other ethnic group, attempts to
> infiltrate and influence the foreign or domestic policies of America, my back
>
> goes up."
>
> This is grotesque. And if your posting it here is an endorsement, so are
> you.
>
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