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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