why throwing around words like "anti-semitism" is fascism

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on 2/25/03 10:52 PM, prozak at anus.com at prozak at anus.com wrote:

> 
>>> 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.
> 
> You're anti-intellectualism, at its morally pretentious, vacuously
> condemnatory best.
> 
> I am no fan of religions, and I find taboos - like being unable to
> criticize one religion - to be worthless.
> 
Jews are an ethnic group as well as a religious group. (Some would argue two
ethnic groups, Ashkenazi and Sephardim.) I'm an atheist who distrusts the
influence of religion upon government. So are many Jews. This fact is
glaringly obvious. You need to explain yourself a lot better here. Specious
declarations that "we won't understand" aren't going to cut it.

> If you'd like to discuss this in a mature manner, you can email me
> personally.
> 
> Oh, and read the title:
> "Re: why throwing around words like 'anti-semitism' is fascism"