Finkelstein's background

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Aug 29 10:54:40 PDT 2000


Brad De Long wrote:


>But this variant of cheap relativism is not held by G, whose view is
>that Nazi-era Germans were very different from us *and* *they*
>*were* *bad*--*bad* *in* *every* *possible* *way*.

Yes, we Americans are so saintly. Three million dead Indochinese? Just a little overzealous police action. A million dead Iraqis? The price is worth it, says our Secretary of State. Slavery and genocide? Ancient history, of no relevance to us. Because we're Americans, God's other chosen people.

Doug



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