Ace on The Jews

[Max B. Sawicky]

At the risk of piling on, let me just advise the untutored
that the expression "The Jews"* doing ANYTHING is prima facie
anti-semitic.  It is impossible for "the Jews" to do anything,
besides be jewish.  If every last media magnate was jewish, it
would still not follow that "the Jews" controlled the media.
Jews are not a corporation.

The same follows for "the Arabs," "the Palestinians,"
"the Blacks," etc.  I seem to recall Carrol making this
point w/respect to Dave McReynolds and Palestinians, though
if you know Dave M. you know it was more a mistake than an
expression of malice.

To be honest, I have to say I can't be sure I haven't
employed the same usage w/respect to other groups. But
if I did, I'm pretty sure I wasn't dumb enough to make
a column out of it!

Cockburn has really slipped down a rung, and he wasn't that
high to begin with.

mbs