----- Original Message ----- From: "Max B. Sawicky" <sawicky at bellatlantic.net> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 5:56 PM Subject: RE: Ace on The Jews
> 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
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Yes and when we say "capitalist," what happens to all those antinomies/aporias of methodological individualism?
Anti antisemitically,
Ian