Ace on The Jews

[C. G. Estabrook]

AC is not an anti-Semite, and neither is Chomsky, altho' the latter is
frequently charged with that, as you know.  (For one of the more
scurrilous examples, see Werner Cohn, "Partners in Hate.")  But each is
frequently charged with giving aid and comfort to anti-Semites. (And, for
all his filial piety, I think there are those who would find reference to
Cockburn's "inherited attitudes of the British upper class" risible.)

Cockburn's "going on about the The Jews" in the column in question is a
matter of pointing out endemic anti-Jewishness in the US -- a matter that
even Nixon knew was impolite to mention.  I think what upsets people (not
just on this list) is Cockburn's going on about the Jewish state. --CGE

On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Doug Henwood wrote:


> C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> 
> >On what can be said and not said in the US, and the political motives
> >behind it, Cockburn seems to me to have it right, and his critics
> >obfuscating that.
> 
> Oh really? I haven't noticed much reticence on this list about 
> criticizing Israel or U.S. support for Israel or the U.S. media's 
> often disgraceful reporting on the Middle East. This isn't the 
> Dissent editorial board, after all.  The minute anyone starts going 
> on about The Jews, though, alarms should be sounded. I've never heard 
> Noam Chomsky talk like that, have you?
> 
> Doug
>