>Some people have made more out of this than what is right
>there, in front of your eyes. As they say, sometimes a
>cigar is just a cigar. Obviously anyone is free to
>criticize Israel, zionism, the Jewish state, the
>zionist entity, whatever. But that is not the same
>as the preoccupation with Yids evinced by some people
>on this list -- the provision of patterns or facts (even
>accurate ones) bereft of relevant context. By contrast,
>a preoccupation with self, if one is jewish, in the form
>of statements pertaining to jews, is a Different Thing.
>A preoccupation with jews if one is not jewish is
>creepy (even if adulatory, by the way).
>
>mbs
Fucking weak, man. You just reiterated the insinuation, but are too fucking spineless to come right out and say it. Like all reactionary liberals you can't come out and make an arguement --you instead police the left through slandorous insinuations, whispers and sly suggestions. This is fucking repulsive. At least I can take comfort in being in the same company(in however small a manner) as other principled victims. But oh, the way you, de Long and former LBOer Leo Casey still manage to pass off your cold war liberalism and ideological defense and policing on behalf of empire as being somehow of the 'left' speaks volumes about how utterly fucked-up and skewed the political spectrum of the US is--spanning the whole vast gambit from far right to loony right. That an idiot like you Max, would read "an obsession with the Yids"(!) everytime a serious criticism of Israel was proffered --and on this list they've all been from an unambigously principled left perspective-- shows not only how in good working order your left-liberal politically-correct relfexes are, but also how utterly serviceable they are in defending the ruling ideological consensus. You may be an invertebrate Max, but you're also a fucking cop.
Now the question remains why the actual leftist in this thread --John Mage, C.G.Estabrook, Justin S, joanna bujes-- who should have known better, didnt even notice(!?) or see fit to comment on Max' use of what is perhaps one of the most slimy underhanded means of silencing desperately needed discussion of Israel's (and by extension America's) racist terror and ethnic cleansing campaign against Palestenians. Hell, John Mage actually thought that Max was joking! Bizarre! Well now that he knows, will he stand by his earlier assertion that Max would be an idiot if his repulsive insinuations were meant sincerely? This is not a mere academic point. The use of these underhanded means of slandering those who would criticize Israel is perhaps THE reason for the utterly scandalous silence of the left --the American left in particular-- over the last thirty years.It has meant not only an almost complete absence of solidarity from the US left, but even at times actual contempt for the victims. And obviously this well worn method works -- witness the weak-minded and ever-clueless Chip Berlet propagating what was at first mere insinuation and suggestion as given fact! Nebbich!
-pradeep