FW: [CHOMSKY] Slur of anti-semitism is used to defend repression

[Brad DeLong]

>This is perhaps the most interesting passage:
>
>"A two-state settlement is now the only possible way
>to secure peace in the forseeable future. But for such
>a settlement to stick there will have to be some
>reversal of that historic ethnic cleansing. Those who
>insist there can be no questioning of the legitimacy
>of the state in its current form - with discriminatory
>laws giving a "right of return" to Jews from anywhere
>in the world, while denying it to Palestinians
>expelled by force - are scarcely taking a stand
>against racism, but rather the opposite."

So if we accept the legitimacy of the state of Israel, we are racists.

The contrapositive to this is that:

If we are not racists, then we do not accept the legitimacy of the 
state of Israel.

The bullshit meter reading here is rather large. The anti-semitic 
meter reading is definitely positive too.

Brad DeLong