Cheap Morality, was Re: anti-zionism

Nathan Newman nathan at newman.org
Sat May 11 19:19:17 PDT 2002


----- Original Message ----- From: "Yoshie Furuhashi" <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu>


>Since I specifically framed the comparison in discussing the failure of the
>left to appeal to liberals who had supported Kosovo intervention, but who
>were undecided on Palestine. I noted that the left was missing the chance
>to make the appeal because they were not engaging in the right moral
>comparisons.

-What's the proportion of "liberals who supported Kosovo intervention -but remain undecided on Palestine" out of the total US population? -Any concrete figures?

Haven't seen a poll on the issue, so no concrete figures, but in my personal experience, it's a pretty good sized numbers. And since the percentage who supported Kosovo intervention is larger than the numbers who support intervention on behalf of the Palestinians, the numbers are quite large.

-- Nathan



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