[lbo-talk] Berman's Anti-Fascism

dredmond at efn.org dredmond at efn.org
Thu Jan 29 21:55:55 PST 2004


Dennis Perrin <dperrin at comcast.net> crossposted:


> Paul Berman:
> <http://www.dissentmagazine.org/menutest/articles/wi04/berman.htm>
>
> The left doesn't see because a lot of people are, in any case, willfully blind to
> anti-Semitism in other cultures. They cannot get themselves to recognize the
> degree to which Nazi-like doctrines about the supernatural quality of Jewish
> evil have influenced mass political movements across large swaths of the
> world. It is 1943 right now in huge portions of the world-and people don't
> see it. And so, people simply cannot detect the fascist nature of all kinds
> of mass movements and political parties. In the Muslim world, especially.

I can see the public service campaign now: "This is your brain. [MRI scan of brain]. This is your brain on imperialism. [Shot of Paul Berman foaming at the mouth about the evils of brown-skinned people who don't speak his language]. Kids, just say no to Empire!"

-- DRR



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