[lbo-talk] Rabbi Michael Lerner using the Antisemitism card against the US Green Party

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Feb 11 10:11:50 PST 2006


Chip Berlet wrote:


>I am not a big fan of Lerner, but his statement below is perfectly
>reasonable. There is plenty of antisemitism in the U.S. political
>left, and knee jerk reactions against any use of the term are a real
>problem.

I agree, but so are knee-jerk invocations of the term. One can advocate divestment from Israel without being an anti-Semite. If you're going to make the charge, offer some evidence.

Doug



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