[lbo-talk] Re: Rabbi Michael Lerner using the Antisemitism card against the US Green party

BklynMagus magcomm at ix.netcom.com
Sat Feb 11 10:56:45 PST 2006


Dear List:

Yoshie writes:


> Chip, anti-Semitism isn't non-existent in the US left, but calling
for divestment from Israel without calling for divestment from the US, China, Russia, Sudan, etc. isn't ipso facto anti-Semitic, as Rabbi Lerner alleges in this case.

It is a tough call. Clearly, Chinese depradations in Tibet demand a call for divestment, but the US left is peculiarly silent.

Why? Because of China's leftist past? Because Buddhism lies outside the Abrahamic continuum?

I think Lerner's claim is a simplification, but the left's selectivity here is in urgent need of unpacking.

Brian Dauth Queer Buddhist Resister



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