On Jul 25, 2006, at 4:04 PM, www.leninology. blogspot.com wrote:
>
> > Orientalism? What are you talking about. Your valorization of
> > Hezbollah seems to be a classic case of the phenomena.
>
> It wasn't aimed at you, I promise. I am not 'valorising'
> Hezbollah. I am not taking, for instance, the patronising attitude
> that they can do no wrong or that they cannot be criticised. I do
> think they can do wrong and can be criticised. In the current
> context, I prefer to focus on Israel since it is the aggressor,
> however.
>
> When I mention Orientalism, I am thinking of the grotesque
> fantasies about Hezbollah that are repeatedly churned out of the
> Western media. Fox News yesterday carried a story suggesting they
> were linked to Al Qaeda, which is ignorant in itself, but the basis
> of their claims was that they both hated all things Western hated
> democracy etc. This is carried on in a more sophisticated way in
> broadsheet newspapers and so on. Many many people, not least a few
> on this mailing list, actually think that Hezbollah are a fascist
> organisation or something like it - not only is this preposterous,
> it is downright shameful in the current circumstances.
>
>
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