[lbo-talk] Eric Lee vs. Sean Matgamna of the AWL debating Israel

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Jul 29 19:17:20 PDT 2006


On Jul 29, 2006, at 9:37 PM, Dennis Redmond wrote:


> Michael Pugliese forwarded:
>
>> http://www.ericlee.info/2006/07/in_support_of_israel_notes_for.html
>> In support of Israel: Notes for a debate
>>
>> The Jewish state faces the threat of annihilation by
>> Islamo-fascist organizations that have sworn to do exactly that.
>
> Pure lunacy.

Islamo-fascism is a bullshit concept. It's hard to take anyone seriously who uses it - it's just a substitute for thought and argument. Fascism is, or should be, a label for a particular political structure - not just an epithet for any reactionary force you don't like.

Doug



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