[lbo-talk] Henwood spread Sharon hoax (was Sharon, man of peace)

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Mon Mar 13 13:25:53 PST 2006


Stuart Elliott wrote:
>
> This quote which is attributed to Sharon has long been known to be a hoax.
> Including on LBO.
>
> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2002/2002-May/013151.html
>
> The dissemination of face quotes, often echoing classic anti-Semitic them,
> is quite common on Arab and pseudo-leftist websites.

Are you ascribing anti-semitic notions to everyone who has spread this quote. After all, the ascription to Oz could easily lead to acceptance without any implication of anti-semitism. I've never fwd it anyplace, but I had completely forgotten the May 2002 post you cite above.

Carrol



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