[lbo-talk] Zionists policing academic discourse

[Carl Remick]

On 10/18/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> <http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/335667_academics17.html>
>
> Academic freedom at risk on campus
> By SAREE MAKDISI
> GUEST COLUMNIST
>
> ... That Israel's American supporters so often resort to angry outbursts
> rather than principled arguments -- and seem to find emotional
> blackmail more effective than genuine debate -- is ultimately a sign
> of their weakness rather than their strength. For all the damage it
> can do in the short term, in the long run such a position is
> untenable, too dependent on emotion and cliché rather than hard
> facts. ...

Really?  As has been wisely noted:  You can fool all of the people
some of the time and some of the people all of the time, and usually
that's enough.

Carl