[lbo-talk] Zionists policing academic discourse

[Michael Smith]

On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 09:24 -0400, Carl Remick wrote:
> On 10/18/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> > <http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/335667_academics17.html>
> > 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. 

I'll inject an uncharacteristic Pollyanna note here: I rather think 
they're fooling fewer people these days. That's one of the reasons 
why they've gotten so hysterical and absurd. When a clown like Alan 
Dershowitz is your public face -- then you're in trouble.