[lbo-talk] Anti-Semitism is the health of the Jewish state

Joel Schalit jschalit at gmail.com
Mon Jul 12 07:19:37 PDT 2010


How predictable. Islamophobia **is** a form of anti-Semitism.

Joel

On Jul 11, 2010, at 5:18 PM, David Green wrote:


> To evoke Randolph Bourne's "war is the health of the state." A remarkably stupid
> and vile article in today's NYT Book Review.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/06/books/06antisemtism.html?ref=books
>
> It concludes with the remarkable statement:
>
> "but Islamophobia is a concept developed within the last two decades by those
> who wish to elevate Islam’s reputation in the West; anti-Semitism was a concept
> eagerly embraced and expanded by haters of Jews. One was constructed by a
> group’s supporters, the other by a group’s enemies."
>
> David Green
>
>
>
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