> Some recent exchanges, on this list and Louis P's,
> have brought to full consciousness a previously unconscious,
> or semi-conscious, practice of mine: I use anti-Zionism as
> a litmus test.
>
> For me, it really does separate the sheep from the goats.
> Anybody who self-identifies as a Lefty but can't come out
> forthrightly against the odious State of Israel is a goat,
> and needn't be taken seriously, though s/he may be
> otherwise an intelligent and amiable person.
Of course it might also be worth exploring whether/in which instances anti-Zionism/-Israelism without an accompanying, general antistatism--ie, that sees Israel as exceptionally odious--couldn't just be known by its simpler, more accurate name: racism.