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Old 10-14-2011, 03:58 PM   #4
Peptobismol

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Is it not just as valid to comment on the Jewishness of the neocons as it is to point out that the majority of them are male or white or wealthy or from the Western world or have studied at a particular university? If half the neocons were Palestinians, would the U.S. have invaded Iraq?
The quote above is, IMHO, a neat encapsulation of what many recognise as "the New anti-Semitism", i.e., the type so common on the left. It isn't primarily racial, as was the right wing versions of the early 20th century (although it sometimes does devolve into ethnocultural stereotyping), rather, it's the contention that Jews are too rich and powerful and act only in their own best interests (here, he ventures into cultural stereotyping). Hence, he implies equivalence with pointing out that they may be wealthy white males while insinuating that if it they were Palestinians (who in his view are underprivileged) would act in the best interests of all.
Clearly, he would never write an equivalent article suggesting that Obama acts primarily in the best interests of African-Americans instead of all Americans---he would immediately recognise that as racist. But making the same implication about Jews doesn't bother him at all. What a piece of shit he is.
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