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Wednesday, July 19, 2006
A GOP Anti-Semite
Check out this anti-semitic rant at DailyKos. No, ooops, it's on Townhall.com, one of my favorite conservative websites. Pat Buchanan is a horrible, horrible individual. I could spend time trashing everything that he wrote, but it's so obvious so I'll save my time.
posted by LWY, 2:33 PM
6 Comments:
I don't deny that Buchanan is anti-semitic, but I don't see this article as evidence of it. It cheapens both the Israeli cause and the anti-anti-semitic cause to casually throw around such charges anytime someone criticizes Israel.
It's perfect evidence. He twists facts, and distorts history. For example, he writes that Hamas started launching Kassams only after they were elected and Israel "forced" the U.S. to stop funding the P.A., which is simply untrue.
My favorite line is "Let it be said: Israel has a right to defend herself, a right to counter-attack against Hezbollah and Hamas, a right to clean out bases from which Katyusha or Qassam rockets are being fired and a right to occupy land from which attacks are mounted on her people."
That sounds very similiar to "but some of my best friends are Jewish..."
My favorite line is "Let it be said: Israel has a right to defend herself, a right to counter-attack against Hezbollah and Hamas, a right to clean out bases from which Katyusha or Qassam rockets are being fired and a right to occupy land from which attacks are mounted on her people."
That sounds very similiar to "but some of my best friends are Jewish..."
Claiming that "Tel Aviv" controls American foreign policy is borderline anti-Semitic at best. But remember that Buchanan is no longer part of the GOP.
Those things could certainly be seen as anti-Israel, but how are they anti-semitic?
That sounds very similiar to "but some of my best friends are Jewish..."
It doesn't sound at all like that to me. It's a lot closer to "but some of my best friends are Israeli..." And even then you're assuming you know his motives, not gleaning them from the text.
That sounds very similiar to "but some of my best friends are Jewish..."
It doesn't sound at all like that to me. It's a lot closer to "but some of my best friends are Israeli..." And even then you're assuming you know his motives, not gleaning them from the text.
What's the old line? An anti-Zionist becomes an anti-semite when he hates Israel more than absolutely necessary.
There's a very, very, fine line between writing something that's anti-Israel and anti-semetic.
I like Dershowitz's test- if you're holding Israel up to a standard that you would never hold to your own country, you're an anti-semite.
There's a very, very, fine line between writing something that's anti-Israel and anti-semetic.
I like Dershowitz's test- if you're holding Israel up to a standard that you would never hold to your own country, you're an anti-semite.
I like Dershowitz's test- if you're holding Israel up to a standard that you would never hold to your own country, you're an anti-semite.
That's interesting. Could be.
That's interesting. Could be.
