----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <brin-l@mccmedia.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 10:36 PM Subject: Re: Mindless and Heartless
> Whether one agrees with Sheehan or not is beside the point here. > Anti-semitism is the dislike/hatred of Jews, not necessarily the > criticism of of any group of Jews politics. Would even the lightest > criticism of the NAACP be racist? No. There are plenty of criticisms that would not be anti-Semitic. But, accusing Jews of not being loyal to the country and controlling the country for their own ends has a long and nasty history. It's like calling blacks lazy and shiftiness and then protesting that one is not a racist. I'll give an example that I gave to Jerone. My babysitter when I was young was a very wonderful older (60s) woman. But, she was taught racism, and she was racist. She said she couldn't be, because she never really met a black person. But she thought that the rich black entertainers should use their money to sent the blacks back to Africa, where they belonged. That was a racist statement. It didn't stop her from being a wonderful person. When one hears one of the classic racist statements; it is extremely likely that it came from a racist source. It is quite possible that someone picked up the opinion without thinking much about it; and could still be a good person in many many ways, like my old babysitter. The question of whether a Jew could really be loyal to the state goes back a long ways. It was clearly stated in "On the Jewish Question." When a classic accusation is raised yet again, a red flag goes up with me. That's not just some random minor criticism....that's an accusation that has a long and sordid history. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
