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On 20/01/2011 22:23, Dan wrote: > So, out of respect for people's sensitivities, let's replace the > declaration of human rights with the ten commandments, let's allow > adulteresses to be stoned to death, let's applaud at the building of > religious schools, let's pretend that covering women's heads is a > genuine way of "protecting" them, let's all refrain from using words > such as "goddammit" which might offend, let's encourage weekly prayers > (they're part of the traditions of the down-trodden), let's allow > faith-based organizations to regulate the way people live, let's > acknowledge the role of the divine, let's pretend fundamentalists are > actually misguided social activists, let's refrain from making > derogatory statements against religious institutions, yeah, > let's be Marxists who never talk about materialism if it might cause our > brethern to stumble. By logical corollary, you would argue that those marxists who oppose antisemitism thereby also support patriarchy, circumcision, gender violence, clerical rule, fundamentalism and the genocidal declarations of Jewish religious authorities in Israel. A further corollary of your argument is that the term 'antisemitism' is just a cover for letting the Jews have the run of things. I don't expect you to accept these corollaries of your irrational, hysterical and self-serving expostulations. I expect you to be as hypocritical as you are navel-gazing. I also expect you not to notice the moral absurdity of your complaining about your oppression at the hands of Muslims in a period where Muslims are being harrassed, beaten, abducted, tortured and murdered on a planetary level. -- *Richard Seymour* Writer, blogger and PhD candidate Email: leninstombb...@googlemail.com Website: http://www.leninology.blogspot.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/leninology Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Seymour_(writer) Book 1: http://www.versobooks.com/books/307-the-liberal-defence-of-murder Book 2: http://www.zero-books.net/obookssite/book/detail/1107/The-Meaning-of-David-Cameron ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
