--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > _Associated Press Pop-up Link_ > > (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ_DEAN? > SITE=7219&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-07-26-19-19-42) > > Howard Dean needs to choose his words a little more carefully. > Hebrews aren't the only Semitic people, Arabs are also semites. > > Yeah, but "anti-Semitic" refers to bigotry against > Jews, specifically, not Semitic peoples in > general. The term was coined in the 1880s for > that very purpose. > > Dean could have delivered his (well-deserved) > criticism of Maliki without using the > inflammatory word, though. He was just > setting himself up for criticism.
This is just too rich. The righty blogs, of course, are all over Howard Dean for having called Maliki anti-Semitic. Fine. Except that those *same* righty blogs have also been highly critical of the left since this current conflict started for not being sufficiently supportive of Israel. Here's an example from one of the most prominent righty types, Jonah Goldberg, from this very morning, from The Corner Oline: ----- Anti-Semitism & The Left [Jonah Goldberg] This is not some sweeping indictment by any stretch of the matter. I think most of the prominent names on the left stand opposed to anti- Semitism and that many such accusations are often overstated. Nonetheless, I am constantly noticing how the bulk of my anti- Semitic email comes from the left. This was not always the case. In the late 1990s, a lot of my anti-Semitic email was from self- described "paleo" conservatives. Regardless, what I find particularly illuminating of late is that a lot of the leftwing pests I'm accustomed to hearing from have switched from sending me missives about Karl Rove's pending indictment or Bush's falling poll numbers to really nasty anti- Semitic attacks on Israel. Note: No, I don't think criticizing Israel is anti-Semitic, but I do think Israel hatred often brings out deeper anti-Semitic views. I find it a little disturbing that the run- of-the-mill partisans spammers are so comfortable switching from the usual partisan pot shots to diatribes about "the Jews." ----- They're completely blind to the contradiction. You can't even call it hypocrisy. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
