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This ain't a myth, honey, as you well know. That's all there is to say on the subject. -----Original Message----- >From: Jeff via Marxism <[email protected]> >Sent: Oct 19, 2015 7:10 PM >To: Mark Richey <[email protected]> >Subject: [Marxism] Jew baiting (was: Time to recall that the enemy is at >home) > >******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** >#1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. >#2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. >#3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. >***************************************************************** > >At 14:18 19-10-15 +0800, Mark Richey via Marxism wrote: >> >>What I can document > >For starters, we don't want to hear claims of what someone "can document." >Someone who wants to make an argument just sends the documentation, period. >When the most you can say is that you "can document" something, it's >usually because you can't. Likewise when "everyone knows" some fact (e.g. >about Syria) it usually means no one actually knows it. > >But getting to the point: > >> is that 'solidarity' activists anywhere in the US are overwhelmingly >>liberal zionist, Jewish cliquists, > >In any political discussion, identifying ethnicity/religion of participants >when there is no sociological relevance is properly frowned up. Much more >serious however are such reference in relationship to activists who you are >in discussion with, even indirectly. The discussion on this list has to >center on the ideas being expressed, not on who's expressing them, and >absolutely not on unrelated factors about those individuals, most of all >factors that have been associated with discrimination or oppression. > >It is particularly egregious when such a reference conjures up racist myths >about "Jewish domination" or conspiracies, as these are lies that are >associated with past genocide. Labelling any activists who work in the >interests of Palestine "Zionist" is a particularly vicious and disruptive >charge since it's the same as saying that they are on the side of the enemy >(just like a false charge of someone being an informer). I have never seen >a phrase such as "liberal zionist, Jewish cliquists" thrown around on this >list (or in any acceptable discussion) and absolutely do not expect to see >it again. > >I imagine the only reason the moderator has allowed this person to get this >far, is that because his contributions to the discussion are so disgusting >that they actually benefit the other side. And that his statements are so >easy to counter. But frankly if Louis would like to have a discussion about >Syria with the pro-Assad left, I'd really prefer if it was with Brian >Becker or Franklin Lamb, so that the victory of his argumentation would >mean something. > >I have seen no evidence that this person has anything useful to contribute >to this list or has any intention of discussing ideas in good faith. And >the use of ethnic references of the sort I mentioned is completely >unacceptable and shouldn't be tolerated in the least. > >- Jeff > >such as MECA, JVP, IJAN, etc. Such is the >>case in the Bay Area where most are in the wake of Barbara Lubin, the alter >>ego of MECA, essentially a two Jewish woman operation, but which people like >>AR parrot mindlessly. After all, they're Jewish, they must be >right.. >>Set your options at: >http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/meisner%40xs4all.nl >_________________________________________________________ >Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm >Set your options at: >http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/markrichey%40earthlink.net _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
