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Paul and others interested in a longer discussion can contact me off list about my personal disagreements over some of Greenstein's writings, I have no intention of feeding Jeff's trolling. On Monday, July 11, 2016, Jeff via Marxism <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** 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. > ***************************************************************** > > On 2016-07-11 19:54, A.R. G via Marxism wrote: > >> >> [Tony Gre] does not do so in this >> particular piece but has used ethnocentric rhetoric in other writings >> portraying the Palestinian struggle as an internal Jewish community issue >> > > .... has in turn informed his accusations of > >> anti-Semitism against Richard Falk, Counter-Punch, and others >> > > I am not at a computer but I can prepare a more substantive reply later. >> > > > Yes, I'm waiting for that answer too, though I'm also waiting for > substantiation of "witchhunts for > anti-Semitism and racist privileging of Jewish voices" as also charged by > Amith. I think it's rather disgusting that a person not on this list can > just be lied about without accountability. Perhaps that happens more than I > know about, but when it's someone whose writings/record I am familiar with, > then I'm not going to just remain silent when I see them wronged in this > way! > > Also, I do not believe Greenstein, or anyone else I know of, has accused > Counterpunch of antisemitism. The last time I mentioned Counterpunch in a > post I specifically noted that they were NOT tolerant of antisemitism and > removed an antisemitic article when they got around to reading it (after > publishing it on the web). The problem with Counterpunch is that they lean > toward a left-right alliance which makes them willing to publish > right-wingers attempting to appeal to leftist causes. In some cases these > right wingers are openly antisemitic (like in that case, or where they > published Atzmon himself) but more often they are just allied with > antisemites. And as has been pointed out, the biggest danger in this regard > isn't antisemitism itself (promoting harm to Jews) but tarring the > Palestinians with that label thus completing Israel's primary propaganda > campaign. > > - Jeff > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/amithrgupta%40gmail.com > -- - Amith _________________________________________________________ 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
