JM and all:
I think your changes are unfair and unfounded. And since you're passing out
apologies... ;-) These few words are the only fresh ones. The paragraphs
that follow are from the post that drew your charges. As you can see, I
didn't single out Israel, apply unique standards or otherwise exhibit
anything like anti-Semitism. In fact, I criticized Italy, Spain, Gemany, the
EACH of the republics of the former Yugoslavia, and the Palestinians for
essentially the same thing; reactionary politics. I hold my own country to
the same standards. But the post was about the MOQ's moral codes. Too bad
you had no comments on that.
Jonathan wrote on Monday...
Now, I haven't seen either Lawrence, nor David B. criticising other
countries for being theocratic, and they have not substantiated their
claim that Israel is MORE theocratic than other countries. It thus
appears that they have singled out Israel, applying standards that they
do not apply to other countries. Many Israelis consider that to be
anti-Semitism. What do you say?
In response to what DMB wrote on Sunday...
And here in the USA, our reactionaries are the standard kind.
Anti-intellectual, often fundamentalists, racist, anti-feminist, anti-gay,
anti-hippie, anti-UN and anti-liberal....And it seems the whole culture
learched to the right on 9/11.
Israel is just like any other modern nation or culture, there is a full
spectrum of political views among the people, but the best liberal and
intellectual voices are marginalized and unheard. Both sides suffer from
this reactionary bent because both feel their very existence is at stake.
The region is not immune to the scourge of reaction. Its everywhere in the
modern world. That's the main conflict in this present historical period and
the middle east has only become the epitome of all that. It shows exactly
why intellectual values are needed in running things.
And...
(The US President's Party can't win without the religious right and I'd
guess 30 or 40% of the Republicans in the House are fundamentalists.)
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