One more thing from that Sunday Telegraph article that we blogged a couple of minutes ago. Let’s do a little compare and contrast between “reality” and “what anti-Semitic anti-Zionist leftists wish reality was”.
First, “reality” from the Sunday Telegraph:
And now, “what anti-Semitic anti-Zionist leftists wish reality was”, courtesy of Noam Chomsky – with a focus on Britain:
[Chomsky]: In the West, fortunately, it scarcely exists now, though it did in the past. There is, of course, what the Anti-Defamation League calls “the real anti-Semitism”, more dangerous than the old-fashioned kind: criticism of policies of the state of Israel and US support for them, opposition to a vast US military budget, etc. In contrast, anti-Arab racism is rampant. The manifestations are shocking, in elite intellectual circles as well, but arouse little concern because they are considered legitimate: the most extreme form of racism.
If someone keeps trying to downplay the reality of anti-Semitism so that they get a pass on their very-anti-Semitic-sounding statements, does that make them complicit in anti-Semitism? Or do they still get a pass because their oh-so-rare anti-Israel position is “brave”?
You know, it seems increasingly that Noam Chomsky is considered an “intellectual” only because he advocates vicious anti-Israeli positions that leftists really want to believe are “intellectual”. Because the things he says certainly aren’t true or borne out by facts. So that can’t be the reason.
Previously: Clowns. Total Clowns (UN Speakers Edition), Noam Chomsky Is On Google Video, Still Sounds Kind Of Like A Terrorist Sympathizer, Pakistan’s Chomsky
