Walt and Mearsheimer - they of "the Israel Lobby is so powerful that it can't be criticized" - were brought into yet another college to bravely stand up to the Jews who control US policy (and also to the Christians that the Jews have corrupted - that's why it's not anti-Semitic). Normally we wouldn't bother blogging it, but this is annoying and stupid enough to merit attention:

The event, hosted by Alice Bach and the Hallinan Project for Peace and Social Justice, brought authors Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer to discuss their book, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy. Over 100 people from Case and the community attended the talk. Attendees came for many different reasons. Blogger Jeff Hess, having read the book and the Anti-Defamation League's response to it, was curious about the central question of the book, "Can you say anything critical of Israel or are you trapped as a cheerleader?" Students from other colleges were in attendance as well. "I don't know much about the U.S./ Israel relationship," said Patience Fiodembo, a student at John Carroll University. "I have heard some controversial things about John Mearsheimer; I want to see what he's about." Bach introduced the two authors, remarking that their book "provoked both howls of outrage and cheers of gratitude for challenging what had been a taboo subject in America."

Yes, those decades of enforced censorship on American campuses, where saying anything bad about Israel would merely get you tenure and mountains of accolades for being edgy. It must have been so hard for anti-Israel academics before Walt And Mearsheimer broke the taboo. It's kind of weird that all anti-Israel library books have copyrights going back to the 1950s. Must be a conspiracy.

Also: we teach an intro to argument class. Pretty basic stuff, and we actually spend a lot more time discussing political controversies than we do on orthodox argumentation theory. Still: liberal blogger Jeff Hess? D+ at best.

We again remind the three liberals who read this blog: how someone says something reveals much about their motives and their character. If a right-wing politician criticized an NAACP campaign by complaining that "the NAACP is publicly lynching its opponents," the left would (correctly) howl in outrage. And yet hurling around the most disgusting anti-Semitic canards - greed, dual loyalty, well poisoning, etc - is taken as a sign of sophistication and bravery on the left. Anything in the name of anti-Semitism anti-Zionism we suppose (h/t: MR reader Doris).

References:
* Case hosts controversial talk on Israel lobby [Observer]

Previously:
* Israel And AIPAC: We'll Respond To Walt And Mearsheimer When Their Vicious Anti-Semitism Gets Sophisticated Or Relevant (Plus: MR Is Suspicious About Leftist Pro-Mearsheimer Enthusiasm)
* Walt and Mearsheimer Publish Insipid Anti-Semiticish Book. MR Officially Takes Back Original "No Way They're Anti-Semites" Position.
* Anti-Israel Censorship Watch - Walt and Mearsheimer Redux