Posted under Israel & NeoCons & Political Correctness
A long, long time ago, “anti-Semitism” meant hatred of Jews. These days, however, it’s a term of abuse for anyone who doesn’t support Israel’s militant foreign policy, even though that policy has alienated Israel’s former friends and allies, including Turkey.
Pat Buchanan is deemed anti-Semitic by this strange, new criterion. South African Judge Richard Goldstone, the author of a UN report that criticized the Israeli government for attacks on civilians in Gaza, is anti-Semitic, despite being a Jew.
And now Charles Johnson stands accused of being a “Jew hater.” Even the harmless drudge at the neglected Rebellion blog is a “hater” of Jews, according to esteemed political scientist Donald Douglas.
And Donald Douglas knows hate.
RedPhillips on 09 Apr 2010 at 10:58 pm #
Charles Johnson reminds me of a young teenager who is struggling to find his identity. So one week he’s emo, the next week he’s a metal head, and the next week he’s country. So just what is Charles Johnson now? He is a “double minded man, unstable in all his ways.”
HarrisonBergeron2 on 10 Apr 2010 at 12:06 am #
For the past week, he’s shown off his comic books.
Draw you own conclusions.
Weaver on 10 Apr 2010 at 5:24 pm #
Comic books can have a strong culture war impact. That might be his draw to them, though American comics seem to be on the [now dominant] “counterculture” side.
Cartoons are the same – Eric Cartman is the new Archie Bunker.
It’s low culture, but it has an impact.
Weaver on 11 Apr 2010 at 6:52 pm #
I never read comics until my early 20s – they hadn’t appealed to me when younger for some reason (though I read books like Lord of the Rings, so I did like fantasy…)
I follow Japanese manga now out of culture war interest: Naruto, Bleach, Bakuman, Liar Game, and Nurarihyon no Mago. Naruto and Naruarihyon I especially like with regard to culture – the others for other reasons.
Weaver on 11 Apr 2010 at 6:58 pm #
I got into collecting baseball card at one time because my father had collected them and later found them worth a lot of money (or what seemed like a lot at my young age).
Funny thing is, I never actually liked professional baseball. I liked competing in it myself (when younger – switched to another sport later), but I never got into the spectating. I got good at another sport, but I’m still pretty bad at baseball too, lol.
I’m also that 1% who actually likes Rebellion blog. I started using British spelling because of some LofS article informing how Southerners used to use British English spelling before the Yanks corrupted it.
Weaver on 11 Apr 2010 at 6:59 pm #
Ah, the British English spelling would have been a long time ago – as early as 2002 I suspect. It was sometime in college anyway… Probably an article written by Dr. Fleming, though not signed by him.
RedPhillips on 12 Apr 2010 at 10:24 pm #
BiT, I am aware of Charles Johnson’s past life and that he is no youngster. That is part of the reason that his shifting political persona is so odd.