Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Racism or Anti-Zionism

The problem is that the evil lies in what people think-and their motive. These are intangibles.
So if you have a prejudicial hatred to a certain group of people, the motive will engender behaviors that are inevitably unacceptable. These behaviors can be viewed on a continuum from barely detectable to the horror of holocaust. The latter of course is relatively easy to see, but much hatred can be cloaked, it can be the reason to bring up anti-zionist sentiment for example. Zionism may need to be critiqued, not so much by people who hate Jews which in turn is really *why* they are anti-zionist. The problem is how does one ascertain motive? Sometimes it is easy to see, other times it is carefully hidden behind our intellectual dishonesty.

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