The Defeat of the Anti-Semiters!

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Described here.

They lost when mainstream Jewish commentators began calling the smear campaign against Hagel "disgusting" "character assassination."

Sometimes the good guys win.

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  1. Anonymous4:33 PM

    Wow, so Carter is an anti-Semite because he understands the plight of the Palestinians? The funny part is that I absolutely despise most everything Carter stands for, but I agree with him on the point about an apartheid state. He says that Israel could become one, I say that it already is one.

    The thing that I am failing to understand is what the state of Israel has to do with Jews in general. It's like if you criticize the acts of a state, one that considers itself a Jewish state (which is a claim for theocracy), that all of the sudden you're accused of criticizing all Jews.

    I have no problem with Jews, they're good people. My problem is with the actions of Israel (the state), which coincidentally many Jews also share my feelings.

    This whole thing is a smear, that's all that it is. I don't even like Hagel all that much, but I can see things for what they are. I am happy to see that other people, including American Jews, also see it this way, and that they've been willing to speak up. Because this shit has been getting out of hand lately.

    It used to be that it was quite clear if a person was an anti-Semite or a racist, because they would say so. These days, you only need to criticize the President or Israel, and you meet the criteria. Which is quite confusing, considering that those same people attributing anti-semitism to Obama are the usually the same complaining about being called racist with regard to criticizing Obama. The hypocrisy is mind-boggling.

    The world has absolutely lost its mind!

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