Beck raises the hackles of the ADL

[Sleeping in EQ]

http://www.thejewishweek.com/st/glen...rs_jewish.html

[Indy Coug]

Raising the hackles of the ADL is like shooting fish in a barrel.

[byu71]

Raising the hackles of the ADL is like shooting fish in a barrel.

Exactly. Can you imagine if they had a University like BYU and a sports board like CB. The only trouble might be if your trolling was taken wrong, they might find out who you are and then report you to the press.

[Viking]

Raising the hackles of the ADL is like shooting fish in a barrel.

Such as when?

The ADL is a great organization.

[RobinFinderson]

Such as when?

The ADL is a great organization.

Here is a Pat Buchanan quote that the ADL identifies as anti-semitic:

2005: “They charge us with anti-Semitism…The truth is, those hurling these charges harbor a 'passionate attachment' to a nation not our own that causes them to subordinate the interests of their own country and to act on an assumption that, somehow, what's good for Israel is good for America.”

Whether one agrees or disagrees with Buchanan, I think the quote represents a viewpoint that any reasonable person could have.

[Viking]

Here is a Pat Buchanan quote that the ADL identifies as anti-semitic:


Whether one agrees or disagrees with Buchanan, I think the quote represents a viewpoint that any reasonable person could have.

That moron might as well have said that "they" are effectively not american. That you miss the implicit anti-semitism in light of his shameful history of bigotry is surprising to me.

[RobinFinderson]

That moron might as well have said that "they" are effectively not american. That you miss the implicit anti-semitism in light of his shameful history of bigotry is surprising to me.

I don't follow Buchanan stuff that closely, so I may have missed something, but Buchanan doesn't come across to be as antisemitic. I understand that many people have accepted as conventional wisdom that he is antisemitic, but I don't see it. I think he has strong opinions about the political entanglements between the U.S. and Israel, and the ADL characterizes those political views as antisemitism. I'm sure there are many other examples where I would be in agreement with the ADL on what constitutes antisemitism, but I think they have been firing cheap shots at Buchanan.