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A 43-year-old Aiken woman was detained for driving under the influence on Monday after she was in a collision on Whiskey Road.
An Aiken woman reported to the Aiken Department of Public Safety that someone took her purse from a shopping cart that she had left in the parking lot of Walmart on Whiskey Road on Tuesday.
Vehicle break-ins were reported to Aiken Public Safety on Hickory Ridge Road, Whiskey Road and Barnwell Avenue.
Aiken Public Safety responded to shopliftings at Bi-Lo on Pine Log Road, Walmart on Richland Avenue and Save-A-Lot on York Street.
A burglary was reported at an ABC store on Pine Log Road. Security cameras captured the suspects breaking a window and taking a bottle of Crown Royal. An ID card was found in the parking lot near the store and placed into evidence.
A 32-year-old patient at Aurora Pavilion was detained for assault and battery after he reportedly punched someone in the face with a closed fist.
The Aiken County Sheriffs Office responded to burglaries on Williston Road and Pine Log Road in Beech Island, Old 96 Indian Trail and Pine Circle in Monetta, Powell Pond Road and Titanic Road in Aiken, New Holland Road in Wagener, Atomic Road in Jackson, Ascauga Lake Road in Graniteville and Old Barnwell Road in Montmorenci.
Vehicles were reported stolen in Aiken on Tuesday from Old Graniteville Highway and Martin Hollow Road.
A 52-year-old woman was detained for shoplifting on Tuesday after she reportedly walked out of a store in Clearwater without paying for some items she concealed in her purse.
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Blue crochet overall jumper with adjustable buckle shoulder straps. Pocket on front bib and two hip pockets. Shows contrast stitching at seams. Two back pockets. This jumper is unlined. This is the perfect piece to wear as a beach cover up, layered over a seamless jumper, or styled on top of your casual tops and boy shorts.
*60% Cotton, 40% Polyester
*Machine Wash Cold
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Rise (from waist): 10 3/8"
Across Top of Waist: 16"
Inseam: 1 3/4" Leg Opening Width: 13" Total Strap Length: 13 3/4"
*60% Cotton, 40% Polyester
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Measurements for Size Small:
Rise (from waist): 10 3/8"
Across Top of Waist: 16"
Inseam: 1 3/4" Leg Opening Width: 13" Total Strap Length: 13 3/4"
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Rated 5 out of 5Â by KitKatz SO CUTE :D I just got this in the mail today and it did not disappoint at all. I ordered my usual xs even though I was worried that it was going to be too small on me ( measurements: 5'2, 105lb). It was perfect. It fit well (slightly roomy, just a bit baggier on me than on the model in the picture, but I like it like that). The straps were adjustable so I tightened it so it wouldn't hang so low on me. I think people should order their normal sizes instead of sizing up on this unless you want it to be really baggy. I love the crochet and all the pockets :) It's so comfortable and cute at the same time. Will be wearing this all the time this summer! 4.26.2012
Rated 3 out of 5Â by dallasdiva Meh This looks way cuter on the model than it does IRL. Part of it is she has her hand in her pockets and you can't see that when hands don't occupy pockets the fabric sticks out really stiff like on the side. Which brings me to my primary criticism of this romper: The fabric needs to be buried and forgotten. It's bad, stiff, itchy, and holey thus impractical. Not a fan. If this had been a more slouchy material and not full of holes, I'd have killed for a fabric jumper like this. :( THe fit is TTS. 9.3.2012
Rated 5 out of 5Â by angeldancer So Adorable! This overall jumper is so cute and has character. Fits perfectly and honestly will probably stretch a little throughout wearing it for a more loose look. Since the bottom has no lining, I just threw a pair of black biker shorts under and you cannot even tell that they are seperate from the jumper. PERFECT SUMMER MUST HAVE! 6.22.2012
Rated 3 out of 5Â by lilkeatz Super cute but HUGE If you notice on the model how low she has the top and where about the shorts sit on her hips and in the crotch area, If you want that look size down FOR SURE, and maybe even two sizes if you in between sizes. I am usually a small or a medium and so I was going to get the small but it was backordered so I went with the medium. On me (Im 5'4) I had to tighten the straps until the top of the front of the bibs was up to my neck to get the crotch up more in the area where it looked decent. I never size down two sizes because I prefer things to be loose but I would get an xs in my case so that they fit like they do on the model. I even bought the black knickers with lace trim on the bottom from fp to where underneath but the overalls were so long you couldnt see the lace. They came to like mid thigh. I weigh 125lbs and these overalls made me look alot bigger because they were so wide. The button that sits on the models hip was up higher than the small of my waist. They are really cute and a great price but don't think you can get away with your regular size unless you want them reallllly big. 6.22.2012
Rated 2 out of 5Â by SandyGee Disappointed I was REALLY excited about buying this jumper and broke my own rule of never ordering items that are on backorder. I got my usual size small (5'5", 125 lbs) and it fit true to size. I wanted to love it, but it just missed the mark. I realize that it is a jumper, but it is utterly shapeless and hung really weird. The top was terribly unflattering. Perhaps it could be cute on a flatter chested girl (I'm a 34C), but it looked sloppy on me. The entire thing is completely see through, including the shorts. The material is nice, but it doesn't seem put together well. I'm not sure if I received one that has been returned before, but the straps were a mess. Sending it back :( 6.11.2012
Rated 5 out of 5Â by Austinite Love! I ordered my usual size small. It definately runs a little on the big side but I like the looser fit with the piece. My bust is a 34 dd and it didn't want it to look too tight in the chest so the small worked perfect for me. I wore this with a pair of short spandex shorts underneath and a tank. It looked so cute! It can be worn out for the day or a day at the beach! 5.8.2012
Rated 3 out of 5Â by mpr Would love to keep them.... I just received my FP Jumper in the mail yesterday. I was so excited that they had arrived and couldn't wait to try them on! But, unfortunately they were too wide on me/ the crotch seam in really low. The bottoms also have no lining so you have to wear shorts underneath them. I've been scouring the internet for a pair of short overalls but these just weren't the ones.... I have to send them back :( BTW I am about 5'6, 110 lbs and I ordered a small. DEFINITELY order a size down, unless your looking for that really loose look. 5.6.2012
Rated 4 out of 5Â by LittleMissMolly Cute, Roomy I saw this online and loved it. Even though the overall consensus was to order up on this piece, I went with an XS. Unfortunately it is still too large on me (5', 98 lbs). I wish I could keep this one, but it's just too large. I defnitely don't recommend sizing up, get your normal size, or even think about sizing down. Lovely piece, worth the price! 4.30.2012
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Known for its splendid collection of fine antique rugs, textiles, and tapestries, Lavender Oriental Carpets, based in Manhattan, was established in London more than 30 years ago by Lida Lavender, who continues to personally review every item before it is admitted into her exclusive inventory.


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Our Alpha Phi Sterling Silver Letter Bracelet is perfect for everyday wear. Hand cut and made from .925 sterling silver, this bracelet features Alpha Phi letters at the center of a 7.5" rolo chain. This is a custom handcrafted item and takes 3-5 business days to create before shipping.
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Indio Satchel
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A smaller version of our best selling Indio tote, the satchel is the perfect size and features our soft leather in fun colors and crafted detail.
- special web price: $104, regular price: $149
- Exterior: Leather
- Interior: Polyester
- Hardware varies by color: Antique silver tone or Antique gold tone hardware
- 16.5in L x 5in W x 9in H; Drop: 10.5 inches
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- Clean with a water-based leather cleaner and moisturizer. Use a protective spray to protect the leather surface.
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The bag itself is great. However, the leather edges are unfinished and fray very easily, as well as the edges of the lining which are attached to the unfinished leather. And are those handles vinyl? I though the bag was entirely leather. No mention on the website of vinyl handles. All in all a good bag, but for the price they should have gone the extra mile and finished the edges of the leather. Would I buy again? probably not.
Monday February 23 2015
I bought the black lacing style and I absolutely love this bag. It has a true leather look and the lacing/embroidery gives it a southwestern feel that I don't have in any other bag. I have received several compliments. It is the perfect size, things don't get lost in a "bottomless pit" type of purse. The outside pocket fits my android phone perfectly. These are the only straps I like in The Sak purses because they stay on my shoulder. I would recommend this bag to anyone.
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This is one of the best leather bags I have ever bought! Perfect size and shape and the color goes with everythin. Highly recommen.


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By the Numbers: About this Issue
The numbers tell the story. Between 1990 and 2010, U.S. gross domestic production increased by some 65%. Total miles traveled by U.S. vehicles went up 40%. The population grew by 24%, and energy consumption rose 15%. And amongst all that growth and activity, the country's air got significantly cleaner: levels of six major categories of air pollutant emissions dropped 59%.
The impact of that reduction includes another impressive number: five months. That's the estimated increase in life expectancy attributed to cleaner air for those living in certain urban areas, based on an EPA-supported study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
How was that achieved? It all started with science. Science-based air pollution regulations under the Clean Air Act have helped advance remarkable success in making the air cleaner and healthier for communities across the nation.
But there is still work to be done.
"There have been great strides since the passage of the Clean Air Act in 1970, almost to the point now, when we look outside, the air is clear in most places—even in most urban environments—and we kind of forget the fact that there are things in the air that while we can't see them we can inhale them," said EPA air scientist Dan Costa, Sc.D., DABT.
Dr. Costa, the National Program Director for EPA's Air, Climate, and Energy research program is just one of the EPA experts featured in this issue of EPA Science Matters, which focuses on the impact and ongoing efforts of EPA air research.
Highlighted are stories about EPA's efforts to better understand the complex interrelations between air, climate, and energy, including: a recent study illuminating how exposure to ground-level ozone may be linked to heart trouble, the potential health impacts of biodiesel fuels emissions, research exploring how black carbon affects the climate, the efforts of EPA engineers to design clean-burning cookstoves to improve the health of hundreds of millions of people.
40 years of EPA air research have added up to provide significant and lasting impacts in the form of cleaner air and healthier communities. And that important work continues to advance the science and engineering needed to meet the far-reaching and complex challenges facing us today.
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With everything going on in the world today, more teens and young adults are proudly chosing abstinence and displaying their choice with purity rings. This stainless steel spinner ring simply states the phrase True Love Waits around the outside of the spinning band. Many people are embracing the notion of waiting until marriage, and this purity ring serves as a token of their commitment to this promise to themselves.
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More than 25 years after the unsolved murder of a 5-year-old Horseshoe community boy, a new tip could move the case forward.
Justin Turner was found strangled to death and sexually assaulted in 1989.
Berkeley County investigator Capt. Rick Ollic told the Post and Courier that someone called with a new tip in the case last month.
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With its warm glow and gorgeous blend of golden brown hues, Baltic Amber has been irresistible to humans for millennia. We are thrilled to introduce our line of Genuine Baltic Amber jewelry, including this Vintage Leaf Design Sterling Silver Baltic Amber Pendant. The pendant hangs 1.5 inches from your choice of a 16, 18, or 20 inch snake chain, and is comprised of two amber stones highlighted by finely detailed sterling silver. The top of the pendant is a yellow-orange round stone with a 5 millimeter diameter, below which a trail of silver leads to a fully rounded 1/2 inch amber stone. This unique style can be paired with any of our Baltic Amber earrings or rings for an entrancing look.
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With the recent severe weather that has affected the area due to Hurricane Sandy and the potential for more damaging storms later, the West Virginia Poison Control Center has offered tips to those who might have lost power and resorted to using generators for electricity.
Carissa McBurney, WVPC Community Outreach Coordinator, said in a release that carbon monoxide poisoning from improper generator use was a large concern following storms.
"Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that can be emitted when fuels do not burn completely, such as when generators are used inside or too closely to the home," the release stated. "Carbon monoxide does not signal a problem and can sicken or kill those affected by them. Therefore, generator safety tips are important to know."
The WVPC suggested the following tips for safely operating generators:
• Carefully follow the manufacturer's safety instructions for generator use;
• Never use generators indoors, in garages or near open windows;
• Do not siphon gasoline by mouth to fill a generator with fuel;
• Use battery-operated (or battery-backup) carbon monoxide alarms. Be sure to test the batteries regularly;
• If anyone living in the home (including pets) experiences sleepiness, dizziness, headaches, confusion, weakness or your carbon monoxide alarm sounds, immediately seek fresh air and call the WVPC at 1-800-222-1222.
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The victim ended up in the hospital early Sunday morning after she said he forced himself on her and repeatedly sexually assualted her after she drove him to his home because he was too intoxicated to drive, according to a police report.
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Here are a few photos of my AKS-74U
The AK-104 is my favorite SBR.
While shooting this rifle a night, it has absolutely no muzzle flash that I can detect from behind the rifle.
Sweet man i have to say i like the look of the first better
Both are really nice looking guns. You are a lucky man!
"Courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway." - The Duke
Yep,#1 gets my vote.
SOON-We already lost the war. You are the resistance.
That is the one I have been shooting the most.
Thanks Gunco
This is a tack driver railbuggy. At 50 yards, I can hit a Styrofoam plate one or two times out of 25 rounds while shooting from a standing position.
Sweet guns I hope to build mine soon. I have a nice 762 Krink I want to sbr.
Now, a 7.62 Krink would be one I would like to have, but I got started late in the game to find one. project guns, my son and I shot my 5.45 Krink 20 rounds to celebrate Christmas this morning.
I love that krink...and the AK-104. How much does the 104's and 105's go for?
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Sheer tulle mid-length skirt with stretchy waist band. A pretty piece to add a soft and feminine touch to even your most rock and roll of pieces.
*100% Polyester
*Hand Wash Cold
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Length: 32"
Waist (all around - relaxed): 25 1/2"
*100% Polyester
*Hand Wash Cold
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Length: 32"
Waist (all around - relaxed): 25 1/2"
Rated 4.5 out of 5Â by 15 reviewers.
Rated 4 out of 5Â by SaraCo Raw Tulle Skirt I'm a sucker for tulle and snapped this one up the minute I saw it online. Unlike other FP layering skirts, this has a snug, fitted waistband in the front and is stretchy in the back. Personally I prefer stretchy all the way around as it allows for more comfortable styling options. This is tight when worn lower on my waist, and had I know it had a partially fitted waist band I would have ordered a size up. Otherwise I love it. It's not poofy but has a nice shape and drape to it, and the small hits me mid calf on a 5'7" frame. It is double layered tulle, so while it's obviously sheer, there is a certain opacity to it that take it up a notch from running around in your skivvies. Very happy, but suggest sizing up if you are between sizes. 9.29.2012
Rated 2 out of 5Â by loveloveclothes Not worth the money I found it to simply be way too sheer! Just two layers of tulle put together with an elastic waist! Not worth the money!The fit also was not flattering. Had to send it back! 3.9.2013
Rated 4 out of 5Â by JustJen0117 So pretty but not for me! This skirt is really, really beautiful. But because of the way the waistband is shaped, it just doesn't sit well on my waist. I'm apple shaped and I should've known better based on past experiences. I think if I were about 10lbs less, I could probably pull it off. Really gorgeous though. I'm 5'4, 140 lbs and wear a M. 2.24.2013
Rated 5 out of 5Â by tania007 Loving it!!! It took me a while to make up my mind but I finally ordered and it is a wonderful piece, it looks very nice on and it's easy to wear. 11.27.2012
Rated 5 out of 5Â by freepeoplegurl77 Absolutely Awesome! This skirt is so fun, love it!! It is a piece you can play with and create many different vibes and looks. The material is delicate but not fragile, it can withstand wear. I think wearing two of them makes an awesome look, almost like a vintage look with crinoline. Also like it under the embroidery slip dress. Fun piece! 11.5.2012
Rated 5 out of 5Â by Gigi84 Pretty, goodness oh so pretty! Pretty times ten! It looks like something a ballerina would wear. It's dreamy, moves as you walk and is made of a wonderful light weight material. As spring approaches, really what more can you ask for? As for the fit, it's perfect and very true to size. Love, love, love this purchase! 2.4.2013
Rated 4 out of 5Â by Nuraluralura Sexy, Feminine, Sheer This is a beautiful slip, but you have to know how to layer and pair. As the other reviewers have mentioned the waist band is kind of tight, but after the second wear it seems just fine. It looks just as pictured, although the tulle comes out a bit more from the waist. I thought about returning it, because I'm not particularly girly, but I kept it because it's such a great addition to add under or over so many different outfits. 5.29.2013
Rated 4 out of 5Â by GroovyBunny Like a Ballerina The pink tulle is amazing. I gave it four stars instead of five because of the waist. As others have said, this slip needs a stretchy waist all around. I got it to layer under semi-sheer skirts. The high waist makes that difficult. But I'm keeping it anyway because it's beautiful and comfortable and most of all because it makes me feel like a ballerina when I wear it. 5.11.2013
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Alaska has one of the highest rates of recent temperature increase in the world. Tree-ring records of summer temperature changes span nearly all of the last millennium at the Firth River in northeastern Alaska.
The warmest epoch in the last nine centuries occurs during the 20th century, with average temperatures over the last thirty years approximately 1.2 ± 0.16° C (about 2.5° F) warmer than the long-term average (1100 to 1850 CE).
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Thursday, February 7, 2013
Berkeley County Democratic Party
The Berkeley County Democratic Party will hold a breakfast meeting on Saturday, February 16, 2013 at the Berkeley Electric Co-op on Rembert Dennis Blvd. in Moncks Corner. Democratic Candidates for the 1st Congressional District: Elizabeth Colbert-Busch and Martin Skelly will speak. Everyone is invited. Breakfast is a $5.00 donation. For further information, call Melissa Watson at 793-9818.
JSL Cook-off Feb. 9
Saturday, Feb. 9 • 1-5 pm
The Junior Service League of Summerville will host a Chili, Cornbread, and Pies… Oh, My!!! Cook-off and Vendor Fair. The group is looking for vendors to purchase booths to sell their goods, as well as to compete in the cook-off. This is a fundraiser for JSL and those attending will enjoy fabulous local food, entertainment for the kids, live music, raffles for great prizes, as well as shopping with local vendors. Admission to the event is free. Drinks and samples of the chili, cornbread, and pies will be $1 each. Raffle tickets will be sold for $1 each. All money raised will go to charities in the Summerville area
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Location: The Ponds
Guided walking tours
The Summerville Dorchester offers two guided walking tours, one of old planter Summerville and the other of the West End neighborhood. Stroll past gracious antebellum and Victorian era homes, and hear stories of those who once lived in them, Civil War experiences, and railroad history. Walks are about a mile long and take a little over an hour. They are available daily by a prior appointment. For further information please call 843-875-9666 or see http://www.summervilledorchestermuseum.org/.
Valentine's Day Gift Basket
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Scottish American Military Society
Saturday, Feb. 9 • 9 a.m.
The Scottish American Military society will meet for coffee and doughnuts. The business meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. If you are a prior military of active duty, reserves, we would like to meet with you. Coast Guard is also included. You need to be of Scottish Heritage. Among the objectives of the group are to honor, preserve promote and perpetuate the proud tradition of American military service with particular emphasis on the military contributions of those of Scottish origins, to support and promote a strong national military establishment; to perpetuate traditions, values, qualities and attitudes from the Scottish American past; to preserve and foster Scottish-American heritage; and to preserve and promote Scottish and American Armed Forces customs. By supporting education, forums on history and genealogy, student awards, Highland Gatherings; charitable contributions and fraternal gatherings for members.
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Location: VFW Post 3433, Bell Wright Road, Summerville
White Gables Charity 5K
March 9, 2012 -- 8 a.m. Start
The Dubose Wildcat Food Pantry
Run or walk your way through our neighborhood on the certified White Gables Charity 5K course, which winds our way through our picturesque neighborhood, all while supporting a wonderful cause!
The Dubose Wildcat Food Pantry is a wonderful charity that provides food to families that are in need within our community. Serving over 60 families each week, any student or family that is in need is eligible to receive a backpack full of meals to provide for the entire weekend!
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The intern in this position will assist the Volunteer Coordinator plan, develop, and implement the volunteer program, and community service programs and informational programs in support of Utah's Hogle Zoo. Must enjoy working with adults and youth. Work hours are 6-8 hours per day, 20-40 hours per week, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and may include Saturdays.
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
because policing the discourse is punk rock
Whenever I compare these situations to their analogs in discussions of race, or in discussion of other countries like China, the response is always the same: Israel is different. Israel cannot be discussed the way other subjects are discussed. Of course, voiced in a different context, that sort of talk is taken as self-evidently anti-Semitic. You see, it is not merely wrong but anti-Semitic to judge Israel differently than you judge any other nation-- except when it is not merely wrong but anti-Semitic to judge Israel in the same way that you judge any other nation. When it is necessary and convenient, defenders of Israel's oppression of the Palestinian people insist that any discussion of Israel that does not treat it like any other country is offensive. When it is necessary and convenient, failing to note how Israel is not like any other country is offensive. Leap from foot to foot as is necessary to win.
Glenn Greenwald is getting the usual treatment, in large part because he pointed out that taking a loyalty oath to another country might potentially be evidence that one has loyalties to another country. (Imagine that! Swearing loyalty to Israel might give someone the impression you're loyal to Israel!) Is it possible that Israel could have gotten involved in an armed conflict against the United States, during Jeff Goldberg's tenure in the Israeli army? Remember, it is not merely wrong but anti-Semitic to suggest that the relationship between Israel and America is unusually close or complicated. Suggestions that Israel functions militarily as an extension of American armed forces, after all, are routinely dismissed as anti-Semitic. It's therefore possible that armed hostilities could have broken out. So what would have happened, had Israel gotten involved in an armed conflict with America? I don't presume to know the answer to the question. What Ackerman and others are insisting is that any suggestion that Goldberg might have held to his loyalty oath and backed Israel is self-evidently anti-Semitic. Am I guilty of anti-Semitism for even thinking of the possibility? Are thought experiments, predicated on the simply observations that separate countries can go to war, potentially anti-Semitic? Are there any Israeli Americans who might consider their dedication to Israel more important than their dedication to America? Is asking that question anti-Semitic? If an Iranian-American joins the Iranian military, and war breaks out, would asking the same questions be indicative of anti-Persian racism? I no longer know how to even broach the question.
One could go on. As Philip Weiss points out, Ackerman attacks Max Blumenthal for referring to Goldberg as a former Israeli prison guard, which seems like an odd thing to complain about, considering that Goldberg is a former Israeli prison guard and that he was referred to as such on the jacket of his own book. Or we could talk about the fact that Goldberg uses Jewishness as license to psychoanalyze anyone and everyone. He engages in an absurd laundry list of claims about Glenn Greenwald. How does Goldberg know all of this about Glenn Greenwald? The only evidence for all of his claims is that Greenwald is (presumably) Jewish. If you've read Goldberg for as long as I have, you'd know this is his specialty. Once he knows a writer is Jewish, he feels that he has total authority to discuss that writer's character, beliefs, and psychology. That this is the elementary logic of bigotry-- the notion that one can know all of this intimate knowledge about someone thanks to his or her ethnic character-- seems not to bother Goldberg in the least. Perhaps I'll publish a piece psychoanalyzing Goldberg, each observation derived solely from his status as a Jew, and see how long I remain in polite society.
All of this happens for a purpose: to make it clear to anyone who might have a moral conviction about Israel's treatment of the Palestinians scared to talk about it. I know many people who have political stances on everything, and voice them without regard or fear, on questions of race, abortion, poverty, Afghanistan, gay rights, health care.... But about Israel, they won't speak. It has simply been drummed into their heads, by people like Spencer Ackerman, that this is no-go territory for them. They are mostly gentiles, as I am, and they know that speaking on this issue could easily result in accusations of anti-Semitism. So they shut up. And here comes Spencer Ackerman, and his red-baiting essay, and the predictable Hitler graphic. And so the task of pressuring "a recalcitrant Israel to come to its senses, especially about the insanity of attacking Iran" just becomes harder.
If you'd like to consider how a man's obsession with the meta and his social positioning overwhelms his moral and philosophical understanding, just peep the sub-head to this piece.
Note to some of my fellow progressives: If we can't argue about Israel without using anti-Semitic tropes, then the debate is lost before it even begins
I have to tell you, I just have no idea what that means. Just no idea at all. I can't fathom what that sentiment could entail. Who is the "we" who could possibly win or lose? This is not a debate to be lost by unaffected American writers. It is a matter of vital life and death, for one of the most powerless, beleaguered, and oppressed people on earth. No matter who wins or loses these arguments, the situation in Palestine endures. Ackerman's piece is one written by someone who has become completely unmoored from the actual, physical, material reality that he is purportedly writing about. I assure you: Ackerman, in the context of the conflict, has already won. The losers are the people who live in cities subject to 24 hour curfew, whose communities are illegally encroached on by settlers, whose homes are bulldozed without due process or review, who are intermittently subject to the horrible bloodletting of another Israeli incursion, as they have been for over 40 years. There's none of them in Ackerman's piece. None of them at all.
That it is self-evident that essays like Ackerman's make it materially harder to secure justice for the Palestinians will make no difference to him. He is proudly basking in the approval of people like Jeff Goldberg and Eli Lake, men who have never met an assault on Muslims and Arabs they didn't approve of. For a creature of Washington, as Ackerman is, justice and morality are minor concerns compared to the preeminent priority of securing the blessing of Very Serious People everywhere. Doubt me? Wait and watch, as the usual suspects in Washington flock to his aid. Spencer Ackerman cares more about their approval than he does about the security of the Palestinian people. And now you know his character.
46 comments:
- Paul Sherrard said...
"They are mostly gentiles, as I am, and they know that speaking on this issue could easily result in accusations of anti-Semitism. So they shut up."
Yup. I wish they would just start talking about it en masse---maybe then they'd be to numerous to police. But I don't think that will ever happen. Thank you for your piece though, which as usual cuts right to the heart of the matter.
- January 28, 2012 at 12:04 PM
- MikeAdamson said...
I don't agree with your analysis of this specific episode. I agree that the Israeli mistreatment of Palestinians routinely gets the kid gloves treatment but I disagree with the notion that we shouldn't slip into anti-semitism when we criticise Israel. Yes, the alarm is often sounded prematurely and inappropriately when a critic's statement veers close to the line but Ackerman's distaste for the term "Israel Firster" mirrors my distaste for the terms "appeaser" and terrorist sympathiser" when I argued against the war in Iraq. Another example is how James Taranto invariably introduces Paul Krugman as "the former advisor to Enron" instead of Nobel winner or Yale economist. Sure, it's true but it's a cheap rhetorical trick that grates and poisons whatever argument is being advanced.
Besides, any fan of the Misfits has got to be right IMO. Cheers!
- January 28, 2012 at 12:28 PM
So you either 1) reject Ackerman's claim that "Israel Firsters" has an anti-Semitic history, or 2) you think it is sometimes necessary to use language with anti-Semitic history in order to "speak like adults."
Assuming it's 1), shouldn't you actually make an argument for your position? Ackerman says it was coined and propagated by a white supremacists. Is he wrong? If so, what's your evidence?
- January 28, 2012 at 1:32 PM
- Freddie said...
I reject that the term is anti-Semitic.
- January 28, 2012 at 1:54 PM
- Freddie said...
I perhaps could be convinced that the history of the term has anti-Semitic content, if that's the evidence. The question that's relevant is whether it was used with the intent to be anti-Semitic. (I don't presume that everybody who says "the heebie jeebies," "spic and span," or "jimmies" to refer to chocolate shots on ice cream does so out of an attempt to be bigoted.)
More to the point, the fixation on this particular term is a distraction from the broader questions about how to pursue justice for the Palestinians in a righteous way.
- January 28, 2012 at 2:15 PM
I'd refrain from using that term, just 'cause it seems to set people off, and I think that response is generally genuine.
But I mean, Joe Klein has used this term, among others. It's a term I wouldn't use, but it's not like, "OMG, Joe Klein said 'Israel firster', he obviously hates Jews, he should be fired like those low-level CAP staffers were". It's just not that offensive a term.
The reason for this giant froufraw and hullaballoo and hand-wringing, particularly from Jeffrey Goldberg, is to police the discourse and give a hard time to anyone who might make an argument he doesn't agree with about the relationship between the US and Israel.
- January 28, 2012 at 3:30 PM
Parts of this are right on and parts of it are bullshit. This isn't an argument about Spencer Ackerman being too detached and removed or whatever.
It's an argument about the efficacy of language. Ackerman clearly thinks that the term 'Israel-firster' is counter-productive because of the response it provokes and effect that it has on debate. You and Greenwald disagree. That's the argument. I don't know whether it's true and neither do you and nether does Spencer and neither does Greenwald. It's theorizing about rhetoric. And unless any of you have got something empirical to back up your opinion (and I don't really know how you could), you should bear in mind that this is a subjective argument about language and sociology.
- January 28, 2012 at 3:51 PM
- Freddie said...
I'd refrain from using that term, just 'cause it seems to set people off, and I think that response is generally genuine.
Same here.
Parts of this are right on and parts of it are bullshit. This isn't an argument about Spencer Ackerman being too detached and removed or whatever.
I couldn't care less about Ackerman's mental state; what I care about is his impact on the discussion. And the effect of his essay is to diminish the role of the Palestinian situation in this debate. Right?
- January 28, 2012 at 4:23 PM
Isn't Ackerman on your side on Israel's treatment of the Palestinians? Hasn't he written about it a fair amount? You're acting like this one essay is all Ackerman has ever written about Israel and Palestine.
I'm not even going to try to convince you that it might not be your place to tell Jews whether or not a term coined and propagated by white supremacists is anti-Semitic. Or to intervene in an intra-Jewish conversation about anti-Semitism in the first place. You'll either realize that some day or not.
- January 28, 2012 at 6:08 PM
- kris said...
The context of this discussion over the use of "Israel-firster" is important. It's not like the CAP folks accused of semitism started wondering about the divided loyalties of Israeli-Americans for no reason. It's not like the debate is whether we should ethnically profile against Jews or Israeli's in airports or whether Jews are loyal enough to the U.S. to be allowed to build a cultural center on the site of a Burlington Coat Factory.
Here is the context: In the minds of many people, including many strong backers of Israel, and many Jewish-American intelectuals, there is a strong case that the U.S. should take a stronger stand and it is in the interests of the U.S. morally and egoistically to take such a stand. Many arguments are written along these lines.
In response, many politicians and pundits will say that we should be "loyal to our friend Israel." This is their argument. They say that loyalty to Israel is an important consideration and may trump America's self interest and America's interest in pursuing a morally upright foreign policy.
In response, folks like the folks under fire at CAP say that it is unclear whether putting Israel's interest above that of the U.S. or above moral concerns for the well-being of Palestinians is justified. In so doing, all the CAP folks were doing is undercutting an argument that others had made that the interests of Israel -more than the interests of Palestinians, I suppose- should be a concern to Americans in deciding moral issuses in foreign policy. They then created a category of "Israel-firster" (more of a bland neologism in their minds than a scary dysphemism, even though it may have been used as a slur of some kind in the distant past.)
All the CAP people need to say is we apologize for using that word, unknowingly, but the point still stands. Should Israel's interests be a greater concern for the U.S. than moral worries about the oppression of a large group and America's egoistic (strategic) worries about keeping a calm middle-east. This is a serious debate and has precursosrs in debates regarding U.S. allies of the past.
- January 28, 2012 at 6:48 PM
- kris said...
Excuse my poorly written post. I mean "anti-semitism" not "semitism" and "it is the interest of the U.S. to take a strong stand on Israeli settlements in the West Bank."
- January 28, 2012 at 6:50 PM
- Freddie said...
I'm not even going to try to convince you that it might not be your place to tell Jews whether or not a term coined and propagated by white supremacists is anti-Semitic. Or to intervene in an intra-Jewish conversation about anti-Semitism in the first place. You'll either realize that some day or not.
The conduct of my country is my responsibility as a member of a democracy. If you don't want Americans to comment on Israel, then advocate that America stop subsidizing Israel. As long as we give money to Israel, defend Israel militarily, do whatever Israel wants diplomatically, share espionage and intelligence with Israel, and generally do whatever we can to support the country, we are involved. And that means it's not just my right but my responsibility to speak out on the conflict. Sorry. Spencer Ackerman telling me I'm not allowed does not overwhelm my responsibility.
- January 28, 2012 at 6:54 PM
- J.L. Wall said...
"Are there any Israeli Americans who might consider their dedication to Israel more important than their dedication to America?"
--> The problem with this formulation, in this context, is that the concern isn't over what people think about Israeli residents of the US. It's over what people think about the loyalties of Jewish-American citizens. I qualify for the latter, and not at all the former.
"That it is self-evident that essays like Ackerman's make it materially harder to secure justice for the Palestinians will make no difference to him."
--> Being wary of phrases that carry the weight of their history (at least in the minds of those AT whom they're flung) -- or of rhetoric that veers toward dual-loyalty charges -- self-evidently hampers bettering the situation of the Palestinians? I don't see it. What self-evidently prevents anything is a national conversation that veers between "Israel-firsters!" and "The Palestinians don't exist!" A "conversation" in which both sides open by trying to alienate the other (and the middle) as much as possible is going to get nowhere.
And insofar as that is Ackerman's point -- and insofar as the word "Hitler" appears nowhere in the piece -- he's arguing something that is both valid and practical.
- January 28, 2012 at 7:02 PM
The intra-Jewish debate I'm talking about is about the use of possibly anti-Semitic language by Jewish leftist critics of Israel, not about the policies of the United States or Israel, which obviously you are as entitled to comment on as anyone. Are you just misreading me deliberately?
- January 28, 2012 at 7:04 PM
- J.L. Wall said...
"Spencer Ackerman telling me I'm not allowed does not overwhelm my responsibility."
--> Again, Ackerman doesn't say you can't speak out. Goldberg's didn't say that. Hell, even those I've read at COMMENTARY on this phrase haven't gotten into whether any criticism at all is invalid. Alienating, in your opening move, everyone who disagrees with you just doesn't strike me as the best practical move.
Because there's a difference between saying, "Israel's treatment of Palestinians is oppressive, wrong, and should not be subsidized by the United States"; and, "Anyone who disagrees with me has CLEARLY been bought off by the Israelis!"
- January 28, 2012 at 7:10 PM
- Freddie said...
Have I used that language? Do I typically?
Look, friend: loyalty to country, ethnicity, and religion are all fucking loony tunes to me. None of it makes any sense. I am trying to work towards a moral policy by my country. Ackerman, by throwing his shoulder behind the position of people like Eli Lake-- people who are preventing a sane, moral, and equitable policy towards Israel and Palestine-- is making that harder. And he's doing it by unfairly dismissing critics like Glenn Greenwald, by insisting that Greenwald's language is anti-Semitic without actually making the argument that Greenwald's intent is anti-Semitic.
I am so tired of arguments like yours, as they take this debate completely out of the context of real life: a context where criticism of Israel is functionally silenced by the ceaseless identification of criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism.
insofar as the word "Hitler" appears nowhere in the piece
True. Where could I have possibly pulled the idea of Hitler from that piece? Perhaps the giant graphic at the top?
- January 28, 2012 at 7:12 PM
Look, I'll ask this again: isn't Ackerman actually on your side, substantively? I don't know his work well enough and I can't go read it all. I thought he was, am I wrong? I could understand your anger better in that case.
- January 28, 2012 at 7:21 PM
- Freddie said...
He's on the side of the angels, on this issue, in many ways. He is wrong to attack Greenwald, Blumenthal, et al for pointing out that there are prominent American commentators who evince support of Israel that seems unqualified and uncritical, but simultaneously attack those who point it out as anti-Semitic.
- January 28, 2012 at 7:43 PM
- Frankel said...
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- January 28, 2012 at 10:50 PM
- Frankel said...
I'm no fan of much of what Israel does, but as a Jew is it so unreasonable for me to become suspicious when I see so many people who have no skin in the game (that is, people who are neither Jews or Arabs) take such a critical concern to the behavior of Israelis? And please spare me the line about the aid we give Israel. The US gives plenty of money or other aid to countries with transgressions far worse than Israel and you don't hear a peep about it.
I mean, look how women, gays, christians and palestinian refugees have to live in most of the middle east. I guess none of them are fortunate enough to be victims of Jews.
- January 28, 2012 at 11:10 PM
but as a Jew is it so unreasonable for me to become suspicious when I see so many people who have no skin in the game (that is, people who are neither Jews or Arabs) take such a critical concern to the behavior of Israelis?
"Wait a sec--you're neither a Sudanese Arab, nor southern Sudanese, and yet you're criticizing the policies of the Sudanese government against the south? Do you think it's so unreasonable for me as an Arab to be suspicious of this so-called 'critical concern'?"
The US gives plenty of money or other aid to countries with transgressions far worse than Israel and you don't hear a peep about it.
Yes you do. In fact, you hear plenty about it on this very blog!
- January 29, 2012 at 7:17 AM
- That Fuzzy Bastard said...
"Now you know his character."
Nope. No, you don't. Your assumption that you do is precisely what makes you unfit for grown-up conversation.
- January 29, 2012 at 10:08 AM
Using history, almost any action can be spun as anti-Semitic as necessary.
For example, it is possible to spin the existance Israel as anti-Semitic.
"Boas's article described how Baron Leopold Itz von Mildenstein, a member of the Nazi party and of Hitler's SS, set out in the Spring of 1933, accompanied by his wife and Kurt Tuchler, an official of the Zionist Federation of Germany, also with his wife, on a journey to Palestine."
"But while Von Mildenstein was influencing policy, Der Angriff had a medal struck to commemorate his voyage to Palestine, a medal with the Nazi swastka on one side and the Star of David on the other."
A coin with two sides
It is possible to tar anything and everything with being anti-semetic as convenient.
- January 29, 2012 at 10:19 AM
"....is it so unreasonable for me to become suspicious when I see so many people who have no skin in the game..."
Insofar as you would concede to us the agency to have similar opposing suspicions, especially to those who do have "skin in the game" and therefore likely decidedly mixed motives, why no, not at all.
- January 29, 2012 at 10:36 AM
- J.L. Wall said...
"Look, friend: loyalty to country, ethnicity, and religion are all fucking loony tunes to me."
--> Okay, taking that, and your following sentences into account, I see your point better. We're coming from such drastically different perspectives on that first sentence, however, that I manage to forget that difference is the case sometimes. I still remain unconvinced, ultimately, of your point on Ackerman, but...
As for the Hitler graphic -- right, that's an idiotic attention-grabbing editorial decision. Not Ackerman's wording. It's certainly fair game for criticism, but that criticism should be directed at Tablet more than Ackerman specifically, which was the sense I got from you.
Also, I didn't mean to attribute the second of those hypothetical statements at the end of my first comment to you, particularly. Wasn't quite satisfied with my phrasing when I posted it -- but I still think there's a practical limit to the usefulness of name-calling as the means of debate. It certainly leaves those who, like me, care about Israel, consider themselves Zionists, loathe Bibi and, are appalled at much of what's going on in/around the settlements with the feeling that there's no room in the discussion to have any practical effect. (This, of course, is also the fault of the "not-an-inch-of-distancers" -- but not theirs alone.) And this is partly why I think it was a poor choice for the ADL etc. to go nuclear on "Israel-Firster" and CAP. It was a bad choice of target for that level of backlash.
- January 29, 2012 at 11:38 AM
"As for the Hitler graphic -- right, that's an idiotic attention-grabbing editorial decision. Not Ackerman's wording."
And he objected to it strenuously and publicly -- oh, wait, he actually hasn't. So he's a coward (far from his devil-may-care punky self-portrayal) or he's in full agreement with what the graphic implies, or both.
- January 29, 2012 at 12:37 PM
Freddie, Ackerman made a narrow point about certain anti-Semitic language. You seemed to have jumped from there to thinking that he finds most, or at least a lot, of criticism of Israel anti-Semitic. But he never said or even suggested that. How did you get there?
- January 29, 2012 at 1:06 PM
Yes, one of the worst aspects of the whole thing is the chilling effect on speech. Those going directly for the throat on this are partly responsible for the lack of substantive debate, and the status quo that lack of debate perpetuates. It needs to be said over and over again : Israel is a STATE, not a person. Period. Criticizing state policy (or Zionism in this case) should in no way reflect on all the people the state purportedly represents. This should not be complicated.
Some observations :
1) the outrageous Hitler graphic was probably the editor's choice, not Ackerman's.
2) the debate on Zionism and Israeli policy is more open in the Israeli press than it is in the US. This should tell you something.
3) I actually don't like the phrase "Israel-Firsters" either, as conjuring up issues of loyalty is getting into shifting territory - there is no reason to think that those who make decisions in Washington are any more concerned about the welfare of the majority of Americans any more than the likes of Sheldon Adelson or Jeffrey Goldberg, so it's pretty much a non-issue for me.
Lastly, here is a handy guide to understand the psychology of internet hasbara commentors, which can come in useful, as it is still highly relevant and has in my opinion never been bettered :
How to make the case for Israel and win :
- Modify, salt and pepper at will
- January 29, 2012 at 1:54 PM
- Freddie said...
It's certainly fair game for criticism, but that criticism should be directed at Tablet more than Ackerman specifically, which was the sense I got from you.
Fair point.
- January 29, 2012 at 2:25 PM
- Ryan said...
The question that's relevant is whether it was used with the intent to be anti-Semitic. (I don't presume that everybody who says "the heebie jeebies," "spic and span," or "jimmies" to refer to chocolate shots on ice cream does so out of an attempt to be bigoted.)
Wait, what? So I'm allowed to go around calling black people "my nigga" because I don't mean it in a racist way?
- January 29, 2012 at 5:36 PM
- Freddie said...
Is that even remotely what I said? Troll harder, please.
- January 29, 2012 at 6:35 PM
- Freddie said...
Serious question for people in this space: Greenwald has put together a list of people who have said, explicitly and straightforwardly, that Israel is their top priority, and that deference to Israel's best interests goes beyond any of their other duties. That's not conspiracy theorizing or reading of subtext. It's the text, right there in black and white.
So is it anti-Semitic to repeat those statements? When people explicitly state that they put Israel first, is it anti-Semitic to say that they put Israel first? Norman Podhoretz said that every Jewish journalists first priority is to defending Israel. And he explicitly said that was so even beyond their commitment to the United States. Is accurately quoting him anti-Semitic?
- January 29, 2012 at 8:24 PM
When people explicitly state that they put Israel first, is it anti-Semitic to say that they put Israel first?
Longtime Glenn Greenwald reader here. So, you'd probably guess that I'd answer No. to that question; and you'd be right. Although as a non-Jew, I'm relatively confident that my opinion doesn't count to those who matter.
However, I'm not precisely sure that's the right question to ask. As per the discussion in Greenwald's threads, there is probably no two or three word, twitter compliant, characterization one could use to signify the individual who has plainly stated that their first priority is Israel, and her interests. We could invent an array of them; no matter how nonsensical, or apparently benign, I expect each - in turn - would be deemed anti-Semitic. Testing that hypothesis might be an interesting exercise.
My own view - after years of these kinds of arguments - is that it doesn't matter what lexical innovation one could invent. The fact is, apparently, no Jew - and, preferably, no one "on the left" - should ever question the potential trade-off which lurks beneath the characterization. Because any potential straight out, cleanly specified trade-off between Israel's interests and those of the US should only be spoken of in quiet rooms, among those specifically anointed to have those quiet conversations, and certainly never in front of the public at large in any major venue.
~ bystander
- January 29, 2012 at 8:52 PM
- Frankel said...
"So is it anti-Semitic to repeat those statements? When people explicitly state that they put Israel first, is it anti-Semitic to say that they put Israel first?"
No it's not anti Semitic to accurately quote people but that shouldn't automatically give cover to any anti-Semite who feels its important to highlight these quotes. To put another way, people who are truly concerned about the israeli-Palestinian conflict should be mindful that there are genuine anti Semites who use this conflict to highlight the dangers of Jews.
And even if you feel that it is important to highlight pro Israel types who make Israel their top priority, there is absolutely no reason to editorialize by attaching historically anti-semitic language, such as Israel Firster.
And serious question to freddie and other critics of Israel: how can you be certain that your motives are so pure? Do you find it at all curious how no one in academia or journalism and human rights groups cared about the inhabitants of the west bank one iota while they were occupied by jordan after 1948?
To see how this would work go take a read at Steve sailers blog where he and all his fans really don't believe themselves to be racist despite being totally obsessed with studies that promote the idea of blacks being dumb or violent. After all, they're just discussing genuine scientific studies.
- January 29, 2012 at 10:03 PM
Do you find it at all curious how no one in academia or journalism and human rights groups cared about the inhabitants of the west bank one iota while they were occupied by jordan after 1948?
You can't be serious.
- January 29, 2012 at 10:57 PM
- Frankel said...
"You can't be serious. "
Explain. I'm more than willing to be corrected on my understanding of the conflict or it's history. But the way I see it the plight of the palestinians seems to be put on a pedastal over the suffering of every other group on the planet. The anger, outrage and criticism, (both in intensity and in prominence) attracted by Israeli actions seems to have nothing remotely comparable.
- January 29, 2012 at 11:17 PM
@ Frankel -
"No it's not anti Semitic to accurately quote people but that shouldn't automatically give cover to any anti-Semite who feels its important to highlight these quotes."
- It's true that simply quoting people to make a point is a bit facile, as that is what mainstream journalists do frequently when dealing with the government and other official agencies (Pentagon, CIA, etc.). One should ask WHY these quotes are being highlighted, and the answer is : to make a very narrow point, which seems fairly obvious. One can, however, question what the motives are for making that point ("loyalty", "Israel-Firster") in the first place. The fact that there is a history of anti-Semitic use of such language should not keep one from examining the truth of such claims. The question is : should it be a crime, or seen as something negative, to be loyal to another country? This is debatable. The fact that despicable people will use such phrases is unfortunate, but it does not totally invalidate the argument.
"Do you find it at all curious how no one in academia or journalism and human rights groups cared about the inhabitants of the west bank one iota while they were occupied by jordan after 1948?"
- The Jordanian occupation was qualitatively different from the Israeli military occupation, as it was legally a trustee, not an occupier - and it relinquished control anyway, and was never condemned by the UN. This comparison not really relevant.
The answers as to why people seem to be so obsessed with this issue are :
1) They aren't - it's just that it is poorly reported in the media (like in matters of war), and there is a constant barrage of propaganda and misinformation regarding it, which forces those who actually know something about it to spend a considerable amount of their time rebutting false claims.
2) Americans partly subsidize the occupation, as Israel has been the prime recipient of US aid for several decades, and there are such close military and commercial, financial and diplomatic ties - this makes it a highly relevant and important subject for Americans, as it should be.
The simple fact remains that it is enough to enumerate the facts of the history of Israel-Palestine, without distorting them, to justify criticism of the Zionist project (especially in its present form). No elaboration or interpretation is necessary, the facts really speak for themselves - that is, when it's done by honest scholars - one example of which you will find here, although it's probably preferable that you buy it :
Finkelstein's Beyond Chutzpah :
- January 30, 2012 at 8:15 AM
Other than perhaps some partisans who do, but like it, some ridiculous babel here from what sounds like over-educated-but-under-thinking people who still can't even cut to the guts of what Ackerman is saying: To wit, that it's wrong to identify someone as something even if it's true. Even if they stand on the rooftops and shout it. Or, to put it another way, that some people—who just coincidentally tend to view a certain issue Ackerman's way—have the right to not be accurately identified.
Now, go from there.
- January 30, 2012 at 3:47 PM
- pabelmont said...
Thanks for this very perceptive and straight-from-the-shoulder essay.
If we (Americans) cannot talk honestly about ISrael/Palestine, as indeed so far we cannot, then we also cannot speak honestly about other aspects of USA's foreign policy -- such as sanctions and war with Iran -- on which I've just written (and quoted this essay!)
- January 30, 2012 at 4:24 PM
Somewhat off-topic yet oddly irksome to me: Both Freddie and Sullivan take Goldberg to task for suggesting that Greenwald came to his views because "he had a rough time in Hebrew school." That is, they took this sentence seriously.
Now I would have assumed that after decades of exposure to the Marx Brothers, Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm etc. y'all would have figured out by now that we Jews like to crack a joke now and then. But if not, let me clear this up for you.
This was a joke. Kind of a funny one if you've ever been to Hebrew school.
- January 30, 2012 at 5:02 PM
- Ryan said...
I wasn't being a troll, although my example was indeed hyperbolic. I was demonstrating that your suggestion that only the intent of the speaker matters to determine whether s/he is being anti-Semitic is nonsensical when transplanted to a different situation. Obviously "Israel-firster" and "nigger" are not the same, but that does not mean that intent is the only thing that matters. The history of the term, the context in which it has been deployed, the kinds of people it has been deployed by and against--all of these things are relevant, even if the speaker is not intending to say something anti-Semitic (or racist).
- January 31, 2012 at 1:47 AM
- Ryan said...
As it so happens, I agree that "Israel first" as a phrase probably does not have an etymological history tied to anti-Semitism. Again though, that is independent of the idea of intent.
- January 31, 2012 at 1:54 AM
- demize! said...
Israel first is inaccurate. It is the only loyalty.
- January 31, 2012 at 2:41 PM
- annie said...
there is not a 'history' of this word being anti-Semitic.
Leading Zionist historian was first to say 'Israel Firster'– in 1960.
israel firsters don't like being called israel firsters so they are policing the argument by claiming it's anti-Semitic.
israel firsters are pushing us into a war with iran, so olease do not tellus we have no 'skin in the game'.
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