Re: [OPE] Anti-Semitism

On Mon, 18 Apr 2011, Ian Wright wrote:

> >> If I object, that the deliberate misrepresentation of what I
> >> said is "a lying Jewish-American forgery", does that count as
> >> anti-semitism? I believe Jerry's deliberate professorial
> >> misrepresentation IS a deliberate misrepresentation with
> >> guile, and as usual, Jerry is exonerated, and gets away with
> >> his lie.
>
> You could have written: "a lying forgery" (which, in itself, is
> probably unwise language).
>
> Instead you wrote: "a lying Jewish-American forgery".
>
> What does this ad-hominem add? It is surely deliberately provocative.
> You have given no explanation of this as yet, and seem entirely
> unapologetic.

>From a lurker: I think Ian has hit the mail on the head: "a lying
forgery" would have been uncomradely but, I suppose, permissible
in the heat of debate. "A lying Jewish-American forgery" is not
something you can expect to say and get away with it, unless of
course you're talking to a bunch of Jew-haters. Get real,
Jurriaan.

Allin Cottrell
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Received on Mon Apr 18 18:18:48 2011