[Peace-discuss] My letter in today's NG

[Boyle, Francis A]

Good! fab

Francis A. Boyle
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From: David Green [mailto:davegreen84 at yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 12:34 PM
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Subject: Re: RE: My letter in today's NG

Absolutely; given my notes, I'll probably need it.

On ‎Thursday‎, ‎September‎ ‎14‎, ‎2017‎ ‎11‎:‎31‎:‎57‎ ‎AM, Boyle, Francis A <fboyle at illinois.edu<mailto:fboyle at illinois.edu>> wrote:



Fine. How about if you take up to 20 minutes like everyone else?



Fab





Francis A. Boyle

Law Building

504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.

Champaign, IL 61820 USA

217-333-7954 (phone)

217-244-1478 (fax)

(personal comments only)



From: David Green [mailto:davegreen84 at yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 10:47 AM
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Cc: Boyle, Francis A <fboyle at illinois.edu<mailto:fboyle at illinois.edu>>
Subject: My letter in today's NG



Thanks Francis; I'll be happy to expound on this and related topics.



See links to articles referenced below:



The News-Gazette has recently published two “Sunday Extra” commentaries representing Hineni CU, a progressive Jewish organization, addressing Islamophobia and anti-Semitism. Unfortunately, this adds to the cacophony of decontextualized, uninformed, and non-insightful views currently being expressed from the “Alt-right” to the “Antifa left."

Those generally calling themselves “progressive” in the current context have little stomach for acknowledging the morbid continuity of administrations from Carter to Trump, inclusive: perpetual resource wars abroad, war on the working class abetted by structural racism (including drug war/mass incarceration) at home. Instead, we are urged into a moral panic in response to disparate and pathetic groups whose violent potential is alleged—inaccurately and egregiously so—to be analogous to Nazi Germany.

The hypocrisy of “Jewish progressivism” in relation to Israeli apartheid is obvious. The increased reliance of “progressives” in general on the thin and exaggerated thought crime “data collection” of the (Zionist) Anti-Defamation League and (cynical, filthy rich) Southern Poverty Law Center only further reveals an advanced, intellectually decrepit stage of identity politics, now transparently dressed in the academic jargon of “intersectionality.”

In this context of decontextualized, social media-driven moral panic, basic social justice movement tenets regarding principles, strategy, and tactics are carelessly and shockingly rationalized away: freedom of speech and assembly, non-violence, and the necessity of rational and informed debate. Unfortunately, Students for Justice in Palestine appears to have joined this descent. Thus, as Noam Chomsky has correctly described the ridiculous “Antifa” as a “gift to the Alt-Right,” it now becomes a gift to Zionists.



http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary/2017-09-10/sunday-extra-leaders-must-denounce-hate-crimes.html



http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary/2017-08-13/sunday-extra-lets-stand-together-against-hate-c-u.html








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