Comments on: Harvard Prof Wisse Calls on American Jews to Serve Here as Part of Israel’s ‘Army http://mondoweiss.net/2007/05/harvard_prof_wi.html The War of Ideas in the Middle East Sun, 27 May 2012 20:37:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rowan Berkeley http://mondoweiss.net/2007/05/harvard_prof_wi.html/comment-page-1#comment-72351 Rowan Berkeley Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2007/05/15/harvard_prof_wi.html#comment-72351 <p>"Intellectual", my foot - even allowing for this being a viva voce response, it is clearly an expression of clinical hysteria in the most florid form, as anyone with any psychiatric training will agree.<br /> Unfortunately, Jews have always used 'controlled hysteria' as a psychological warfare blackmail device, and so this is nothing new.</p> "Intellectual", my foot – even allowing for this being a viva voce response, it is clearly an expression of clinical hysteria in the most florid form, as anyone with any psychiatric training will agree.
Unfortunately, Jews have always used 'controlled hysteria' as a psychological warfare blackmail device, and so this is nothing new.

]]> By: lester http://mondoweiss.net/2007/05/harvard_prof_wi.html/comment-page-1#comment-72352 lester Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2007/05/15/harvard_prof_wi.html#comment-72352 <p>I was driving in Brooline mass today. I don't know exactly what it was, hopefully a synagogue, but right in the middle of town there was a venerable looking old building that had two flags out front: US and Israel. Its looking more and more to me like there is some movement underfoot to join the two.</p> I was driving in Brooline mass today. I don't know exactly what it was, hopefully a synagogue, but right in the middle of town there was a venerable looking old building that had two flags out front: US and Israel. Its looking more and more to me like there is some movement underfoot to join the two.

]]> By: Peter H http://mondoweiss.net/2007/05/harvard_prof_wi.html/comment-page-1#comment-72353 Peter H Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2007/05/15/harvard_prof_wi.html#comment-72353 <p>I have to ask why Rowan Berkeley is still being allowed to comment here. As a critic of Israel and a supporter of Palestinian rights, the last thing I want to be associated is with anti-semites like Berkeley. </p> I have to ask why Rowan Berkeley is still being allowed to comment here. As a critic of Israel and a supporter of Palestinian rights, the last thing I want to be associated is with anti-semites like Berkeley.

]]> By: Rowan Berkeley http://mondoweiss.net/2007/05/harvard_prof_wi.html/comment-page-1#comment-72354 Rowan Berkeley Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2007/05/15/harvard_prof_wi.html#comment-72354 <p>ha! ha! ha! ha!</p> <p>"another county heard from!"</p> ha! ha! ha! ha!

"another county heard from!"

]]> By: Rowan Berkeley http://mondoweiss.net/2007/05/harvard_prof_wi.html/comment-page-1#comment-72355 Rowan Berkeley Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2007/05/15/harvard_prof_wi.html#comment-72355 <p>the assumption behind peter h's remark is that there exists a vast pool of well disposed american jews, who are all ready to strive together for peace, social justice, and free lunch in the mid east, but will be put off if anyone is involved who ever hurt their precious little feelings in the past.</p> <p>I see no reason to believe this, and I am not sure I would kow-tow to it, even if I DID believe it.</p> the assumption behind peter h's remark is that there exists a vast pool of well disposed american jews, who are all ready to strive together for peace, social justice, and free lunch in the mid east, but will be put off if anyone is involved who ever hurt their precious little feelings in the past.

I see no reason to believe this, and I am not sure I would kow-tow to it, even if I DID believe it.

]]> By: Phil Weiss http://mondoweiss.net/2007/05/harvard_prof_wi.html/comment-page-1#comment-72356 Phil Weiss Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2007/05/15/harvard_prof_wi.html#comment-72356 <p>Peter H,<br /> I agree that Rowan B is an antisemite, and I often find his statements offensive. I allow Rowan B to comment because I believe in tolerating a wide-open discussion, though I censor vicious namecalling and profanity...<br /> Phil </p> Peter H,
I agree that Rowan B is an antisemite, and I often find his statements offensive. I allow Rowan B to comment because I believe in tolerating a wide-open discussion, though I censor vicious namecalling and profanity…
Phil

]]> By: Rowan Berkeley http://mondoweiss.net/2007/05/harvard_prof_wi.html/comment-page-1#comment-72357 Rowan Berkeley Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2007/05/15/harvard_prof_wi.html#comment-72357 <p>define 'antisemite' phil.</p> <p>or realise that you don't have the time, and can't, and therefore should dismiss the word when you hear it, instead of being a limp dicked sheep.</p> <p>as I have said on another thread jewish culture places no value on truthfulness, and this is very obvious when one reads these blogs, where jews can be observed trying on political clichés for size, in a purely narcissistic way, and in this generality I include you, phil.</p> define 'antisemite' phil.

or realise that you don't have the time, and can't, and therefore should dismiss the word when you hear it, instead of being a limp dicked sheep.

as I have said on another thread jewish culture places no value on truthfulness, and this is very obvious when one reads these blogs, where jews can be observed trying on political clichés for size, in a purely narcissistic way, and in this generality I include you, phil.

]]> By: Anonymous http://mondoweiss.net/2007/05/harvard_prof_wi.html/comment-page-1#comment-72358 Anonymous Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2007/05/15/harvard_prof_wi.html#comment-72358 <p>Much evil is being caused by the abuse of the word antisemitism. I hope this was only a slip, not an intentional attempt at finding a place to stand in jewish history.</p> Much evil is being caused by the abuse of the word antisemitism. I hope this was only a slip, not an intentional attempt at finding a place to stand in jewish history.

]]> By: phil weiss http://mondoweiss.net/2007/05/harvard_prof_wi.html/comment-page-1#comment-72359 phil weiss Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2007/05/15/harvard_prof_wi.html#comment-72359 <p>Rowan, <br /> Can you say anything nice about Jews? <br /> Phil </p> Rowan,
Can you say anything nice about Jews?
Phil

]]> By: Rowan Berkeley http://mondoweiss.net/2007/05/harvard_prof_wi.html/comment-page-1#comment-72360 Rowan Berkeley Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2007/05/15/harvard_prof_wi.html#comment-72360 <p>The day is rapidly approaching when to say that Judaism is a filthy, genocidal, criminal conspiracy will sound no more extreme than to say the same of Islam, as the neocon chorus regularly does.</p> The day is rapidly approaching when to say that Judaism is a filthy, genocidal, criminal conspiracy will sound no more extreme than to say the same of Islam, as the neocon chorus regularly does.

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