Good academics keep their opinions to themselves
Well a hero of mine , Norman Finkelstein just got fired (well denied tenure but soon to be fired). An academic at De Paul University in the U.S. He had the brave stupidity to criticise Israel and the scholarship of a Zionist lawyer (Alan Dershowitz also noted for representing OJ Simpson).
Predictably he got labeled an Anti-Semite and recently denied tenure despite the recommendation of his faculty. Apparently, you can still be an Anti-Semite even if both your parents are holocaust survivors. (I know that was a bit cheap ah).
The story is still unfolding however, and as far as political drama goes this ones got plenty of it, so we'll see what happens next.
posted by Brassy @ 9:25 pm
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Totally agree, it is quite ironic that he is Jewish himself eh!
These days anti semitism is thrown around all the time without people thinking first. Imagine if there was a term for critics of American and their foreign policy (although I had better not give people any ideas!) :)
lol, have thought for awhile I should really just say racism against Jews but it seemed a little anti-semitic...and it's harder to say.
Also, instead of Zionism ....Jewish Israeli Nationalism again it's a mouthful, pity.
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