Possumblog

Actually, given the leftist leanings of the academy in general, I'd like to see them take a stab at reconciling academic politics with concern over anti-semitism. The first shot they take at addressing the issue of Jews as an oppressed minority while acknowledging the neo-cons and Israel are the source of all evil in the world should make a few heads explode from the contradiction.

Frankly, some people [see Foxman, Abraham, Anti-Defamation League, et. al] spend far too much time wallowing in oppressed peoples status. There's more to being Jewish than all the people who hate us.

It would be a refreshing change to see more academic people study things such as pro-freedom and pro-democracy, and the ability of such things to make anti-stuff dwindle away.

But then again, if there were no Aggrieved-Americans, what would all the people who feed off manufactured rage do for a living?

Shovel manure? They have the skillset.

Speaking of which, I heard "Rev" Jesse on the radio yesterday as he stood in front of the UN protesting the "regime" in the US.

Gosh, he's so brave. I'd like to see him stand in Caracas or Pyongyang or Tehran or Damascus and denounce their regimes.

The sad part is they love guys like him. Because he goes there and denounces ours instead of theirs. I think I'd like to see him denounce a Mack truck in the middle of I-95 and see how far it gets him.

Hey, if he could get money or TV time out of the deal, I have no doubt he'd be up for it.