Re: “You Never Are Right. I Never Am Wrong”
UCLA Prof. Saree Makdisi awkwardly applied rhetorical schizophrenia yesterday in a Los Angeles Times essay on the incendiary subject of when or if criticism of Israel amounts to anti-Semitism.
He reminded me of the practicing thief who visits your home under the guise of public service and demonstrates how to protect your belongs against incursions by thieves.
Introductorily, Mr. Makdisi assures his readers they should faithfully abide by faultless academic standards in determining whether roasting Israeli leaders for their policies and statements is vile anti-Semitism or virginal political criticism.
Immediately, even the unsuspecting reader is alerted when Mr. Makdisi lays down a charge that precious “academic freedom” is under fire from “organized” Jews protesting nationwide campaigns to discredit Israel via the vile BDS Movement, Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions. The professor subtly approves of the BDS Movement.
Perniciously, Mr. Makdisi meticulously proposes academically approved guidelines to which he says readers should hew, and then being a good Jew hater, blows them up.
Throughout, he claims Jews and their supporters constantly conflate anti-Semitism and legitimate political criticism.
Cleverly, he was unable to uncover a single instance of criticism of Israel that was invalid.
Ergo, all Jews are wrong when they charge anti-Semitism.
Emotional instead of academically reserved, Prof. Makdisi, an American-born Arab Christian, chortles that Jews who complain are crybabies unable to absorb criticism intended to strengthen not weaken the Jewish State.
I and other Jews are Saree he wrote his foul-minded essay.
