Markos, what's up?
Yet another Daily Kos diarist strays into anti-semitic territory with a post critical of the Israel lobby in the United States entitled Portrait of a Great Taboo: The Power of the Israel Lobby in the United States; the diarist links to video posted on the Vanguard News Network, a neo-nazi white supremacist site, whose motto is purported to be "No Jews. Just Right".Let's see how long this tripe stays posted.
Interestingly enough, a previous post by this Kos diarist, Sabbah, included an illustration by Carlos Latuff, an artist whose work was featured in and earned a second place finish (and $4000.00) in Iran's holocast denial cartoon contest.Such are the perils of providing so much access to such a broad array of diarists on a given blog site; once you post something and it is out there, you can never, ever reel it back in.Is Kos erecting a tent so big that Alex Linder can now find shelter within it? I don't think that was his intent when he launched DK back in the day.Getting past the post's echo chamber commentary, which veers into anti-semitism at times (or as defenders at all costs of left leaning sites say, "harmless satire"), someone rebuked this seemingly anti-progressive train of thought far more effectively than I could:
American Jewish citizens have a right to expresstheir views without being
charged with placing the interests of Israel aheadof those of the United States.
. .It is high time that the suggestion thatsomehow Jews are especially
disqualified from having a voice in the affairs ofwhatever nation they belong to
(lest they come to be a sinister cabal) wasbanished from acceptable political
discourse. By that I don't mean itshould become a criminal offence; I mean
merely that it should be regarded androundly condemned by everyone of
progressive democratic outlook for what itis: at best, a disgraceful exercise in
the operation of double standards; atworst, anti-Semitism.
Well said. Now, let us see if any diarists come out on this site with a viewpoint that counters the illustrious Sabbah's, or at least arguesthat lying in bed with neo-nazis, fascists, white supremacists, and the Iranian Mullahs is a terrible vantage point from which to advance one's supposedly progressive views.And the real acid test for Kos' influence in the coming election cycles will be whether progressive candidates believe that posting diaries on the site ties them to the anti - semitic crew that is beginning to post with greater regularity and enthusiasm there.
Vamos a ver.
UPDATE: The diarist changed his link to the recommended documentary; now his readers are no longer required to view a video posted by neo-nazis; they can view the exact same video (touted by neo-nazis as being aligned with their perverse viewpoint), posted by someone else. Great.
Note: This post originally appeared at www.wilsonizer.blogspot.com, FYI!
